READ: 2
PETER 1:13-14
“The glory of this
latter house shall be greater than of the former, says the LORD of host: and in
this place will I give peace, says the LORD of hosts.” (Haggai 2:9). The Scriptures say
the children of God are living stone, built together to form a habitation for
the Most High God. This means that those who are born again are called houses
or temples of God. “What? Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?” (1
Corinthians 6:19).
Our bodies are temples or tabernacles of the Holy Spirit. Shortly before Peter went to heaven, he said it had been revealed to him by the Lord Jesus that he would soon put off his present tabernacle. But you may ask, after he drops his present body, does he remain without a body? 2 Corinthians 5:1 states: “For we know that if our earthly house of his tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
This tells us that God has reserved a special eternal body for us in Heaven. If this present one dies and decays, he will give us one to wear for the rest of eternity. The former house therefore refers to the present body we have, while the latter house refers to the eternal body we shall receive. Job looked beyond his body that was being destroyed by sickness. He looked and longed for another body that God would give to him after his present house was destroyed. (Job 19:25-27).
The new body you will be given is a very special body. It never wears out. It does not die. It is not subject to the pains and limitations of the present body. It enables you to enjoy without limitation. But for those who are headed for hell, the bodies they will be given will adapt to the fire without being burnt to ashes, yet making everyone who wears them feel the terrors of fiery pain for eternity! You have a choice to make. Which body do you choose?
Our bodies are temples or tabernacles of the Holy Spirit. Shortly before Peter went to heaven, he said it had been revealed to him by the Lord Jesus that he would soon put off his present tabernacle. But you may ask, after he drops his present body, does he remain without a body? 2 Corinthians 5:1 states: “For we know that if our earthly house of his tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
This tells us that God has reserved a special eternal body for us in Heaven. If this present one dies and decays, he will give us one to wear for the rest of eternity. The former house therefore refers to the present body we have, while the latter house refers to the eternal body we shall receive. Job looked beyond his body that was being destroyed by sickness. He looked and longed for another body that God would give to him after his present house was destroyed. (Job 19:25-27).
The new body you will be given is a very special body. It never wears out. It does not die. It is not subject to the pains and limitations of the present body. It enables you to enjoy without limitation. But for those who are headed for hell, the bodies they will be given will adapt to the fire without being burnt to ashes, yet making everyone who wears them feel the terrors of fiery pain for eternity! You have a choice to make. Which body do you choose?
MEMORIZE:
HAGGAI 2:9 –The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,
says the LORD of host: and in this place will I give peace, says the LORD of
hosts.
