一起读经|哥林多前书15章44-49节 复活的身体必有属天的形状

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哥林多前书:15:44-49: 44若有血气的身体,也必有灵性的身体。45经上也是这样记着说:“首先的人亚当成了有灵的活人(灵或作血气);末后的亚当成了叫人活的灵。46但属灵的不在先,属血气的在先,以后才有属灵的。47头一个人是出于地,乃属土;第二个人是出于天。48那属土的怎样,凡属土的也就怎样;属天的怎样,凡属天的也就怎样。49我们既有属土的形状,将来也必有属天的形状。

        我们复活的时候会是什么样子?如果你回到《创世纪》,你会读到上帝按照自己的形象造人。亚当被造的时候是圣洁、公义,没有罪的。然后当你读到《创世纪》第5章,这里提到亚当生了一个儿子,“形象样式和自己相似。”亚当不再是圣洁和公义的,他把这个形象传给了子孙后代,传给了我们。亚当将罪带进这个世界,但耶稣却带来了公义。当我们在末日复活,我们会有耶稣的样式,我们会完全的反映出他的圣洁无罪。

        这正是我在末日复活时最渴望的。在一瞬间,在眨眼之间,我将变得完全圣洁,不再会感到羞耻,不再被自己的邪情私欲所诱惑。我唯一所想的,就只有良善、公义和正确的事。我会以一种前所未有的方式去爱我的邻舍。我简直无法想象我成为耶稣的倒影,完全反映出耶稣圣洁的形象。没有愧疚感,没有羞耻感,没有后悔的感觉,无须道歉,无须认罪,没有任何罪的重担。有的只是完美无缺的喜乐、和平、安息和满足。我的脸上永远都是微笑。

祷告:主耶稣啊,愿你快来!请你来使你的创造恢复到之前完美的样子。请你来恢复我们以前按你的形象所造时的圣洁形象。请你来将无尽的喜乐平安带给我们。我如此祷告是奉你的名。阿们。

 1 Corinthians 15: If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living natural being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, that which is spiritual is not first; rather, first comes the natural, then the spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man made of dust, so are the people who are made of dust, and as is the heavenly man, so the heavenly people will be. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, let us (some translations read, “we will”)  also bear the image of the heavenly man. (EHV)

What will it be like for us in the resurrection?  If you go back to Genesis, you read that God made man in his own image. He made Adam holy and righteous and without sin. Then, when you read Genesis 5, it says that Adam had a son “in his own image, in his own likeness.” Adam was no longer holy and righteous and he passed on this image to his children, and to us.  Adam brought sin into the world, and Jesus brought righteousness. When we are raised on the last day, we will be like Jesus, and we will be a reflection of his holiness and innocence.

        This is what I long for the most in the resurrection on the last day. In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, I will become entirely holy. I will feel no shame. I will not be tempted by my own evil desires. I will want only what is good and just and right. I will love my neighbor as I have never done before. I can’t even begin to imagine what it will be like to be the mirror image Jesus in his holiness. No guilt. No shame. No regrets. No apologies. No confessions. No burdens. There will be only perfect joy, peace, rest, contentment. The smile will never leave my face.

Prayer:  Even so, come Lord Jesus, come! Come and restore your creation to perfection. Come and restore your image of holiness in us. Come and give us the joy and peace that will not end. I pray this in your name. Amen.

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