Aug 9, 2014

The Apostle Paul’s pursuit of the fullness of the Gentiles – By Michael S. Heiser

DESTINY AND DESTINATION

By Dr. Michael S. Heiser
 
“I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain” says Paul while imprisoned.  His ambitions are repeated a few verses later:  “When therefore I have completed this…I will leave for Spain by way of you” (Romans 15:28).  It’s certainly ambitious for him to be making travel plans.  But Paul wasn’t making casual conversation or planning a vacation.  He believed that his life and ministry would not end until he reached Spain.  We aren’t sure if Paul made it, but he was passionate about getting there.  Why?  He saw himself in the prophecy of Isaiah 66.

DAY OF SALVATION

Throughout his letters, Paul quotes Isaiah and other Old Testament books to show that the long-promised day of salvation would come during his lifetime.  In the Old Testament, the Jewish belief in Jesus as the Messiah was preceded by something Paul referred to as “the fullness of the Gentiles” (Romans 11:25).

In Romans 9-11, Paul says that Gentile (non-Jew) inclusion in the people of God was made possible by the hearts of the Jewish people being temporarily hardened (11:25-26).  Accomplishing the mission of Gentile evangelism would undo this hardening.   Only then would Paul’s longing for the Jews to believe in Jesus come to full fruition.  And only then would the deliverer (Jesus) come again from Zion (11:26).

Isaiah 66:18-20 prophesies that the Lord would gather all nations to see His glory.  He would give them a sign of His promised salvation.  The sign would be delivered by Jewish exiles, sent by God into far-off nations – specifically the lands of Tarshish, Put, Lud, Tubal and Javan.  The conversion of the Gentiles would result in the Jews in those nations returning to the Lord.

THE SIGN PAUL SAW

Paul interpreted Isaiah 66 through Christian eyes.  The “sign” “sign” (אותot)was the virgin-born Jesus (compare Isaiah 7:14 – “The Lord Himself will give you a sign”).1   At Pentecost, Jews whose ancestors were exiled to foreign nations came to Jerusalem from those nations.  They witnessed a sign of the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples, heard the gospel miraculously in their own language, and believed (Acts 2).  Returning to their countries – nations scattered throughout the Mediterranean – they spread the word to the Gentiles.

Reading Acts 2 carefully, we can see that the nations listed move east to west, beginning with the region where the Jews were first exiled.2  Paul’s missionary efforts began at the geographic midpoint of those listed nations and moved westward. 

THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

Spain – the location of ancient Tarshish, listed in Isaiah 66:19, was the end of the world, according to the thinking of Paul’s time.  When Paul wrote Romans, he and other believers had taken the gospel to every region in Isaiah 66 – every region except Tarshish.

Paul believed that his mission, “the fullness of the Gentiles” and the salvation of his fellow Jews, would be fulfilled once he reached Spain.  His focus was evident when he and Barnabas were rejected at Antioch:  “[We] are turning to the Gentiles. For so the Lord has commanded us, saying , ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the Earth’” (Acts 13:46-47).  For Paul, reaching Spain was about the gospel being fulfilled – there was no other option.  This is something we wouldn’t pick up on without reading our Old Testament.  

1.        Isaiah 11:10-12 says this about the messianic king:  “In that day the root of Jesse will stand as an ensign.”  The Hebrew for ensign is נס (nes) which is messianically translated as“sign” (אותot)  in the Aramaic paraphrases of the Old Testament – the Targums.

2.       Although Acts 2 and Isaiah 66 refer to the same nations, Isaiah employs broader geographic terms.  Isaiah also presumes a Jewish exile in Babylon and Media-Persia.

This article is excerpted from “I Dare You Not To Bore Me With The Bible”, by Dr. Michael S. Heiser.

AGE OF DECEIT 2* (FULL) Alchemy and the Rise of the Beast Image

This is the full video, two hours worth, but well worth the time.

 


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AGE OF DECEIT 2: Alchemy and the Rise of the Beast Image (Full Movie)

Many believe Alchemy is merely a false science with the hopes to transmute base metals into gold. In reality, alchemy is an occult metaphor for transforming the human being from our current fallen state into a godlike ascended state. Such desires to discover the elixir of life, known as the philosophers stone, that would give man longevity, and the return to our glorified state of being has been part of mythological lure for centuries. But with the advent of the scientific and technological advancement in our day, these occult dreams founded in the alchemical philosophy are now being fulfilled. The Bible seems to speak of a day when the false prophet, through the lies of Satan would create an Image that will have breath and speak, causing the world to worship the image, and take it's mark, or else be killed.
Is it possible that these future events spoken about in Revelation 13, are in fact unfolding right before our eyes? Does Artificial Intelligence, a hope for a singularity, and the advent of transhumanism, all play a role in the grand deception that will enslave humanity through the lie that the Mark of the Beast is actually the Philosophers Stone?
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Featuring Douglas Hamp, Rob Skiba, Cris Putnam, and clips from Paul Washer, Russ Dizdar, Chris White and many more.

