Nature of Resurrection



How are the dead resurrected?
What kind of body do they get?
Is the new body perfected,
After the Lord has paid their debt.

What you sow does not come to life,
Be not a fool unless it dies;
Once resurrected you rid strife,
And truth is exposed from the lies.

For what you sow is that to be,
Rather merely as a bare grain;
After being raised you not see,
All the strife that caused you much pain.

To the chosen bodies are given,
Own body to each kind of seed;
Soon as you have entered Heaven,
According as to fit your need.

For all flesh is never the same,
There is only one kind for man;
Not like the other beasts became,
That the Lord would have in His plan.

Distinct ones for Heaven and earth,
Glory of Heaven is one kind;
Because you are given rebirth,
No longer a corrupted mind.

There is one glory of the sun,
Another glory of the moon;
Of stars, glory differs each one,
Like birds sing a different tune.

Bodies sown are perishable,
But are raised up as permanent;
For each one is treasurable,
God thinks each one is important.

For it is sown in dishonor,
And will be raised up in glory;
Since the body of a fawner,
Confessing and being sorry.

Sown in weakness, raised in power,
For being raised as spiritual;
Transformation at that hour,
For discarding the natural.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer

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The Resurrection Body 1 Corinthians 15:35–44

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Written on April 17, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on April 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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