Good Monday to you my “Walking with Jesus” friends, I’m so happy to begin this new week with you, do you know why? We’re with the apostle Paul as he’s writing a letter of great encouragement to his Christian friends in Corinth. The mid first century was a time for Christians quite similar to what is happening TODAY in many parts of our world, including much of America. We’ve come to one of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible… 2 Corinthians 5. Are you ready to jump in with me to these exciting paragraphs of encouraging truths?
You’ll remember Paul ended his 4th chapter talking about the harsh reality of our aging bodies but the great hope and inheritance that awaits God’s people after death, with our heavenly inheritance. So, Paul picks up that wonderful promise with these words: “For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling…” (2 Cor. 5:1, 2) As we saw in 1 Corinthians 15, God promises His people a resurrected, immortal glorified body designed for all eternity future, in heaven. Have you thought much about what your heavenly body will be like and how similar or different it will be from the body you now have here on earth?
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