One of the hardest things to imagine about Heaven is our bodies. It just seems so foreign, so fictional to be in a different body in an entirely new realm. It is hard to get those thoughts out of a dreamy vague picture, and into a reality so vivid, that it changes our perspective. Paul addresses those questions in a letter to the church in the Greek city of Corinth.
Paul teaches that everyday we see an obvious picture of what happens to us, when we look at growing plants. At some point a seed was placed into the ground and the shell or fruit surrounding it, began decomposing. God grows that seed into a beautiful tree far greater than the small seed that was put into the ground. Paul argues the same miracle of God growing that tree precisely how He wants it, is the same miracle of our bodies dying and becoming something profoundly greater. Paul teaches us that it should not be hard to imagine God creating a new body, because of all the incredible variety of creation here on earth and throughout the universe.
This understanding of our future invincible bodies, should give us peace as we now live in this perishable body. Fear of death should not paralyze this life. In fact, we should live in a healthy balance of longing for what is to come, while we celebrate what He has given us here on earth.
What are some things that you long for in heaven? Why is it so hard to overcome our fear of our mortality? Share your thoughts with your Church.
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Think of an unborn child trying to imagine what their life would be like after being born. The child has no conception of childhood, growth, school, war, hunger, poverty, prosperity, society, Barbie dolls or atom bombs. This person-in-waiting only knows vague and muffled sights, sounds, and warmth. This child’s life will be not only stranger than he/she imagines, it will be stranger than can be imagined. Now think about us, death, and Heaven. WOW.
Great point. Us trying to imagine how vivid and real Heaven will be, is similar to an unborn baby trying to grasp what she will see and experience when she is born. Good thoughts.
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