Andrew's Live Bible Study: Dealing with Death - Andrew Wommack - February 6, 2018

well welcome to our Tuesday night live Bible study I'm glad that you've joined us and praise God tonight I believe we're gonna have a great time studying God's Word what I'm gonna share with you I'll just give you a little tease is gonna be I've done two funerals in the last week and I tell you I've been ministering a lot about how do you cope with death and this is something that people don't like but you know what you've got you got to make decisions now you can't avoid it it's something that's happening and it's coming at every one of us and so I'm gonna be sharing some things that really encourage people and bless me and I think it'll be a blessing to you I know some of you may not be excited about this but really it's something you need to deal with and tonight we have with us Ashley Tara DES and many of you know Ashley his wife Carly have been on staff with us but now they're out traveling full-time and man he's just doing awesome their finances are doing good they're getting 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God with us musical that's coming up on March the 23rd through the 25th March the 23rd will be my 50th anniversary of the night that the Lord changed my life so that's going to be special and anyway there's so many things I wished ahead of time to tell you but I want to get into the word and let me just share with you that the last week about the last eight or nine days I've done two funerals one was for the president are the chairman of our board of trustees in the UK Bob Ward he's been a friend of mine he was pastor of a church there Ashley and Carly administered in his church and Bob and Heather Ward are just great great friends and I mean he had a it wasn't totally sudden but he died of a sickness that we were believing for him to be healed from so it was kind of a shocker that he died and I did that funeral and then just yesterday I did the funeral of Jamie's sister and she was turning left and somebody ran a red light at 60 miles an hour and hit her t-boned her and killed her and so anyway I've been having to help people cope with death and deal with it and you know at both of these things Pastor Bob Ward he was just a guy that went out into the community and he loved people and he touched lots of people's lives so they had bankers there they had accountants that he had been dealing with people that he had been doing business with so there was a lot of people there that didn't have a relationship with the Lord and then with Jamie's sisters the same thing there was people that knew her she worked in a Pregnancy Center she counseled people there she just did a lot of things so anyway when you are dealing with a funeral you know this is a vulnerable time for a lot of people and I just thought it was a great opportunity to share the word and one of the things that people typically do when a person died matter of fact the people that we had the funeral for Jamie's sister at a megachurch and it was a good church and they did a lot of good things and men praise God for the way they came around and supported the family but one of the things that they did say when they got up there they said well you know God's in control and we all our number is gonna be up and you don't know when your time is and most of the stuff was really good but that I certainly disagreed with and this is something that comes up every time somebody dies they just think well god controls this and I want to share some things with you tonight that God does not control death God doesn't have a day circled on the calendar that your time is up and if you die it is not God who is killing you matter of fact let me start with this verse over here in Hebrews chapter 2 and in verse 14 the Apostle Paul well we don't know who wrote Hebrews I think it was Apostle Paul but it doesn't say but in verse 14 it says for as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also speaking of Jesus likewise took part of the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the devil that's just about as clear as you can make it God is not the one who had the power of death he is not the one that controls death and I want to go back to the book of Genesis and just looked at the Lord told Adam and Eve in Genesis chapter 2 and in verse 16 it says the Lord God commanded the man saying of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die and of course if you've studied the scripture they didn't physically die that day a matter of fact Adam lived nine thirty years Methuselah lived 969 years but they died spiritually they were separated from God the moment that they disobeyed God and they obeyed this talking snake and rebelled at what God told them to do and death we're the ones that started death we're the ones that disobeyed God we brought this in God is not the author of all of this death and sickness and disease and I really think it's important to say that because there's so many people that just blame God for the death and God is not the one who started it but here is something that's really important and this is one of the points that I made in Genesis chapter 3 after Adam and Eve had sinned it says in verse 22 and the Lord God said Behold the man is become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live forever therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken so remember this that God created us to live forever I've actually read things that doctors say that there is really they don't understand why we died because the body has the capability of repairing itself and healing itself in technically speaking we should be able to live forever I believe God designed us to do that we are the ones that chose death we are the ones that chose to disobey God and our physical death of our bodies is just a result of the spiritual