Resurrection Body
noun phrase
The glorified physical body believers receive at Christ's return

📖 Biblical Definition

The glorified body the redeemed will receive at Christ's return — the same body raised, transformed, and made immortal. Paul's extended discussion in 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 contrasts the natural body (Greek soma psychikon) sown in the ground at death with the spiritual body (soma pneumatikon) that will be raised. The four contrasts: corruption / incorruption, dishonor / glory, weakness / power, natural / spiritual (vv. 42-44). The resurrection body is not an immaterial spirit (Christ's post-resurrection body had flesh and bone, ate fish, was touched, Luke 24:39-43) but a transformed physical body fitted for eternal life. Christ's resurrection body is the prototype: we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). The Christian hope is not the soul's escape from the body but the body's resurrection — the biblical doctrine that defies both Greek dualism and modern materialism.

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Usage

• "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15:44)."

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