Your Resurrection Body Will Be More, Not Less

Not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars... So is it with the resurrection of the dead.1 Corinthians 15:39-42Paul makes two distinctions about our bodies in these verses—a distinction of kind and a distinction of glory.God has made more than one kind of body.God has made different bodies that are designed for living in different environments. For example, fish have bodies for life under water. Birds have bodies for life in the air. Animals have bodies for life on the ground. They all have bodies of flesh, but their flesh is of different kinds. God has given us bodies suited to our short lives in this world. They wear out over time, and God will give us bodies that are suited to eternal life in the world that is to come.God has made some bodies more glorious than others.God’s glory is reflected in all that He has made, but God has made some things more glorious than others. The sun is more glorious than the moon. Some stars are brighter than others. And Paul says, “So is it with the resurrection of the dead” (15:42). The bodies God will give us in the resurrection will be far more glorious than the bodies we have now.This is really important. The bodies we have now are the only ones we have ever known. So, it is natural for us to live with the sneaking suspicion that the bodies we will have in the resurrection will be something less, or that life beyond this world will be a shadow of what we enjoy now. Nothing could be further from the truth.Do you tend to think of your resurrection body as less or more?