death that we experience when we separate ourselves from God so we're the ones that brought death into play we are the ones that started death but the Lord could have led us eat of the tree of life and we could have lived forever because right here he says that the reason he drove Adam and Eve out of the garden was so they wouldn't eat of the tree of life and live forever now some people will interpret that and say well they're for God it must be God's will for us to die well it's God's will for once sin in the world and once the entire human race has been corrupted by sin I believe that it is God's will for us to die it wasn't his original will he's not the one that chose it we chose death he could have led us eat of the tree of life and live forever but just think of this what would it be like if you could live forever and yet say for instance a child is born and they're the mentally they're just unstable unstable they can't think they can't function somebody has to take care of them what if you were a quadriplegic but you couldn't die what if Hitler and Mussolini and Pharaoh and ginga's Khan and everybody else Jack the Ripper or whoever you want to mention what if these people were still alive what if there was no end to all of these tyrants and all of this stuff since we live in a fallen world I really want to get this across to you and I think that this is important that the reason God drove Adam and Eve out of the garden wasn't because of rejection and not because he didn't want them but God made something better for us he provided something better than living forever in a corrupted world where evil and all of this stuff is just you know at epidemic proportions and you know what for a Christian for a person who will accept what Jesus did for us dying is actually the best part of living and I know that that's a radical statement I said that if both of these funerals I did in the last week but for a believer it's absolutely true did you know that for a believer living forever in this life is not what God intended even in our very best I mean when we are loving God and fellowshipping with God and we're having the Lord flow through us as good as this life is with God in us it's nothing like what he's prepared for us over in Romans chapter 8 it says I reckon that the sufferings of this present world are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us and it says that when we get to heaven the former things will pass away and they won't even come to mind you know people who have experienced terrible things here and I mean maybe they've been sexually abused mentally abused they've been hurt maybe they've been beat up they've had deformities they've lost parts of their body or you know just whatever the tragedy is it is gonna be so awesome in heaven it says that the former things will not even come to mind heaven is so glorious that it is going to literally just overwhelm and swallow up everything that ever happened in this life and so if you look at that and if you understand what God has prepared for us and again there's so many scriptures you could turn to John chapter 14 you know in my father's house are many mansions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also God is preparing mansions for us we are going to be in the presence of the Lord there will be no more sorrow no more crying no more pain there'll be no more death there'll be no more sickness there'll be no more disease if you really study and look at what Jesus has purchased for us heaven is going to be awesome and because it is so good death is actually a good thing and again I know that this sounds really strange to people because we hate death we hate to see people die we hate to lose them but actually for the believer death is an awesome thing because it's an exit of this life you don't cease to exist you just exit this life and you step immediately into the presence of God you know let me share some other scriptures with you that the Apostle Paul said here in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 and I wish they had time to put all of this in its context but the last few verses of chapter 4 is talking about that you know all of these things that are happening to suggest a light affliction it means nothing because it's just for a moment and then he says while we're looking not at the things which are can be seen but the things which can't be seen then in chapter 5 he begins to talk about that if we die and if this body was to be does we have another body waiting for us in eternity and he goes on to say that he is confident of this and verse 6 he says therefore we are always confident knowing that whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord for we walk by faith and not by sight we are confident I say and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord when you understand things properly he said that we actually are would rather to be absent from this body and to be present with the Lord over in Philippians chapter 1 let me just turn over here and read this to you but in Philippians chapter 1 the Apostle Paul again is speaking and he was talking about all of his hardships and he says in verse 21 for me to live is Christ and to die is gain and again I know that the average person watching this thinks man that's just terrible thinking because we put such an importance on this life and again I am NOT one of these that is having a hard time and I'm just barely gonna get into heaven I love my life God is blessing me I'm excited you know I live in victory but I have seen through the word of God what's on the other side in heaven is infinitely infinitely greater than this and because of that I can agree with the Apostle Paul that for me to live is Christ and to die is gain I'm actually looking forward to it and then he goes on to say for if I live in the flesh this is the fruit of my