Re:Verse passage – I Corinthians 15:3-20, 35-44, 50-57 (day three)
“If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.”
A body is by definition physical. What, then, is a “spiritual body”? It’s a body powered by the spiritual realm instead of by the natural realm. The body isn’t a piece of inferior work to be superseded by something better. It is God’s handiwork, and is, in God’s own words, “very good.” Paul says that at the resurrection the physical body will actually live forever because it will be powered by the inexhaustible resources of the spiritual realm. In other words, the age to come will be grounded, not ghostly—solid, not shadowy. Keep in mind the words the resurrected Jesus said after “Peace be with you.” He said, “Do you have anything to eat?” A real body in a real world—that’s what the resurrection promises.
