When a seed is planted in the ground it dies;
decomposing, it
ceases to exist in its seed form, but life comes from inside that dead seed.
Just as God gives a
new body to that plant that rises from the dead seed,
so He can give a
resurrection body to a man who dies.
1 Corinthians 15:36
"[Thou] fool,
that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:"
It is a dangerous
thing to call someone a fool, so Paul is indirectly and not directly calling
them a fool.
He is saying, are
you so foolish to believe that the same seed that you plant grows into a seed?
When you put a
little seed in the ground, it dies and then a new plant springs forth from the
seed.
1 Corinthians 15:37
"And that which
thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may
chance of wheat, or of some other [grain]:"
It is so strange for
a little acorn to be planted in the ground and then a short time later in the
very spot where you planted the acorn a little tree pops out of the earth.
If you plant a bean,
you will not get corn.
The plant that comes
from the seed is very like the seed and you will be able to relate it to the
seed that you planted, but it will not be identical.
This is the same
with our body that is planted. A new body comes forth, but you would be able to
relate the new body to the old, because Jesus still had the nail prints in his
hands.
He was, however,
different enough that even His apostles, looking with physical eyes did not
recognize Him.
It was only when
their spiritual understanding was opened, that they recognized Jesus as the
risen Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:38
"But God giveth it a body as it hath
pleased him, and to every seed his own body."
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