Environmentalism

1 Cor 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" 56The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

The body we have is perfectly suited for the environment we live in. I guess this (at least in part) explains why some get so upset when they see potential changes to our present environment. (Perhaps we would no longer be so well-suited to a changed environment?)

IF the environment was to somehow be changed in such a way that we could no longer survive due to the design of our physical bodies, do you suppose keeping a list of rules (the Law) could affect the body in a way to allow it to survive the un-survivable environment?

No, some sort of adaptation would have to be made. The body would have to be changed to handle the new environment. On the moon, men have to wear moon-suits. In outer space, men have to wear space-suits.

In heaven, men will have to wear heaven suits. The human body as presently designed is unfit for the kingdom of heaven.

The Bible describes this as a ‘heavenly body’ or a ‘spirit body.’ What will this body be like? Well, the best example we have is the body of the resurrected Christ, Who was indeed resurrected bodily. The Bible declares Jesus to be the “first-fruits” of those who are being saved, and that, “when we see Him we shall be like Him.”

Jesus was raised in a physical body which could be touched and He also ate food. There was definitely a physicality to His resurrected body - but He could also pass through walls and He could suddenly appear in a distant place only to instantly disappear again. He could also make Himself unrecognizable and then instantly recognizable. To me, this sounds really cool, and is something I really look forward to. The big question is: How do I get one of these spirit bodies, if keeping a list of rules won’t do it? The answer is I must be born again. To get a new body I must have a new birth.

 -  Pastor Bill