Musick-al note # 203
We are told in 1 Corinthians 15:40-54 that there will be a resurrection of the dead, however the new life will not be flesh and blood but a heavenly body. What we are now is like seed and the new growth of each plant is different from each seed. God has designed each plant that comes from the sowing of seed, so God has designed each new plant from each person after that person dies on earth. What will we look like? The apostle John said, “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is (1 John 3:2). One can only surmise about what each person will look like, however it will not matter because Christians shall be like Jesus for we shall see Him as He is. In eternity, Christians will have a spiritual body as God has planned. God did not say what it would look like but God is a spirit, Christ is a spirit, Christians will be spirits.
The question is often asked, “Will we know one another?” I can only answer that it appears that we will because Moses was told by the Lord God that He was the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These separate individuals were living and known by the Lord.
On the mount of transfiguration, Jesus spoke to Moses and Elijah about his coming death (Matthew 17:4, Luke 9:31), known by Jesus as they appeared. They were not flesh and blood but still in bodies (spirits?) distinct and known. Jesus said that the redeemed will sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in heaven (Matthew 8:11). The redeemed will know them and be known by them. It only follows that the redeemed will know each other as well.
Many questions can be asked in regard to the above about which I cannot answer. Such as, “will I miss my friends, my family or those I know if they are not there?” “How can I be happy if my mother, father, child or mate is not there?” To such questions, I have no information about such, however I can relate that John said, “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, sorrow, crying or pain for they will pass away.” (Revelation 21:4). We must believe and follow Jesus to be with Him in eternity. The time will come and the redeemed will be separated from the unbelieving, the rebellious, the disobedient and the lost.
Gordon Musick
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