Exploring Life in Heaven

What will our bodies be like in heaven?

Our bodies can give us such troubles, can’t they?  Sickness, disease, weight issues.

It can be very difficult now!

Although we are fearfully and wonderfully made, we long for something better…

For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened the Word tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:4.

Many of us groan inwardly with the difficulties and pains of this mortal life.  Especially when we get to a certain age.  All kinds of problems begin to happen.

The good news is that these aches and pains are only temporary!  There is something better!

1 Corinthians 15:40 tells us there are heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies. On earth we have earthly bodies made for our lives on earth.  When we go to heaven, we leave our earthly body and take on our heavenly body.  Those bodies will be made for our lives in heaven. 

That means that we have the guarantee that one day, our bodies will be…!!!

...weightless, painless, instantly responsive, comfortable, and totally peaceful.

We will be able to dash around valleys and run up to the highest mountain top without getting out of breath!

When we go to heaven, our bodies will instantly change from perishable to imperishable.

We will die in weakness and be raised in power. 

That means there will be…

No cripples
No diseases
No insane asylums
No scars
No disfigurements
No pain

In heaven there are…

No more glasses
No contacts
No arch supports
No hearing aids
No Depends
No dandruff
No nose hair
No body odor
No bad breath!

We’ll have straight teeth, a straight back and unlimited energy!  There will be no restrictions!

Oh it will be wonderful!   Think of it!  We will finally be happy with our bodies!

Many of us will surely be happy about that!

We will have a physical body.  It will be made of different material though.

When Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection, His body looked as it did on earth.  He had hands, fingers, and toes.

He said to the disciples in Luke 24, “Look at my hands and feet!  It is I myself!  Touch me and see.”

He looked the same, but His body was made of different material – He was able to appear and disappear and walk through walls.

1 Corinthians 15:49 says that, just as we bear the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

We will have the type of body that Jesus had after His resurrection!  That means we will be able to appear from here to there and walk through walls too!

When Jesus was raised from the dead there was a new type of man that came forth.

Jesus’ resurrected physical body was flesh and bone. He told His disciples when He appeared to them after His resurrection and said, ‘I am not just a spirit. I am also a physical body.’

This is the type of body we will have! 

It is similar to our earthly bodies in form, with some major differences.  For example, in heaven our internal organs will be different. There is still food in heaven but the food is not for survival. It’s for pleasure and for impartation. You don’t have to eat in heaven to live. You live by God’s life.

The body that we will have in heaven is a body that can float around. We won’t need wings to fly. When going up the mountain you have a choice of walking up or floating up!

In heaven there are lake and rivers. You can choose either to walk on the top of the river or you could go swimming in the river.

In heaven every fruit tree is constantly producing fruit. Every flowering plant is always flowering because of God’s presence; there is immortal life in heaven. 

We will have this immortal life flowing through our bodies in heaven.  The amazing thing that most don’t know that that immortal life can flow into our bodies right now!  We don’t have to wait until heaven to have a better body!

And that’s where we’ll continue next week!  Join us again!