OUR HEAVENLY BODIES ARE BEING PREPARED FOR US 2

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Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.
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Become sober-minded
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as you ought,
and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
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But someone will say, How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?
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You
fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;
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and that which you sow, you do not
sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of
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something else.
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But God
gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.
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All flesh is not the
same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds,
and another of fish.
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There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the
heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.
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There is one glory of the sun, and another
glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 1Cor 15: 35-41
5 For we know that if
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the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from
God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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For indeed in this house we groan,
longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,
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inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be
found naked.
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For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not
want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
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Now He
who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a
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pledge.
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Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we
are absent from the Lord
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for we walk by faith, not by
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sight
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we are of good courage, I say,
and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
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Therefore we also
have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.
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For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for
[d]
his deeds in the
body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
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Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and
I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
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We are not again commending
ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an
answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.
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For if we
[e]
are beside ourselves, it
is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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For the love of Christ controls us, having
concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
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and He died for all, so that they who live
might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. 2 Cor5:1-
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The Transfiguration
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Some eight days after these sayings, He took along Peter and John and James, and went up on the
mountain to pray.
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And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His
clothing became white and
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gleaming.
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And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were
Moses and Elijah,
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who, appearing in
[q]
glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to
accomplish at Jerusalem.
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Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when
they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him.
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And as
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these were
leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make
three
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tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijahnot realizing what he was
saying.
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While he was saying this, a cloud
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formed and began to overshadow them; and they were
afraid as they entered the cloud.
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Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My
Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!
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And when voice
[u]
had spoken, Jesus was found alone.
And they kept silent, and reported to no one in the days any of the things which they had seen. Luke
9: 28-36