{"id":9215,"date":"2020-10-02T07:36:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T11:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=9215"},"modified":"2020-10-02T07:36:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T11:36:23","slug":"for-our-citizenship-is-in-heaven-from-which-we-also-eagerly-wait-for-the-savior-the-lord-jesus-christ-who-will-transform-our-lowly-body-that-it-may-be-conformed-to-his-glorious-body-philippian","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/for-our-citizenship-is-in-heaven-from-which-we-also-eagerly-wait-for-the-savior-the-lord-jesus-christ-who-will-transform-our-lowly-body-that-it-may-be-conformed-to-his-glorious-body-philippian","title":{"rendered":"“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body” (Philippians 3:20-21 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE PERFECT BODY YOU ALWAYS DESIRED<\/h3>\n\n\n
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This is what we believe, that the Resurrected One will return and our bodies will be transformed to be like His. Christ is the “firstborn” (Greek: “<\/span>prototokos”<\/span>) from among the dead, the “prototype” for the glorified bodies that we will receive at His return. <\/span>Those<\/span> who believe will have a body fit for eternity like His! <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yet for now, our bodies “groan” (Rom. 8:23) as we await this transformation. But soon and very soon, they will groan no more. For on that Day our faith will become sight. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As the apostle John wrote, “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PRAYER: Dear Father, as our bodies age, they groan with increasing discomfort, but also in anticipation of that which is promised, namely, a body like Your Son’s. In the meantime, strengthen us to use these old bodies up for Your purpose. In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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