Checkpoint wrote:I prefer what Paul says.
1 Corinthians 15:
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?�
42 The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;
43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
44 it is sown a soulish body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a soulish body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living soul�; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
46 The spiritual did not come first, but the soulish, and after that the spiritual.
47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.
48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we g bear the image of the heavenly man.
Then we agree.
Paul is writing to Christians and states that Christians will be resurrected at the Second coming.
He states that the Christian body that is sown is corruptible, dishonored, weak, and a natural body. This is the physical body which is buried like a seed, or sown, when we die.
At the resurrection, Christians are raised up as incorruptible, glorified, powerful,
spiritual bodies.
It's good to finally reach agreement on this important subject.