labor he was in prison and he's talking about persecution rejection hardship all this yet what I shall choose I won't not for I am in a strait between two having the desire to depart and to be with Christ which is far better nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you the reason that Paul was still in this body at the time he wrote this was not because that's what he desired he would rather have gone to be with the Lord but he was so committed to taking those things that God had shown him and helping other people that that's the reason he was staying in that body and you know you can actually get to a place to where you are so excited about all that God has laid up for you you can get to thinking about heaven and about all the wonderful things of heaven that the only reason you are excited about it being here is so that you can be a blessing so that you can touch somebody else you know Ashley and Carly are just getting started in a ministry and they're out there and they're seeing miracles happen and they're seeing people's lives change and that's exciting but what God has stored up for them in heaven is infinitely greater than anything they'll ever experience here and so I know that they and me we the only reason that we're excited about being here is because of God using us and being able to touch people's lives and bring other people into this but brothers and sisters we put way way way too much importance on this physical life and I tell you there is coming today that we are going to be in the presence of the Lord and you can get like the Apostle Paul to where you're actually excited about it you know I said at this funeral yesterday that we just had Jamie's sister and nephew come up and spend Christmas with us and we had a good time we spent a week together and when they left you know we were sad to see him go but we said goodbye we'll see you later we didn't cry it didn't devastate us we haven't been in grief because we knew that we would see them again and really death if you are a believer it's the exact same thing you are gonna see these people again if they know the Lord if they had a relationship with the Lord and it's just a prolonged separation and it's not gonna be that long and we don't know how long it's gonna be before the Lord comes back but you know that's all it is it's just separation and so I've buried two of my very dear friends in the last week and you know what I hadn't shed a tear I hadn't had a ounce of grief if anything I've had a little bit of envy matter of fact I said this at both of these funerals you know sometimes people think but oh I just miss them so much and it's so tragic that Jamie's sister was killed in a car wreck and all of this and they talk about how terrible at it but you aren't grieving for the person who's gone on these people knew the Lord these people are in the presence of the Lord and I guarantee you they are more alive than they have ever been in this life they are having the time of the life if you could ask them would you want to come back I guarantee you they would rebuke you I remember Smith Wigglesworth his wife died and he raised her from the dead I think it was either two or three times and she would come back she says Smith leave me alone and she'd die again and he had raised her and finally she says don't you dare call me back from the dead she says it's wonderful over here and you know when you get the right attitude death has just lost its sting man there's so many scriptures on this but these are good ones I want to share this with the 1st Corinthians chapter 15 in verse 50 he says now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption behold I show you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed 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 for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal shall put on immortality so in this corruption shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written death is swallowed up in victory Oh death where is thy sting o grave where is thy victory the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law if you understand these things properly man death has been swallowed up in victory and actually during these last two funerals that I've done it has been so encouraging to see the way that believers face death you know as a pastor I was with a number of people that weren't walking in the word and they were just totally devastated and destroyed but people who know the Lord it's different death has lost its sting now again this doesn't mean that it's wrong for you to cry that it's wrong for you to miss a person but you just need to understand that you aren't grieving for them even if they were a child one time I did a funeral for a person that worked for me and his little daughter drowned in a pond that he made in the backyard and he was just shattered over it felt guilty and this little girl that the people that walked by were saying she'll never know what it's like to have you know her first birthday cake she'll never know what it's like to get a bicycle she'll never know what it's like to go on a date to get married to have children to have a family and they were just grieving for her and man I was grasping at straws about how do you comfort people that in a tragic situation like this and what I did was get up and say basically that she is in the presence of the Lord and I guarantee she's not gonna miss her first birthday cake compared to seeing Jesus she's not gonna miss all of these things see this is our way we look at it but the truth is we miss seeing that little girl have her first birthday cake and go to school and do all of these things and it's us that we're sorry' sorrowing for us missing things and I'm not saying that that's a hundred percent wrong there's nothing wrong with loving a person so much that you wished you could see them again