He will “transform our [plural] lowly body
[singular]” – perhaps a
subtle allusion to the unified collectivity of believers (Phil. 1:27; 2:2) – “to
be like his glorious body …” The current physical body is a temporary shell, susceptible to
weakness, sin, sickness, and death (2 Cor. 4:16–5:6). But it will be replaced
one day with an incorruptible, glorious body (1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess.
5:9-10). Whatever Jesus is now, we will be like him one day (1 John
3:2). This transformation
is possible because of the divine “power” invested by the Father “that
enables him even to subject all things to himself” (see 1 Cor. 15:24-28).
--Kevin L. Moore
Endnotes:
1 Unless otherwise noted,
scripture quotations are from the ESV.
2 See also 1
Cor. 15:23-24, 35-54; 2 Cor. 4:14; 5:1-2; 1 Thess. 4:14-18.
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