BY DESIGN

Can I pray for you in any way?

Send any prayer requests to Gods4all@aol.com

In Christ, Mark

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

** Follow The Christian Walk on Twitter @ThChristianWalk

** Like posts and send friend requests to the author of The Christian Walk, Mark Cummings on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mark.cummings.733?ref=tn_tnmn

** Become a Follower of The Christian Walk at http://the-christian-walk.blogspot.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body as He has determined, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

1 Corinthians 15:35-41

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

In order to gain the greatest appreciation for God’s amazing, masterful creative work, we have to open our eyes up to the world we live in.

Now that we are in the midst of the spring season, we get to once again join all the plants, bushes, and trees that green up and often bloom in a dazzling display of bright, colorful flowers. There are many, many varieties, all with their unique qualities that separate one from the other. In fact, there are approximately 400,000 different plant species in the world today, each with a body that God has determines, many of which grew from a single seed, also designed by God to produce the plant body He desires.

Now, humans have bodies too but they are nowhere like a plant body. There is no comparison, right? People have flesh and bones, a brain and a heart, arms and legs. They can think and move and perform actions, just as God intended.

Animals, birds, and fish have flesh and bodies too. They each have different functions and abilities. Many of these animals, birds, and fish end up being a food source for mankind who has been placed in a position of dominion over them. Like plants, there are many different species of animals (~two million), birds (~10,000), and fish (~32,000) and God made them all as He wanted.

Look to the skies and you’ll see more bodies, heavenly bodies like planets and stars. Each has their own distinctive splendor. As our scripture passage reminds us, “the sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another”. Speaking of the stars, even each star is distinguished from one another in characteristic and the aforementioned splendor.

The main point Paul is making here is that only God knows what kind of body His created things will have. Each is made the way He wants by way of His perfect artistry and divine power.

How will Christian bodies look after God resurrects from the dead? 

The truth of the matter is that no one knows but God but I can tell you this, these bodies will be special and glorious by design, no matter how they might appear and I look forward to seeing His salvation work completed as I join all those in Christ to live with Him forever after the great resurrection.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

PS: Feel free to leave a comment and please share this with anyone you feel might be blessed by it.
Send any prayer requests to Gods4all@aol.com