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2744.—A Different Body

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Feb 24, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 8.

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2744.—A Different Body.

By Editor

In 1 John 3:2, we read, "But we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is." Would not that indicate that He has a different body now from the body He appeared in to His disciples after He arose? Did He not appear to Saul of Tarsus as He is in His spiritual, glorious body?
No, His body will not be different from the body that He possessed when He went away, but when He comes that body will reveal His true glory. That glory has been veiled from mortal eyes hitherto because sinful man could not endure the sight; but when He comes, we shall be like Him, glorified, and shall be able to endure His glory, and consequently we shall see Him as He is.
Regarding the flesh spoken of in Isa. 66:23, and Job 19:26, there is no contradiction between that and 1 Cor. 15:50. What is meant by Isaiah is that all people, all who live upon the new earth, shall come up there and worship; and by Job, that he shall see Christ in His own literal personality. "Flesh and blood" in 1 Cor. 15:50, it seems to us, stands for corruptible flesh—mortal man. The life of the future man will be like that of the second Adam, a spiritual being.