Yes, believers will have real, eternal bodies—not disembodied spirits—fashioned like Christ's glorious post-resurrection body.
Les Feldick points to Philippians 3:20-21, where the Lord Jesus Christ changes our corruptible body and fashions it like His glorious body. Christ's 40 days after resurrection give the clearest picture: a body that is tangible and real, yet able to pass through walls and act beyond normal time and space limitations.
Philippians 3:20-21 — Paul directly states that the Lord will change our present body and fashion it like His own glorious body.
Philippians 3:20-21 tells believers that their conversation, or citizenship, is in heaven and that they await the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change their 'vile body' and fashion it like His 'glorious body' according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul asks, 'How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?' The chapter explains that there is a natural body and a spiritual body. Verse 45 contrasts the first man Adam, who was made a living soul, with the last Adam, who was made a quickening spirit. Luke 24 records the risen Christ showing His hands and feet and telling the disciples that a spirit does not have flesh and bones as they could see He had. Second Corinthians 5:1 also speaks of an eternal house in the heavens that believers will be clothed with.
Les Feldick is emphatic that believers will not exist in eternity as invisible spirit beings or as angels. When asked if we will have a body in eternity, he answers, 'Absolutely!' He says the soul and spirit by itself does not operate as an entity; it has to have a body, and never in Scripture does a human being operate without one. Les's most frequent illustration is the Lord Jesus during the 40 days after His resurrection. That body was real—'flesh and bone, not flesh and blood'—yet it was supernatural. Christ could leave a room without going through the door, go through a ceiling, and was not limited by time and space. Because the Lord will fashion our body 'like unto His glorious body,' our eternal body will share those characteristics. Les also notes that the new body is an eternal house from heaven, and he turns to 1 Corinthians 15:45 to show that the last Adam becomes a quickening, or life-giving, spirit—so life in the resurrected body does not depend on blood. He consistently tells people to study Christ's post-resurrection life for the best preview of how we will operate in eternity.
Les answers with a strong 'Absolutely!' We will have a body. He says the human being never operates without a body in Scripture; the soul and spirit by itself does not operate as an entity. Our eternal existence will not be as invisible spirit beings or angelic beings—we will be eternally existing in a body, on the same order as our present one, though not the same flesh and blood.
Les says the perfect picture is the Lord Jesus during the 40 days after His resurrection. It was a real body—'flesh and bone, not flesh and blood'—yet it could pass through walls and ceilings and was not limited by time and space. Christ was seen by hundreds at one time in this resurrection body. Since our body will be fashioned like His glorious body, this is the picture of what our eternal body will be.
Paul says the Lord Jesus Christ will change our vile, corruptible, prone-to-death body and fashion it like His glorious body. Christ is able to do this by the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself. The new body is also described as an eternal house from heaven, and the last Adam becomes a life-giving Spirit, so the source of life in that body does not depend on blood.
Bodily Resurrection Witnessed
Les points out that Christ was seen by over 400 people at one time in His resurrection body, proving His bodily resurrection and showing that He is the same God who created us.
Christ's Resurrection Body as Our Picture
Les directs us to study the 40 days of Christ's post-resurrection life as the perfect picture of how we will function in eternity; our bodies will be like His.
Not Angel-Like, But Eternal Bodies
Les answers the question by saying we will not be invisible spirit beings or angels; we will exist eternally in a body on the same order as our present body.
Fashioned Like His Glorious Body
Les emphasizes that the Lord will change our corruptible body so it is fashioned after His glorious resurrection body, which could pass through walls and was not limited by time or space.
A Body Is Essential in Eternity
Les answers 'Absolutely!' to the question of having a body in eternity, noting that Scripture never shows a disembodied soul operating without a body.
Study the Forty Days
Les explains that Christ's post-resurrection body—not His pre-cross body—is the model for our glorified body, and he points to Luke 24 as a place to see it.
The Eternal House From Heaven
Les points to 2 Corinthians 5:1-2's 'house from heaven' and Philippians 3:20-21 as the plain, simple answer to what kind of body we will have.
Flesh and Bone, Not Flesh and Blood
Les states that our eternal body will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood, and connects 1 Corinthians 15:45 to show that the life-giving Spirit is the source of life in it.
Philippians 3:20-21: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 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 passage Les repeatedly uses: the Lord will change our body to be like His glorious body.
1 Corinthians 15:35: But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
This question shows that Paul addresses the very concern about what kind of body believers will have in resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:45: And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Les uses this verse to show that the last Adam becomes a life-giving Spirit, the source of life in the resurrected body.
2 Corinthians 5:1: For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Paul describes the new body as an eternal dwelling place from heaven, which Les connects to the believer's eternal 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.
The risen Christ's own words show that His resurrection body had flesh and bones, not merely spirit, and Les points to Luke 24 for this post-resurrection picture.
Yes. Les Feldick says absolutely—Scripture never presents the human soul and spirit operating without a body. Instead of becoming invisible spirits, believers will receive a body like Christ's glorious resurrection body. The best preview is the Lord's 40 days after His resurrection.
Les says no—our eternal body will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. While Scripture associates life with the blood, Les points to 1 Corinthians 15:45, where the last Adam is made a quickening spirit, showing that the source of life in the eternal body is Christ, not blood.
Les says to study Christ's 40 days after His resurrection. That body could pass through walls and ceilings and was not limited by time and space—yet it was a real, tangible body. Since Philippians 3:21 says our body will be fashioned like His, that is the clearest picture Scripture gives.
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