I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
(1 Corinthians 15:50-53 ESV)
There is no sneaking into heaven in these earthy and earthly bodies of ours. They will not fit or function there. These words echo what Paul says in I Thessalonians 4 when addressing concerns about believing brothers and sisters who have passed on before us; here he is addressing not them, but us. Their transformation will be gradual; that of those who still remain will be split-second. But ALL must be changed. Our new bodies will be just what we need for life in eternity. No, we cannot fully comprehend what they will be like, except in the negative. Those bodies will not have all the "issues" that these present bodies do. Praise the Lord! Until then, let us take care of the bodies we have, and joyfully anticipate the change that will be.
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