and things but to grieve the way the world does as if this is just final and that there is nothing to come after this that is just completely wrong I guarantee you that for the believer man death should not hold this steam to it death has lost its sting and it says right here in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 19 it says if in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable and you know what that is absolutely true people that don't understand what I'm talking about they don't understand that death is actually the best part of life for the people that know the Lord because it's going to usher us right into an eternity that is greater than anything we could ever think if you don't understand that I guarantee you there's hopelessness and if for some reason you're watching this tonight and you don't know Jesus and you are just scared of death it's because you haven't understood what Jesus has provided for you and death is nothing but just stepping out of this life and stepping into eternity and if you no Jesus heaven is gonna be a blast when you get there you're gonna wonder why you struggled so much to stay alive I remember a story about a guy that went to heaven he and his wife and they were walking around and it was just beautiful everything was awesome and he looked over at her and he says if you had to make me eat so many twigs and berries and this grass we could have been here 10 years earlier now that's not to say that you don't take care of yourself we got a job to do and so I'm excited about living and I'm gonna run my course and I'm gonna finish my course but I am not afraid of death and I am not devastated by these people that I've buried in the last week because I will see them again and I guarantee you they are in heaven rooting us all and so you need to comfort yourself with that we could have turned the 1st Corinthians chapter our 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and it says comfort yourself with these words talking about how that we will be resurrected and see the Lord so anyway I just hope that that encourages you and praise God you need to be thankful for what Jesus has done death is actually an exit from all of these problems that we have in this life right into the very presence of God it's going to be awesome we got any questions you know we have yeah I was just gonna say a friend of mine actually just two days ago lost his mother to an illness and he text me and said he feels bad about not feeling so grieve yes but he says I know she's no more pain she's in heaven and Friends of the Lord and I said you know don't feel bad that's and he's doing I've seen that exact same thing people who do draw on the Lord and because of that the Lord is comforting them and they know that they're gonna see them again and so yes they miss them but they aren't devastated they get condemned for nothing by Christians so not being known they say you aren't grieving well I'm not grieving and I don't believe you have to grieve I believe you can love a person and miss a matter of fact it's it's actually awesome to think that you had such a great relationship that you miss that person but you don't have to grieve the way the world does awesome I want to remind you that you can get prayer if you need prayer you want to receive prayer we have live prayer ministers right now on the phones you can call seven one nine six three five eleven eleven so call that number and our prayer ministers will speak to you right now seven one nine six three five eleven eleven maybe you're going through some things especially on this topic that you want to talk to someone want someone to pray with you then go ahead and call that seven one nine six three five eleven eleven and also you can press the prayer button if you're watching online you can press that prayer button and I know let us know your prayer requests right there we have some questions come through you can ask questions by leaving them in the comments and we have some questions here one here says what about people say that the deceased are now they're angels what do you believe about that that is beyond chat there's no scriptural basis for that I can't say that that isn't true but nobody can say it is true because the Bible doesn't say matter of fact the scripture talks about angels being in existence long before men were created so I don't think that people become angels now that is not to say that you know the scripture talks about in Hebrews chapter 12 that we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses and it's talking about the Hebrew the heroes of faith that were in Hebrews chapter 11 and I think that people in heaven can see what's going on now let me qualify this I don't know why they would want to see what's going on on earth man because heaven is a blast and so I don't think that like they're just watching us all of the time and that they their focus is on the earth when heaven is so awesome I think their focus is in heaven but I do believe that the scripture says we are surrounded it was so great a cloud of witnesses and if they're witnesses that means they are observing I don't think they do it all the time but I think on occasion for instance you know my dad died when I was 12 years old and now there's been about three or four times I I they aren't specific enough that I could count them and give you all of the details but there's been some times that something would happen and I just felt like I know my dad knows what happened and I don't know how I know that I don't even know if that's accurate but I really do believe that on occasion people in heaven can know what's happening here because they're still connected to us those people aren't dead in the sense that they cease to exist they're still alive and I believe that they're totally dominated and occupied with heaven because it's so glorious