Scripture

Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.

Observation

Paul turns to the question of what our resurrection bodies will be like. He uses the analogy of a seed that is placed in the ground and dies before being raised into a new body.

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. They have varying kinds of glory. In the same way, our earthly bodies are put into the ground in brokenness, but raised up with a spiritual body of strength and glory.

Just as we like Adam, the earthly man, we will rise like Jesus, the Heavenly Man.

Application

As you get older, your body needs more maintenance because things wear out. One day, my body will be beyond repair and I will die.

My body will be put in the ground, and I will rise to take on a new body. My broken physical body will be replaced with a glorious heavenly body.

There is much we do not know about eternity. We do know that followers of Jesus will live forever, and that we will have bodies that will also live forever.

Sin and death, and the general degradation of creation, take their toll in this life. But in the next life there will be no more sin and death. Everything will be perfect.

That is something to look forward to!

Prayer

Thank you Lord for the promise of new life. There will be a time when everything is new and perfect again. Praise the Lord! Amen.