Yes — believers will be resurrected with a real, tangible body like Christ's, able to eat and yet free from ordinary physical limits.
Les Feldick directs us to the 40 days after Christ's resurrection as the clearest picture of how our resurrected body will operate. Jesus looked fully human, was seen and touched, ate broiled fish and honeycomb, and yet could suddenly appear somewhere else. Scripture says our lowly body will be fashioned like His glorious body (Philippians 3:21).
Philippians 3:21 — Directly promises that our lowly body will be changed to be like Christ's glorious resurrection body, anchoring the whole answer.
Luke 24:42-43 — Shows the risen Jesus eating fish and honeycomb, proving the resurrection body can genuinely eat.
1 Corinthians 15:35 — Raises the central question about what kind of body the dead are raised with.
The resurrection body is revealed through the risen Lord Jesus. In Luke 24, after His resurrection, He was given a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb, and He took it and ate it before His disciples (Luke 24:42-43). This shows the resurrection body is real and capable of eating. Paul records the very question believers ask: “How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?” (1 Corinthians 15:35). Philippians 3:21 gives the promise: the Lord Jesus Christ “shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” Scripture does not describe the eternal state as a bodiless, ghostly existence but as a body like Christ's own resurrection body.
Les Feldick's consistent answer is to study the Lord Jesus in His 40 days after the resurrection. He teaches that our resurrected body will not be an invisible spirit or an angelic type of existence. It will be a real body, but not the same flesh-and-blood body we have now. Jesus looked perfectly normal, walked on two feet, and conversed with the disciples on the road to Emmaus; they did not see anything strange. Then He suddenly disappeared without going out a door or window. With the disciples He was tangible — they saw Him and touched Him — and He ate a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb. Yet in that same eternal-state body, He could go through a wall or ceiling and travel at the speed of light. So our glorified bodies will be able to eat and enjoy food without health limitations, and we will be able to move from place to place in an instant. Les encourages believers to study Christ's 40-day post-resurrection life to understand how we will operate for eternity.
Les directly addresses the concern that we will be "invisible spirit beings" or "like angels." He says no — we are going to eternally exist in a body. It will not be the same flesh-and-blood body we have now, but it will be on the same order, and the best illustration is the Lord Jesus in His 40 days after His resurrection. Les also says we will not spend eternity in "some ethereal, invisible soul state" — we will be bodily involved.
Yes. Scripture records that after His resurrection Jesus was given "a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb" and He "took it, and did eat before them" (Luke 24:42-43). Les uses this as proof that for all eternity we will have a body that can still enjoy food — without health problems, cholesterol, or other physical concerns. He also points out that Jesus could eat and drink in His resurrection body even though it was a body for the eternal state.
Les points to the resurrection body's freedom from physical limitations. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus suddenly disappeared — He did not go out the door or slip out a window. In the eternal state He could go through a wall and through the ceiling and be transported from one place to a jillion miles away in a split second. Les even says the speed of light will become nothing for us; we will not be tied to this old earth.
Les says this repeatedly: if you want a good handle on how we are going to operate in our new resurrected body, study the 40 days of Christ's post-resurrection life. That period shows exactly what the resurrection body looks like and how it behaves — normal outward appearance, tangible and able to eat, yet able to appear, disappear, and travel instantly. Christ's resurrection body is the pattern for the body we will have for the eternal state.
Pattern for Our Body
Les says the way to understand our resurrected body is to study the 40 days of Christ's post-resurrection life, because our body will be fashioned like His glorious body.
Not a Spirit Being
Les answers the objection that resurrection means becoming an invisible spirit or angel; we will eternally exist in a body on the same order as Christ's resurrection body.
Normal Yet Able to Vanish
Jesus on the Emmaus road looked like an ordinary man, walked and conversed, then suddenly disappeared without using a door or window — showing both normality and supernatural ability.
Tangible, Eating, and Able to Travel
In His resurrection body Jesus could eat, drink, converse, and be seen and touched, yet could be here one second and miles away the next.
Eating Fish and Honeycomb
Jesus ate broiled fish and honeycomb in His resurrection body, proving that we will enjoy food in eternity without health problems.
Fashioned Like His Glorious Body
Philippians 3:21 shows our vile body will be changed to be like Christ's glorious body — a body that could pass through walls and travel at the speed of light.
Immortal and Instantly Transportable
Jesus had the outward appearance of an ordinary human but was immortal: He did not need doors, could go through walls and ceilings, and could be transported vast distances instantly.
Bodily Involved in Eternity
Les reminds believers we will not spend eternity as an ethereal invisible soul; we will be bodily involved and will enjoy good things like eating.
Philippians 3:21: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
This is the key promise that our resurrection body will be made like Christ's glorious resurrection body.
Luke 24:42-43: And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them.
This records the risen Jesus eating, proving the resurrection body can genuinely eat.
1 Corinthians 15:35: But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
Paul asks the very question about what kind of body the dead are raised with, which the resurrection of Christ answers.
They will be real bodies. Les teaches that we will not exist as invisible spirit beings or angels; we will have a body like Christ's after His resurrection. Jesus looked normal, was seen, and was touched, yet He could suddenly appear in another place.
Yes. The risen Jesus ate a piece of broiled fish and a honeycomb before His disciples (Luke 24:42-43). Les says this shows we will enjoy food for all eternity, without health problems.
According to Les, yes. Jesus disappeared from the Emmaus house without using a door, and in His resurrection body He could go through walls and ceilings. Les says we will be able to travel at speeds beyond the speed of light.
Les repeatedly says to study the 40 days of Christ's post-resurrection life. Those days show how He operated — normal, tangible, able to eat, and yet free from physical limitations — and that is the pattern for our eternal bodies.
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