The same will be true for us

Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop. (John 12:24 HCSB)

  Death is part of the life cycle, not the end of life. This is evident throughout nature, but perhaps nowhere more clearly than in the example that Jesus gave His disciples when preparing them for His death.
 The apostle Paul elaborated on this analogy when explaining our “end,” which will actually be our new beginning. “What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body… So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.” (1 Corinthians 15:36-38 42-44)
 It’s hard to imagine what those spiritual bodies will be like, but the Bible gives some clues in its accounts of the resurrected Jesus. Jesus appeared as a man, but usually even His closest friends didn’t recognize Him immediately. He had substance— “flesh and bones.” He walked, talked, and could eat, but He could also materialize and disappear at will.
 Jesus was still very much Himself, but His body had undergone a quantum upgrade. The same will be true for us. “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye … we will be changed.” ——Keith Phillips [1]

 The body you now possess is just a seed of the eternal body you will possess in heaven. —Shana Schutte

[1] Activated Biodegradable? —Or Upgradable?

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