but I do think that God on occasion and stuff there might be times that they know what's happening with us maybe the good things they know the good things yeah Renee on Facebook hi Renee she says oh what about Psalm 139 and the fact that it states that all our days have been ordained for me so that's written in God's book so how does that fit in with what you're saying there's no date for your death well I do believe this that God it's and I could add to that Jeremiah chapter 1 Isaiah chapter I think it's 45 or 49 Galatians chapter 1 where it talks about that before you were even formed in your mother's belly God call Derek Jeremiah to be a prophet unto the nations and so that Psalms 139 says all of our days were written in his book what that is I believe God has a purpose and a plan for every one of us whether you're a male or a female which needs to be said today some people think God made a mistake but no God knit you together in your mother's womb and if you're a man God has a purpose for you as a man if you are a woman God has a purpose for you as a woman and I guarantee it's not up to you to pick and choose God determined what sex you were going to be when you were born while color skin you had where you were born God planned all of this and every one of your talents and abilities you were created for a specific purpose it's written in his book but see some people take that and say well then I have no choice I'm just predestined to this no God has a plan for you but you have complete control over whether God's plan comes to pass or whether it doesn't God doesn't control you like a chess piece you know sometimes people get into these theological arguments about discard control war and let me just ask you this does God control you you don't even control you sometimes you know you're supposed to be doing something and you you go pig out and eat something you aren't supposed to do and you speed when your God does not control you you don't control you God has a plan for your life but it is 100% up to you whether you cooperate with God's plan or whether you rebel at it for instance here's a real simple scripture second Peter chapter 3 verse 9 says God is not slack concerning his promises as some men count slackness but is long-suffering towards us not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance it is God's will for every person to repent and yet not every person does repent because God doesn't control you so yes God has things written out for you he's got a plan for your life but you have 100% authority over whether God's plan comes to pass or whether your plan comes to pass it's up to you that's good a means we can limit God's plan for life absolutely if we or we can mooking goes playing for last powerful a number of you have asked a similar question and so I'm gonna ask it to you but there's three or four people thanks for asking this question they said how can we overcome a fear of death well first of all if you know what's on the other side of death it's like a fear of dark the reason that you fear dark is because you don't know what's there and you imagine that you know when you're a little kid that there's monsters there's something under the bed and when you turn on the light and see that there's nothing there well then that fear dissipates the reason people have a fear of death is because they don't know what's on the other side or the only other thing is if they haven't made peace with God if they haven't received their salvation well then you should be afraid of death you should be petrified of death because death is not the end of anything it's just stepping from this life into the next life and if you don't know Jesus personally there is coming a judgement and you are going to be held accountable and if you don't know the Lord there should be a fear of death but if you do know the Lord you shouldn't have a fear and if you would take and I only use just a very few scriptures man there's so many scriptures that we could use about what's promised to us in the resurrection and stuff and if you were to look at this and get to meditating on how awesome heaven is you would lose your fear of death matter of fact I was given a book I won't I'm trying to say this as quickly as I can but it was about a person who died and went to and in their experience they were gone for three and a half years in heaven they were only gone for like five ten minutes or something here on earth but they experienced in this vision they call it my dream of heaven they experienced three and a half years in heaven and I read this book it was written in the 1800s and it was the number one bestseller in the 1800s right after the Civil War there were so many people that had lost family members that man they were looking for some kind of comfort and this woman wrote a book about her experience and it was so glorious I could spend hours talking about it but it was so glorious when I read that book I was just shocked I found myself sitting there thinking about god I want to go and I had to use my faith to stay here on this earth because heaven it just made things come alive and when I got home I had that book in my suitcase and I had to go straight to the office I didn't have time to talk to Jamie about it or anything and when I got home Jamie was sitting in a chair just staring out the window and she was having the exact same experience if you were to ever see what heaven is like and how awesome it is you'd lose your fear of death if you are a believer because for the believer it's just like the Apostle Paul said to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord there is no such thing as this limbo period there is no such thing as you're just in the grave asleep until the physical resurrection of your body the moment you leave James chapter 2 verse 26 as says as the body without the Spirit is dead so faith