Friday, October 26, 2012

AC 3815 - natural bodies, spiritual bodies

AC 3813 [5]
. . . those who deduce . . . that the dead body itself
shall be collected from the four winds, and shall rise again,
are not acquainted with the internal sense of the Word.
They who know the internal sense,
know that they shall come into the other life with a body,
but a purer one; for in the other life there are purer bodies;
for they see each other, converse together,
and enjoy every sense as in the present body,
but in a more exquisite degree.
The body which a person carries about here on earth
is for uses on earth,
and therefore consists of bones and flesh;
and the body which the spirit carries about in the other life
is designed for uses in that life,
and does not consist of bones and flesh,
but of things which correspond to them.

1 comment:

Heavenly Doctrine Quotes said...

From Mike:
It is sown a natural body,
it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body,
and there is a spiritual body.
I Corinthians 15:44

(In all the quotes from the OT & NT, and this one is not given. Hmm.)