Why does this teaching describe our present body as vile and corrupt?
The present body is described as vile and corrupt because it is prone to death, disease, and suffering. Scripture promises that the Lord Jesus Christ will change it and fashion it like His glorious body, replacing this frail, corruptible state with a resurrection body that shares His eternal, glorified likeness.
Les explains that the body is called vile and corrupt because it is prone to death, disease, and suffering. The Lord Jesus Christ will change that vile body so it is fashioned like unto His glorious body. Les points to the resurrected Christ, who ate fish and honeycomb yet could go through walls and ceilings and travel at the speed of light; believers will have the same kind of body. He says the change from here to glory will take almost a split second, accomplished by Christ's working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself.