I Corinthians 15:35- 44 35- But someone will say, How can the dead be raised? With what (kind of) body will they come forth? 36- You foolish man! Every time you plant seed, you sow something that does not come to life unless it dies first. 37- Nor is the seed you sow then the body which it is going to have (later), but it is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or some of the rest of the grains. 38- But God gives to it the body that He plans and sees fit, and to each kind of seed a body of its own. (Gen. 1:11). 39- For all flesh is not the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish,. 40- There are heavenly bodies (sun, moon,, and stars) and there are earthly bodies (men, animals, and plants), but the beauty and glory of earthly bodies is a different kind. 41- The sun is glorious in one way, the moon is glorious in another way, and the stars are glorious in their own (distinctive) way; for one star differs from and surpasses another in its beauty and brilliance. 42- So it is with the resurrection of the dead. (the body) that is sown is perishable and decays, but (the body) that is resurrected is imperishable immune to decay, immortal). 43- It is sown in dishonor and humiliation; it is raised in honor and glory. It is sown in infirmity and weakness; it is resurrected in strength and endued with power. 44- It is sown a natural (physical) body; it is raised a supernatural (a spiritual) body. (As surely as) there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Man was created in Godʼs image, in Godʼs class, and in Godʼs likeness. God created man to be His eternal companion. Man is a spirit - created to be the associate and companion of deity. He is a spirit, he has a soul (which is his mind, intellect, and emotions), and he lives in a body (the house his spirit man lives in). When Jesus was raised from the dead, He appeared to the Apostles and others (in Jerusalem - in Luke 24:39-43) . They were startled and terrified that they thought they saw a spirit. But he said to them, “why are you disturbed and troubled, and why do such doubts and questionings arise in your hearts? Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have. And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while (since) they still could not believe it for sheer joy and marveled, He said to them, Have you anything here to eat? They gave him a piece of broiled fish. And He took and ate before them. After the death of Jesus (Matthew 27:52-53) the tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised (to life). And coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people. these saints bodies were raised; they did not come out of the tombs as spirits with no bodies. In December of 2007, I took another journey to the Holy Land. I had been there before in May of 1985. A lot has changed in Israel in the past 22 years; but one thing has not changed, and that is the Garden Tomb. It is still empty. Jesus is not there. He has risen! It is so awesome to be standing there, looking at the very place where they had lade Him; being in the very tomb where he was raised. The word mortal means subject to death. Adam was created neither mortal nor immortal. He was eternal, a perfect human being, until the fall. Then everything changed. Man and his world became contaminated with sin. Our bodies completely renew themselves approximately every 7 years. Without the aging process, they would last forever. (the aging process came into being when sin came into the world.) All through the ages, manʼs life span has become shorter and shorter. Adam lived 930 years, almost a millennium. Today very few of us will live to be 100 years old. Immortality will come to the believer at the time of Jesusʼ return. The resurrection is the most natural thing that could happen to the believer. The resurrection is the completion of the plan of redemption. In 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 we can see the key to the resurrection; 20 - But the fact is that Christ (the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He became the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep (in death). 21 - For since (it was) through a man that death (came into the world, it is) also through a Man that the resurrection of the dead (has come). 22 - For just as (because of their union of nature) in Adam all people die, so also (by virtue of their union of nature) shall all in Christ be made alive. 23 - But each in his own rank and turn; Christ (the Messiah) (is) the first fruits, then those who are Christʼs (own will be resurrected) at His coming. Hallaluah !! See THE RESURRECTION - Page 5 2 GLAD TIDINGS APRIL 2025 Non-denominational Christian Newspaper Sharing the Gospel of Jesus the Christ MAIL P. O. 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