Do you want or need a part of your body changed, something that no matter what you do, you cannot seem to change, or simply, there is no way to change? Perhaps it is a matter of perspective. And one of these perspective changes is with believing and understanding the coming change for the believer in Christ.
Apostle Paul uses two phrases concerning the resurrected bodies awaiting the disciples of Jesus: “it is sown” and “it is raised”. As seeds are cultivated, so our bodies undergo cultivation. When we die, we are usually buried, and someday we will come forth from the earth with a new body. Though the average cell lifespan is seven to ten years, there is no need to be concerned about which cell it will be. That is just as silly a question to ask as the Corinthian congregation’s questions.
The present state of our resurrected body is as we are now: perishable, dishonorable, weak, and natural. The regenerated resurrected body will be raised imperishable, glorious, powerful, and spiritual. Most likely, the human cell will be perfected, though the cell we have now, with self-replication, membrane-skin, a skeleton, micromachines-organs, and a nucleus containing the supercomputer code DNA, is rather remarkable.
The resurrected body will be more than physical. It will also be spiritual. Apostle John wrote, “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
We who believe in Jesus shall be like him. How is he? After writing this, John saw Jesus and gave an account of it in the book of Revelation. “I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone “like a son of man,” dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand, he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: ‘Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'” (Revelation 1:12-18)
A change is coming. And that change will be you; your body will change.