Topics covered include: Age of deceit 2, Alchemy, Ayahuasca, Antichrist, Ancient History, Artificial Intelligence, Armageddon, Alien Abduction, Bible Prophecy, Bible Study, Book of Revelation, Book of Genesis, Book of Matthew, Cybernetics, Cryonics, Channeling, Chemtrails, Deities, Demiurge, Deceit, Deception, Evidence, Electronics, End Times, False Prophet, False Messiah, Fallen Angels, Fables, Freemasons, Facebook, God, Geoengineering, Gnosticism, Grace, Google, GMO, Hamp, Health, Hitler, Him, Hope, Holy Spirit, Hermes Trismegistus, Information Technology, Image of the Beast, Industry, Intelligence, Illuminati, Alex Jones, Jesus Christ, Kabbalah, Lucifer, Lake of Fire, Money, Monism, Materialism, Martyr, Matrix, Mark of the Beast, Metaphor, Nephilim, New Age, Nanotechnology, Oppression, Omnipresence, Pope, Papacy, Prophecy, Problems, Peril, Revelation, Restoration, Rise of the Beast Image, Risen, Robotics, Repentance, Reveal, Skiba, Satan, Spirituality, Spiritualism, Secret Society, Supernatural, Spirit, Scripture, Technology, Transhumanism, Technocracy, Trust, Thoth, Truth, UFOs, Ufology.

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New Order of the Barbarian

This is just the intro from a site that is completely devoted to revealing the "hidden superpower", what's commonly referred to as the New World Order.  Follow the link at the bottom to read the full text, but it's amazing how prescient these ideas were.  Notice the highlighted section which was recorded in a lecture in 1969...and how all of those items listed have come true or are coming true in our homes and communities today...

The New Order of Barbarians is the transcript of three tapes of reminiscences made by  Dr Lawrence Dunegan, of a speech given on March 20, 1969 by Dr Richard Day (1905-89), an insider of the "Order," recorded by Randy Engel in 1988. Dr Dunegan claims he attended a medical meeting on March 20, 1969 where Dr Richard Day (who died in 1989 but at the time was Professor of Paediatrics at Mount Sinai Medical School in New York and was previously the Medical Director of Planned Parenthood Federation of America) give "off the record" remarks during an addressed at the Pittsburgh Pediatric Society to a meeting of students and health professionals, who were destined to be leaders in medicine and health care.

In tape three, recorded by Randy Engel, Dunegan details Dr Day's credentials and what is clear from this is that Day was an Establishment insider privy to the overarching plan of an Elite Group that rules the Western World for the creation of a World Dictatorship. A Global Tyranny usually called the New World Order containing a secular and a spiritual component -the One World Government and the One World Religion: A future reality that those who understand such things call Lucifer's Totalitarian World Empire.
 
Before he began his talk, Dr Day asked everyone to turn off all tape recorders and stop note taking so that he could tell them, the prospective leaders of organised medicine, what was going to happen in the future. Dr Dunegan sensed Dr Day's message was important, disobeyed the request and recorded what was said as notes on napkins, later writing up these notes, which were the basis of the interview with Engel, the National Director of the US Coalition for Life. The notes taken by Dunegan reveal not just what is planned for the entire world's people but also how this evil cabal intend to carry out this plan. For, those who understand such things will recognise that Day's remarks are merely reiteration of the secret agenda of the Global Elite to wipe out swathes of humanity by promoting ill health and spurious medical treatments while suppressing effective treatments for diseases as well as the deliberate Darwinintroduction of man-made pathogens, like AIDS, into the human gene pool.
 
Throughout is talk Day justifies his observations by using a philosophy founded upon a spurious theory made famous by the English natural scientist Charles Darwin (1809-82) vis-à-vis evolution by "natural selection." That is, a posited natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment pithily described by an ardent supporter of it, the English philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), as the "survival of the fittest." Spencer also promptly applied Darwin's hypothesis to human societies. Thus, while Darwin restricted his formula of organic evolution (wherein new species arise and are perpetuated by "natural selection") to the animal kingdom, others followed Spencer and extended "natural selection" to human society.
 
Spencer's theory, often called Social Darwinism (whereby human society mimics the jungle and only those best able to cope with the many testing dangers survive and perpetuate their characteristics into future generations and so ever increase the degree of separation of human society from the degenerate) is the scientific basis of Eugenics and everything it connotes.
NietzscheThe German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) best remembered for his concept of the "superman" and for his rejection of Christian values is one of the philosophical giants of this movement. Dr Day, an ardent atheist, was thus a spokesman for those who view human existence as merely an extension of the jungle and whose self-appointed task is to safeguard what advances have been made by humans, epitomised by Western Civilisation, by rooting out "weakness" and "degeneracy" from the human gene pool. Moreover, in so doing, not only preserve what advances humanity has made in this evolutionary process but also to "help" it along. It is this pernicious philosophy, wholly inimical to the true purpose of Creation wrought by the Will of God, and of the Natural Moral Order therein, which lies barely concealed in much of the wicked works of those who strive to build their New World Order. It is also part of the reason why a major component of the plan for the New World Order is not only Eugenics but also Population Reduction and genocide. Moreover, it is the reason why people like Dr Day hate Christianity, which in its truest form concretises Natural Moral Order, and seeks its destruction here on Earth as a spiritual reality.
 
