
May 28, 2023
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (ESV) For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient …
The Tension We Face
Nothing feels light or momentary about the things we experience here on Earth.
2 Corinthians 5:1 (ESV) For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Our body on Earth is
Our body in Heaven is
2 Corinthians 5:2-4 (ESV) For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
1 Corinthians 15:48 (ESV) As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.
Our body on Earth is like
Our body in Heaven is like
Jesus After His Resurrection
- He walked and talked.
- He was recognizable.
- He cooked and ate.
- He appeared, disappeared, and ascended.
2 Corinthians 5:5 (ESV) He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
In this life on Earth, God is
2 Corinthians 5:6-8 (ESV) So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
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