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WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
Romans 8:18-23

1 John 3:1-3

 

So till He come,

I’ll watch and pray rejoicing.

 

WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM
 
Today, let us take a closer look at what the Scripture teaches about the transformation of our bodies at our Lord’s return. l Corinthians 15:52 says, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye… the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” In Philippians 3:20-21, Paul says, “…the Lord… shall change our vile (or corruptible) body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body….” The Apostle John says, “…when he shall appear, we shall be like him” (1 John 3:2). At the Lord’s coming, all believers, past and present, dead and alive, shall undergo a miraculous transformation: our bodies will be changed to be like our Lord’s resurrected body: perfect, forever free from the ravages of age, sorrow, sickness and death.
 
But that is not all. We shall be caught up in the air to be forever with the Lord. This is the first resurrection. “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” (Rev 20:6). Such a glorious prospect makes any present suffering, no matter how grievous, bearable and worth it. The Apostle Paul said, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Rom 8:18). Even the physical creation, our world, fallen under curse since Adam, will be restored (Rom 8:22-23).
 
With the whole creation delivered from the curse, the animal kingdom will also be restored. Then wolf and lamb, leopard and kid, calf and lion, cow and bear - these will be at peace with one another and with mankind. All animals will return to a vegetarian diet as in the beginning (Isa 11:6‑9). Reader, are you not excited by this revelation of God? Does it not thrill your heart that such a perfect world will soon be a reality? The present earth is not our home, so live like a pilgrim, live expecting to arrive “home.”
 
THOUGHT: “…for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD….” (Isa 11:9)

PRAYER: I praise Thee, O Father, for Thou art from eternity to eternity.

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