Question 56
Section 2: Of the Holy Ghost
What Comfort hast thou by the Resurrection of the Flesh?
That not only my Soul, after it shall depart out of my Body, shalla presently be taken up to Christ, but that this my Flesh also, being raised up by the Power of Christ, shall be again united to my Soul, andb shall be made like to the glorious Body of Christ.
What Comfort have you by the Resurrection of the Flesh?
That not only my Soul, after it shall depart out of my Body, shalla presently be taken up to Christ, but that this my Flesh also, being raised up by the Power of Christ, shall be again united to my Soul, andb shall be made like to the glorious Body of Christ.
a. Luke 23:43; Philippians 1:23
Luke 23:43
23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
23:43 And Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
Philippians 1:23
1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
1:23 I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
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b. 1 Corinthians 15:53; Job 19:25–26; 1 John 3:2; Philippians 3:21
1 Corinthians 15:53
15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
15:53 For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
Job 19:25–26
19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
19:25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. 19:26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
1 John 3:2
3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3:2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
Philippians 3:21
3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
3:21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
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