1 Corinthians 15:35-41
35 “But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” 36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; 37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body, which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of mankind, another flesh of animals, another flesh of birds, and another of fish.40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.”
But someone will say: Paul is responding to very common concerns from believers in the first century and modern day alike. Believers are raised with an imperishable body, a body untainted by sin. However, our physical body must die before our imperishable body is given. This is God’s ultimate goal for His creation. Believers are not designed to ultimately carry a perishable earthly body forever.
