Nothing is clearer than that our Lord Jesus was physically raised from the grave, and that He will raise up the saints physically at the last day.
Yet there are many heretics and false teachers who deny both these truths. Some deny that Christ rose physically and bodily, and others deny that the saints will rise physically and bodily.
All of these lies are refuted by Scripture.
That Jesus rose again with His human body cannot be questioned. The tomb where His dead body lay was empty, and the women saw Him, and talked with Him, and fell at His feet and clung to them! Christ rose a physical body, recognized by His dear friends!
Not only that, but Jesus appeared to His disciples, and displayed His wounds to prove He is no mere ghost, but real flesh and bones. "A spirit has not flesh and bones!" Jesus assured them, and then asked for some food, and ate it before them!
Christ also clearly taught a physical, bodily resurrection of His people by His mighty power. There will come a time when all that are in their graves will hear His voice, and shall come forth. The dead shall hear His voice, and shall live.
Jesus promised that all those who come to Him, given to Him by His Father, will at the last day be raised up by Christ unto eternal life.
Jesus exhorted Martha, grieving for her brother Lazarus, that he would rise again, and that indeed Christ is the resurrection and the life!
Paul plainly taught the physical, bodily resurrection of the saints. We are buried in our natural dead bodies, and we shall rise again with spiritual bodies.
But spiritual bodies are tangible and physical like Jesus' body was. They are incorruptible, immortal, powerful, and glorious! |
