"Our citizenship is in heaven, from which
we also eagerly wait for the Savior...who
will transform our lowly body that it may
be conformed to His glorious body."
Philippians 3:20-21
Scottish Presbyterian Robert Baillie learned
in 1684 that he would be hanged for his faith,
and then drawn and quartered. Referring to
Philippians 3:20-21,
Baillie replied: “They may
hack and hew my body as they please, but I
know assuredly nothing will be lost, but that
my members shall be wonderfully gathered
and made like Christ’s glorious body.”
At the resurrection, the bodies of Christians
will be raised and reconstituted to resemble
the risen body of our Lord. When Jesus rose
on Easter, He took on a body which was the
prototype of ones we have throughout eternity.
Some things about His glorified body were
similar to the one He had before He died. He
resembled Himself; He could eat and drink;
He could be touched.
Yet He could pass through walls, and He
appeared in various places without traveling
by recognized means. His transformed body
no longer aged, nor subject to sickness and
death.
If you’re battling aches and pains now, or
if you’re afflicted with illness or disease,
take comfort. One day you’ll have a body
like His!
"Christianity is the religion
of the open tomb."
Roy
L. Smith