The Glory of Resurrection Comments for Study 12
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I. The Splendor of the Heavenly Bodies (15:35-44)
>1. What questions were some Corinthians raising about the body Christians will have at the resurrection?
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>Why was their line of thinking foolish and their understanding of the resurrected body deficient?
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>2. How does plant life illustrate the nature of the resurrected body?
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>3. How are earthly bodies differentiated?
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>Describe and compare the splendor of the sun, the moon, and the stars.
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>How do the different kinds of flesh and their respective glories serve the purpose of their creation?
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>4. What analogy do the resurrected body and their splendor provide to the nature and splendor of the heavenly bodies?
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>5. In what way do human beings have both human (or physical) glory and spiritual glory (or splendor)?
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>What is the human or physical glory that physically-oriented people pursue?
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>What is the spiritual glory that spiritual men must pursue?
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>6. What is the seed of the resurrected body?
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>How will the spiritual man attain this spiritual body, which will be honorable, glorious, powerful and imperishable?
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>What is meant by the expressions 'sow' and 'raised'?
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II. The Glorious Image of the Man From Heaven (15:45-49)
>7. In what way is Adam the ancestor of all men on earth?
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>How do his descendants receive their natural, earthly bodies?
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> Why is he called "a living being"?
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>Who is the man from heaven?
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>How is he different from the first man, Adam?
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>Why is he called "the last Adam" and "a life-giving Spirit"?
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>8. How did the man from heaven who became incarnate in a human body receive a glorified, spiritual body?
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>How will his redeemed people similarly receive their own spiritual bodies?
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>What does it mean that we shall bear the likeness of the man from heaven?
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III. The Glory of the Second Coming of Christ (15:50-58)
>9. Why did Paul call the resurrection of the dead a mystery? (Eph. 3:3, Rev. 10:7)
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>What will happen at the time of the resurrection?
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>How will the resurrection of the dead occur?
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>10. What is the meaning of verse 53?
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>What will be the ultimate victory of the risen Jesus at his second coming?
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>What will this mean to believers?
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>To unbelievers?
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>11. In light of the resurrected body and Christ's ultimate victory, why shouldn't Christians be moved by any worldly temptation but rather give themselves full to the work of the Lord?
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