Believers will not become bodiless spirits or angels; they will receive a new, incorruptible, immortal body like Christ's glorious resurrection body.
According to Scripture, the corruptible and mortal body must put on incorruption and immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53). Les Feldick teaches that this change happens suddenly at the last trump, and the pattern is Christ's own post-resurrection body—able to eat and be touched, yet able to pass through walls and travel with supernatural speed.
1 Corinthians 15:52 — This verse directly answers the question by describing the moment when the dead are raised incorruptible and living believers are changed.
Philippians 3:21 — This verse reveals that our vile body will be fashioned like Christ's glorious body.
Scripture expressly states that our present body is corruptible and mortal, and it must put on incorruption and immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53). Because flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption, a change is unavoidable (1 Corinthians 15:50). Paul reveals the timing: 'In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed' (1 Corinthians 15:52). As believers have borne the image of the earthy, they shall also bear the image of the heavenly (1 Corinthians 15:49). Paul further declares that the Lord Jesus Christ 'shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body' (Philippians 3:21). The Lord's own resurrected body is the biblical example—He showed His disciples His hands and feet and said, 'a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have' (Luke 24:39).
Les Feldick teaches that the new body is a real, eternal body—not an invisible spirit or an angelic existence. He says it is 'on the same order' as our present body, but it will not be the same flesh and blood body we have now (Clip 2). The best illustration of the resurrection body is the Lord Jesus in His 40 days after resurrection: He ate fish and honeycomb with the disciples, yet He could go right through a wall or ceiling and travel at the speed of light (Clip 4). Les emphasizes that the change occurs suddenly at the rapture—'in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump'—and that this last trumpet is not the trumpets of Revelation; God has all kinds of trumpets and will use this one for the Church (Clip 0). He connects the corruptible putting on incorruption and the mortal putting on immortality to our need to be made fit for eternity in God's presence (Clips 1, 6). Since we have borne the image of the earthy Adam, we will bear the image of the heavenly—fashioned after Christ's glorious, post-resurrection body, not the body of His humiliation (Clips 5, 7).
Paul writes that the change happens 'in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump' (1 Corinthians 15:52). Les explains that the Greek word for 'moment' is the smallest division of time—so small that seconds can be split far down—and that this last trump has nothing to do with the trumpets in Revelation. God has all kinds of trumpets and will use this one for the Church (Clip 0).
The new body is not an invisible spirit or angelic existence; it is 'on the same order' as our present body, but not the same flesh and blood. Les says the perfect picture is the Lord Jesus during His 40 days after resurrection: He sat down with the disciples and ate fish and honeycomb, yet He could go right through a wall or ceiling and travel at the speed of light. Believers 'shall also bear the image of the heavenly' (1 Corinthians 15:49).
Scripture says 'flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption' (1 Corinthians 15:50). Since our present body is corruptible, prone to death, disease, and suffering, it must put on incorruption; the mortal must put on immortality. As Les puts it, we have to be made fit for eternity in God's presence.
Paul says that as we have borne the image of the earthy (Adam), we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Les ties this to Philippians 3:21: the Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile, corrupt body that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body—not His humiliation body but His post-resurrection, glorified body. This is why Les urges believers to study Christ's 40 days after resurrection to get a glimpse of how we will operate in eternity.
The Rapture Change
Les explains that at the last trump, believers who are alive will all be changed in the smallest division of time—the twinkling of an eye—and that this trumpet is not the Revelation trumpets.
Order of Resurrection
The dead in Christ are raised first with a new body, then living believers are changed; corruptible puts on incorruption and mortal puts on immortality.
Not Angelic, But a Body Like Christ's
Resurrected believers will not be invisible spirits or like angels; they will exist eternally in a body on the same order as Christ's post-resurrection body.
Bodies Like Christ's – Philippians 3
Les points to Philippians 3:21, where Christ will change our bodies to be fashioned like His glorious body, and urges study of His 40 days as the perfect picture.
Christ's Resurrection Body
Vile, corrupt, disease-prone bodies will be changed to be like Christ's glorious body; He ate fish and honeycomb yet passed through walls and traveled at the speed of light—and so will believers.
From Earthy to Heavenly Image
As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall bear the image of the heavenly; flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom, so a whole new body is required.
Moment of Change
The dead are raised incorruptible and believers are changed suddenly; our corruptible, mortal bodies must put on incorruption and immortality to be fit for eternity.
Fashioned After His Glorious Body
Our vile body will be fashioned like Christ's glorious, post-resurrection body, as seen in Luke 24, and we will operate in our new body the way He did for 40 days.
1 Corinthians 15:35: But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
This is the question Les addresses about the kind of body believers will have.
1 Corinthians 15:49: And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Shows that believers will move from the natural state to the spiritual state and bear the heavenly image.
1 Corinthians 15:50: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Explains why a new body is necessary for the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 15:51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
States that not all believers will die, but all will be changed.
1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Describes the suddenness of the change and the resurrection of the dead incorruptible.
1 Corinthians 15:53: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Reveals that the present body must be transformed to be fit for eternity.
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.
The key verse Les cites to show that our body will be like Christ's glorious body.
Luke 24:39: Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Christ's post-resurrection body was tangible and physical, the pattern Les points to for our resurrection body.
Les says we will not be invisible spirit beings or like angels. We will exist eternally in a body on the same order as our present body, but not the same flesh and blood. The best illustration is Christ's post-resurrection body, which was tangible yet supernatural.
Yes. During His 40 days after resurrection, Christ sat down with the disciples and ate fish and honeycomb. Les says that is the perfect picture of how we will operate in our new resurrected bodies.
It will happen at the last trump, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. The dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible, and believers who are alive will be changed suddenly.
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