without works is dead also what happens that death is your spirit and soul leave your body and it's just like this sweater I could take it off and it'll just fall to the floor because the only thing that makes this sweater have this shape and move is because I'm in it the moment I leave my body this body is gonna fall down and decay and and it's not the real me and I don't enter directly into the presence ago and if you ever understand that you'll lose your fear of death that's good that's good I've got here Carol thanks Carol for your question and she says here can you please share some words of encouragement for those going to a funeral where most of the people are not saved well first of all I'd like to say that their people get to thinking about things about eternal things when they face death and it's really a great opportunity that's what I did at these two funerals that I officiated I gave an invitation I didn't have people raise their hand or come down front but I preached these things that we talked about and I said if you don't know the Lord is I pray right now just open up your heart and people are vulnerable people are sensitive to the Lord at a funeral and it's really a great opportunity there's some people that will actually face things and confront their life and the way that they're living at a funeral that wouldn't do it any other time so if you are looking at it properly it's a great opportunity now I would say this you don't need to sit there and minimize a person's pain and suffering and ridicule them or something and think there's a right and a wrong way to present this I understand that it hurts I lost my dad when I was 12 years old and I've been through that I lost a girl that I was engaged to and I was with her when she died and I was at her funeral and I've been through a lot of death I've dealt with a lot of death and I understand the pain that people have and so I don't condemn them for it but at the same time man I believe that there is something awesome as I said death is actually the best part of living if you are a believer because you just are stepping into the glory of God and if you have that attitude I believe you can go into it and share your optimism and your hope with people in the contrast between you and a person that doesn't have any hope I mean it's contagious people will be looking for to belike grasp and it's something a lifesaver when they're hurting so it's a great opportunity good yeah heard a lot of people use funerals as a you know to see people saved and absolute and turn to the Lord and I believe we saw people say this last week here's a question I'm really hesitant to ask you Andrew especially my daughter's watching because this is dangerous but I'm gonna I'm gonna ask it so be careful if I have trouble I'll let you answer be careful will our beloved pets be in heaven I know they do not have souls but their loved ones and wha-at dogs and cats in heaven apparently a lot of people but here's what I can say authoritative Lee that the animal creation will be in heaven because the scripture talks about the lion laying down with the white house Jesus and so there's going to be animals in heaven now whether your animal is going to be in heaven depends on whether they accepted Jesus no I don't know I don't know that every animal is gonna live I just can't say that I mean if you can sit there and tell people that but you can't verify it by scripture but you can't say that animals are gonna be in heaven and I here's the way I deal with stuff like that people say it would just break my heart if my pet wasn't in heaven heaven is gonna be awesome there's not gonna be any sorrow there's gonna be no crying and I can promise you even if your animal isn't in heaven it's gonna be awesome God somehow or another we'll deal with it so that it's not gonna be a traumatic experience but it's possible that they will be in it I don't know I've heard you teach that dogs go to heaven and cats don't well I've heard people teach that I might have preferred I told my kids my dog died they'd be in heaven so I hope it is but I think there's definitely an amusing there's animals in heaven and I can say that authoritative Lee whether your animal goes to heaven I don't know I've seen some animals that I don't think are gonna make it we won't be too worried about pets when we get to heaven it'll be so good and want any more questions yeah last question last one okay so if everyone goes to heaven when they die why would people be raised again at the second coming of Jesus that was Leah on Facebook thankfully a good question well your your spirit and your soul go to heaven but your body doesn't and God created us with a physical body and he's going to give us a glorified body it's going to be physical tangible like Jesus resurrected body you could touch it and he still had the print of the nails you know this is another thing that I believe in again I'd have to spend some time to verify this but Jesus still has the print of the nails in his hands and he still has the scars from the thing I think he's the only person in heaven that will bear scars everybody else who's had scars and disfigurement are lost the limb they're all going to be restored Jesus is the only one that will bear scars and it's just because of his love for us he's gonna identify with us but anyway I believe that when we go to heaven our physical body is going to be resurrected Jesus says touch me for a Spirit has not flesh and bone as you see me yet Jesus had flesh and bone and so we're gonna have a glorified body that is not gonna be corrupt a bully won't be subject to death it won't be subject to depression it won't be subject to anger there's not going to be any of the aches and the pains and it'll be able to zip from place to place Jesus could appear and disappear it's 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