10. _Three interesting facts regarding our resurrection bodies_ are
stated in Matt. 22:30 and Luke 20:35, 36. In Matt. 22:30 we read:
+"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as angels in heaven."+ In Luke 20:35, 36 we read:
+"But they that are counted worthy to attain to that world, and the
resurrection of the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: for
neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and
are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection."+ Taking these two
passages together, we learn that our resurrection bodies are like the
angels, that we do not marry in our resurrection bodies and that these
bodies cannot die any more.
11. _Though all these resurrection bodies are glorious, they differ
from one another, each one having its own peculiar glory._ This appears
from 1 Cor. 15:41, 42: +"There is one glory of the sun, and another
glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star
differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection from
the dead."+ Glorious as all our bodies shall be, there will be no
tiresome uniformity even of glory in the world of resurrection bodies.
Each body will have its own peculiar glory.
12. Let us say finally in regard to the character of our resurrection
body, that _the resurrection of our body will be the consummation of
our adoption_, i.e., of our placing as sons, our manifestations as
sons of God. In Rom. 8:23 we read: +"We, which have the first fruits
of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for
our adoption+ (i.e., our placing as sons), +to wit, the redemption
of our body."+ The resurrection body will be the consummation of our
placing as sons, i.e., in the resurrection body it will be outwardly
manifested that we are sons of God. Before His incarnation Christ was
"_in the form_ of God." (Phil. 2:6), i.e., in the visible appearance of
God. So shall we also be in the resurrection, for our bodies shall be
like His. This throws light upon what Paul meant when he said in Col.
3:4: +"When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall
we also with him be manifested in glory."+ And also it throws light
on what John meant when he says in I John 3:2, R. V.: +"Beloved, now
are we the children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we
shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like
him; for we shall see him as he is."+
III. WHEN WILL THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY TAKE PLACE?
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