Will our body, soul, and spirit be reunited before we spend eternity with Christ?
Yes. The soul and spirit of a believer are already redeemed, but the body remains unredeemed and under the curse. All three—body, soul, and spirit—must be brought back together before eternity in Christ’s presence. The Holy Spirit’s presence is God’s down payment that He will complete the whole transaction and redeem body, soul, and spirit together.
Les teaches that even for eternity we must be a complete entity; no human being functions as a complete entity unless he is body, soul, and spirit. He explains that all three will have to be brought back together before we can spend eternity in the presence of Christ. The soul and spirit are already redeemed for the believer, but the body is still unredeemed, still in the flesh, still under the curse. The very presence of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life is God’s down payment that He will complete the whole transaction, redeeming not only soul and spirit but body, soul, and spirit together.