Immortality or Resurrection by William West (philippa perry book txt) 📕

RAISED INCORRUPTBLE 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52
LIVING SAINTS ARE CHANGED IN A MOMENT 1 COR. 15:51
"THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION" 1 CORINTHIANS 15:53
"THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY" 1 CORINTHIANS 15:53
ALL NOW HAVE THE BODY OF ADAM SAINTS TO BE LIKE CHRIST 1 JOHN 3:2
BODY OF HUMILIATION |"CONFORMED TO THE BODY OF HIS GLORY" PHIL 3:21
EARTHLY TENT |"A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS" 2 COR. 5:1-10
EARTHLY IMAGE OF ADAM | HEAVENLY IMAGE OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS 15:49
ADAM A LIVING SOUL | CHRIST A LIFE GIVING SPIRIT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:45
"Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed" [1 Corinthians 15:51-52].
1. "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God" [1 Corinthians 15:50]
2. "We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound" [1 Corinthians 15:51]
3. "And the dead shall be raised incorruptible" [1 Corinthians 15:52]
4. "And we shall be changed" [1 Corinthians 15:52
5. "For this corruptible must put on incorruption" [1 Corinthians 15:53]
6. "And this mortal must put on immortality" [1 Corinthians 15:53]
“But some one will say, ‘How are the dead raised and with what manner of body do the come’…you sow not the body that shall be…God gives it a body even as it pleased Him” [1 Corinthians 15:35-49].
• “It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption” not “sown and raised in corruption then changed to incorruption.”
• “It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory” not “sown and raised in dishonor then changed to honor.”
• “It is sown in natural body; it is raised a spiritual body” not “sown and raised a natural body then changed to spiritual body.” It is a spiritual body that is raised, not an “immaterial invisible no substance spirit” that has no body.
• “It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory” not “sown and raised in dishonor then changed to honor.”
A changed body versus an immortal soul: Paul said, “How are the dead raised? And with what manner of body to they come...you sow not the body that shall be, but a bare grain...but God gives it a body...to each seed a body of its own...So also is the resurrection...it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body...howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual...and as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly...We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality” [1 Corinthians 15:35-54]. It is this mortal body or person that will put on immortality, not an immortal soul that will put on immortality.
The image of Christ is not just a glorified earthly image of Adam. The body made for this earth that is put in the ground will be raised a spiritual body suitable for life in Heaven. The immortal soul doctrine says not so, (1) the “immaterial invisible no substance souls” that will be in Heaven are now existing and are immortal while we are living and cannot be changed (2) and these souls will be alive in Heaven from the moment of death; (3) these immortal souls that we now have can never be dead, therefore, they cannot be raised from the dead. Who is wrong, Paul or today's theology?
The body changed, not an immortal soul changed "For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory" [Philippians 3:20-21]. "The body of our humiliation" is not an "immaterial, invisible, no substance" soul that will be remade ("fashion anew") into another "immaterial, invisible, no substance" soul, but it is us that will be changed from an earthly body to a body like Christ now has, changed from a body that is suitable for life on this earth to a body that will be suitable for life in Heaven. It is our body that will be changed, not an immaterial something in us that is now just as it will be in Heaven and cannot ever be changed. I do not know how I can be raised without this earthly body and still be me, but I believe God when He says that it will be me with a spiritual body. Those who believe a person now have an immortal immaterial soul now living in them believe this invisible something in them is now "conformed to the body of His glory."
What body will be resurrected? Many believe that without the resurrection of the earthly body it would not be us but a new creation. Are they saying God could not make this change without first resurrecting the earthly body?
• Some say the dead in Christ will be, "raised an earthly body, then changed to a spiritual body"
• Others say it will be “raised an earthly body and restored to be like the earthly body of Adam before he sinned”
Both are adding to and changing what the Bible says, “raised a spiritual body”? [1 Corinthians 15:44]
Image of Adam versus image of christ: We are now a soul in the image of Adam. We will be raised in the image of Christ [1 Corinthians 15:45-49]. The "living soul," the physical body in the image of Adam we now have [Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:44-45] is not the "spiritual body" [1 Corinthians 15:44] in the image of Christ that we will have. An immortal soul, which many believe we need to save so that it will live in Heaven is not the "spiritual body," which we will have after the resurrection. We do not now have the "spiritual body," which is in the image of Christ, and will not have it unto we put on immortality at the resurrection [1 Corinthians 15:54]. We will be the same person we now are, but our bodies will be changed from the image of Adam to the image of Christ, from earthly bodies to spiritual bodies. All of us, our whole person, will be in Heaven; not just some thin air, immaterial, invisible part of us that has no body.
“If there is a natural [psuchikos – soulish] body there is also a spiritual body” [1 Corinthians 15:44-45]. Paul is quoting Genesis 2:7, the first man, Adam became a living soul [psuche]. Terms Paul used of the natural soulish body.
• The natural soulish body is “a living soul [psuche]” [1 Corinthians 15:44].
• It is “of the earth, earthy” [1 Corinthians 15:47].
• It is the “image of the earthy” (Adam) [1 Corinthians 15:47].
• It is “flesh and blood” [1 Corinthians 15:50].
When God made the earth He give fish bodies that are appropriate to live in water and birds bodies that are appropriate to fly. He gives Adam a body that was appropriate for life on this earth, a body of flesh and blood. Where will we be after the judgment day; if on earth we will need to have earthly body suitable for life on this earth, if in Heaven we will need to have a spiritual body suitable for life in Heaven? Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, but the earthly body in the image of Adam both before and after he sinned, was flesh and blood. If the earthly body is to be resurrected then it is the natural body of flesh and blood that sinned that is to be resurrected, but in the resurrection we will be like angels who are in Heaven [Matthew 22:30]. Is there anyone who believes angels have earthly bodies of flesh and blood in the image of Adam either before or after he sinned? After the resurrection Christians will have spiritual bodies in the image of Christ, not earthly bodies in the image of Adam that can not inherit the Kingdom of God [1 Corinthians 15:50].
If Christians are to be reunited with their earthly bodies at the resurrection no mater where the kingdom of God will be after the resurrection it cannot be inherited by “flesh and blood” [1 Corinthians 15:50].
1. Or if, as some teach, the kingdom of Heaven is to be on this earth, “flesh and blood” bodies that are in the image of Adam could not inherit it [1 Corinthians 15:50]. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh” [John 3:6]. “It is sown a natural body [It is the body of “flesh and blood” that is put in the grave]; it is raised a spiritual body” [1 Corinthians 15:44]; this passage is not complicated, the body is put in the ground is a natural body and the body that comes out of the ground will be a spiritual body. An “incorruptible physical body” would still be a body of “flesh and blood,” not a spiritual body and it could not “inherit the kingdom of God.” The spiritual body is not just a glorified earthly body.
• The natural body is sown in the ground in corruption, dishonor, and weakness.
• The spiritual body is raised with incorruption, glory, and power.
2. Or if, as others teach that the “soul,” the “immaterial, invisible, no substance” something is to be is to be reunited with the body of “flesh and blood” at the resurrection, neither the body nor the “soul” could inherit the kingdom of Heaven as long as the “soul” is reunited to the “flesh and blood” body.
How could it be said any more clearly that this earthly body will not be raised, or that we do not now have the body we shall have after the resurrection? (1) Or that it is not an inter immortal part of us, which we now have, which needs no change, which will never be dead to be raised? (2) Nor any more clearly that we are now "mortal," but will be raised "immortal"? We could not put on immortality if we have it on, if we now have an immortal (undying) soul that is not subject to corruption (death). It is this mortal person that must put on immortality, not an immortal soul that is now in this mortal person that must be freed. If a person did have a soul that is now immortal, that immortal soul could not "put on immorality."
1. Those asleep: Their physical bodies sowed will be raised spiritual bodies. “It is sown a natural body” but it is not the natural body (the body of flesh and blood) that will be raised but “it is raised a spiritual body.”
2. Those living: Their physical bodies will be changed to spiritual bodies. The change to both those asleep and those who will be