Why do we believe we will bear the image of the heavenly?
We believe we will bear the image of the heavenly because the Book says so, not because it can be laid on a laboratory desk and picked apart. The eternal Word of God declares that as we have borne the earthy image, we shall also bear the heavenly image.
Les teaches that verse 49 is where faith comes in. We believe this not because it can be laid out on a laboratory desk and picked apart, but because the Book says so, and we can believe and trust it as the eternal Word of God. As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. He also notes that even discussions of Bible codes do not tell him anything more than he always knew: this Book is supernaturally put together, every letter in exactly the right place. Though believers are still earthy in makeup and function as physical earthly beings, they become heavenly connected, with citizenship in heaven.
And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.