Analysis of The Resurrected Body



So how can the dead be raised?
What kind of body do they get?
And will you become amazed,
That Jesus has paid your debt.

What you sow comes not to life,
Until after someone dies;
Not just all toil and strife,
But also cheating and lies.

God gives a body chosen,
For each body from its seed;
A bare kernel that the Son,
For His body, He would need.

For all flesh is not the same,
There’s one kind for humans;
That Jesus Christ does proclaim,
To fit in the Father’s plans.

There are heavenly bodies,
Earthly bodies of one kind;
Some are men, others ladies,
In one accord of His mind.

There’s one glory of the sun,
And another of the moon;
Differs from the chosen One,
That all of us will commune.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX HIHI EJEJ X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111 11110111 0110101 1101111 1111111 011011 111101 1101001 1101010 1110111 0110101 1110111 1111101 111110 1101101 1100101 1110010 1010111 1111010 0101111 1110101 0010101 1010101 1111110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 747
Words 171
Sentences 9
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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The Nature of the Resurrection Body 1 Corinthians 15:35-41

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Written on May 11, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on May 10, 2024

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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