The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Philippians 3:20-21,
As Paul speaks of the resurrection of believers, he speaks of the power of Jesus Christ. Some may feel the renewing of our bodies, the "transformation" of our bodies in the resurrection is a somewhat fanciful idea. I would respond that the current life we live in, our current bodies that exist today, is no less remarkable. Our lives here, our bodies here, where there was once nothing is no less astonishing! Who or what brought that about?
Fools, who attempt to cling to an incomprehensible notion that there is no God come up with even more fanciful ideas as to how we all got here and have no clue as to where we are all headed. Not me. Recognizing our Creator is simply the most straightforward, lucid and perspicuous of any possible explanation. I'll leave the more fanciful ideas for others, as David says, "The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'" Psalm 53:1. They are lost in the dark.
Of what we know of the Trinity, we know the Son of God is the creative agent within the godhead. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:1-4,14. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and is that member of the Trinity most closely associated with the creative acts of the Trinity.
Not only did the Son of God create all things, he keeps all things in existence, from moment to moment. He maintains the creation, sustaining it, "In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word." Hebrews 1:1-3a. Jesus Christ's maintenance of the creation is through "his powerful word", that same powerful word of creation we read of in Genesis 1, "God said, 'Let there be ...'"
The astonishing reality that we exist now, that we have bodies that ultimately came from nothing, that we have been created by our Creator, impinges greatly on the notion that somehow our current bodies will be transformed into bodies like his glorious body is fanciful. No matter the cause of death and the disposition of the current state of any one's body in recent history or ancient, has no bearing on our Creator's ability to reunite our souls with transformed bodies!
Here is what Paul says about our resurrected bodies, "So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body."
I will be there in the resurrection in a renewed, transformed body, looking for you. I look forward to seeing you all there!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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