What is the down payment that God will complete by giving us a new body?
The down payment is the redemption of the soul and spirit, which God has already accomplished in the believer. This partial redemption serves as a pledge that God will complete the transaction by redeeming and giving us a new body, as referenced in Ephesians 1.
Les explains that as a believer, our soul and spirit have already been redeemed, and this redemption itself is a down payment. God will complete the transaction by redeeming and giving us a new body. He says the best way to get a glimpse of that new body is to take a look at Christ in His resurrection experience—those 40 days between His coming out of the tomb and His ascension in Acts chapter 1. Les then directs us to Luke chapter 24, verse 36, where Jesus appears to the ten disciples and says, 'Peace be unto you.'