This is a short study of the topic I put together in response to the notion that the resurrection of believers is only spiritual and not a physical resurrection. It might be helpful and might be useful as a resource for discussing the topic. It is designed to be able to assert that the certain scripture passages from the Bible point to our bodily resurrection from the dead at Christ’s second coming. Here are 5 reasons to believe in our physical resurrection from the dead at Christ’s second coming.

1. “Resurrection” in the Bible speaks of physical bodies are being raised.

“For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.” (Matt 22:30)

“and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” (Luke 14:14)

“We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not “

“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.” (1 Thess 4:16)

Thayer Definition of ‘resurrection’ G386, ἀνάστασις, anastasis

1) a raising up, rising (e.g. from a seat)

2) a rising from the dead

2a) that of Christ

2b) that of all men at the end of this present age

Thayer Definition of ‘raised’: G1453, ἐγείρω, egeirō

1) to arouse, cause to rise

1a) to arouse from sleep, to awake

1b) to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life

1c) to cause to rise from a seat or bed etc.

1d) to raise up, produce, cause to appear

Thayer Definition of ‘rise up’ G450, ἀνίστημι, anistēmi

1) to cause to rise up, raise up

1a) raise up from laying down

1b) to raise up from the dead

1c) to raise up, cause to be born, to cause to appear, bring forward

2) to rise, stand up

2a) of persons lying down, of persons lying on the ground

2b) of persons seated

2c) of those who leave a place to go elsewhere

2c1) of those who prepare themselves for a journey

2d) of the dead

2. Christ’s resurrection body is the pattern of our resurrection body: (Phil 3:20-21)

“²⁰But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.”  (Phil 3:20-21)

3. Romans 8 speaks of the “redemption” of our bodies.

²¹that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Rom 8:21-23)

4. Jesus speaks of the resurrection as involving the coming forth of individuals out of their tombs.

“²⁸Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.” (John 5:28-29)

5. The Old Testament speaks of the resurrection as being physical:

“And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” (Dan 12:2)

“²⁵For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. ²⁶ And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, ²⁷whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!” (Job 19:25-27)

Online Source: Will the Resurrection of the Body Be a Physical Resurrection from the Dead?

Be Blessed!