Although Day knew and spoke of the Secret Agenda within organised medicine to cull the world's population, he was also privy to the wider goals of the conspirators working to bring about World Dictatorship under their direct control. In his introductory remarks, Dr Richard Day commented that he was free to speak at this time (1969) since, even a few years earlier, he would not have been able to say what he was about to say. However, he was now free to speak at this time because the Ancient Ambition of the Secret Societies for World Empire, the closely guarded "Closed Conspiracy" was now an "Open Conspiracy" because as Day crowed:
"... everything is in place and nobody can stop us now."
Amongst the hitherto Secret Plans Day outlined were the morals revolution that had shook Western society to its foundations and the ushering onto the world's stage a New World Religion: this is Ahriman's One World Religion of the New World Order, which would be brought about by the churches themselves, especially the Roman Catholic Church. Moreover, he discussed "bringing the nation to the brink of nuclear war" and the cynical control and use of "terrorism" to bring about World Government and the New World Order.
Topics Day discusses are:Eye of Lucifer atop New World Order
"Population control; permission to have babies; redirecting the purpose of sex - sex without reproduction and reproduction without sex; contraception universally available to all; sex education and carnalising of youth as a tool of world government; tax funded abortion as population control; encouraging homosexuality ... anything goes homosexuality also was to be encouraged; technology used for reproduction without sex; families to diminish in importance; euthanasia and the "demise pill"; limiting access to affordable medical care makes eliminating elderly easier; medicine would be tightly controlled; elimination of private doctors; new difficult to diagnose and untreatable diseases; suppressing cancer cures as a means of population control; inducing heart attacks as a form of assassination; education as a tool for accelerating the onset of puberty and evolution; blending all religions ... the old religions will have to go; changing the bible through revisions of key words; restructuring education as a tool of indoctrination; more time in schools, but pupils "wouldn't learn anything"; controlling who has access to information; schools as the hub of the community; "some books would just disappear from the libraries"; changing laws to promote moral and social chaos; the encouragement of drug abuse to create a jungle atmosphere in cities and towns; promote alcohol abuse; restrictions on travel; the need for more jails, and using hospitals as jails; no more psychological or physical security; crime used to manage society; curtailment of US industrial pre-eminence; shifting populations and economies -tearing out the social roots; sports as a tool of social engineering and change; sex and violence inculcated through entertainment; travel restrictions and implanted I.D. cards; food control; weather control; know how people respond -making them do what you want; falsified scientific research; use of terrorism; surveillance, implants, and televisions that watch you; home ownership a thing of the past; the arrival of the totalitarian global system."

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Aug 8, 2014

Imagination Of Satan: Slender Man, Big Foot, Hollywood's Messages & More

SOTT Earth Changes Summary - July 2014




SOTT Summary, July 2014: Fireballs, Extreme Weather, and Earth Changes
The seventh installment in our monthly series, the following video compiles footage of 'signs of the times' from around the world during July 2014 - 'earth changes', extreme weather and planetary upheaval.

As geo-political events took a crazy turn in July - with Israel launching its most destructive 'war' on Gaza on the Palestinians since the Nakba, agents of the Western Empire blowing Malaysian Airlines MH17 out of the sky to demonize Putin, and Kiev scaling up its massacre of Eastern Ukrainians - the planet reflected this chaos with even more extreme weather.

Numerous meteor fireballs were seen across swathes of the U.S. and Russia; intense electrical storms pounded the U.S. and Europe; enormous quantities of hail were dumped in places used to scorching heat this time of year; 'tornado season' continued its year-round cycle all over the world; devastating landslides killed hundreds in India and China; people and cattle everywhere were killed by lightning; hurricane-force winds left destruction in Southern Russia and Australia; and just about everywhere was inundated with deluges of rain.

Meanwhile, the planet's EM field has dropped significantly in recent months, while the Sun was practically spotless this month, despite the fact we're currently at Solar Max in Sunspot Cycle 24. July was the coldest in U.S. history, despite record-breaking wildfires and drought in the western half of the country. Between the hail, the downpours, the cold and the storms, farmers everywhere are facing severe losses from crop damage.

Inexplicable mass animal die-offs continue, with dead sea creatures washing up on lakeshores and coastlines around the world. More enormous sinkholes appeared, notably three 'crater-holes' in northern Russia and a 100-feet-wide sinkhole in Florida that witnesses say 'exploded up in the air'. Rounding out the month was an unbelievable series of explosions in Taiwan that gouged whole streets and injured hundreds of people.

Tornadoes in Boston, rivers and seas turning blood red, fire falling from the skies, snow in July, lakes appearing in the Sahara overnight... we are definitely NOT not in Kansas anymore!

Don't Feed 8 Billion People Just Make A Better Virus!

I think they are trying to tell us something....I have a feeling they don't like us "little people" very much...


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Dashcam Catches 'Missile' Hitting Road Before Car Crash

And you thought your day was crazy...


WOW! Crazy video footage shows a missile strike the road right before impact! What makes the story truly amazing is that the driver Survived! Has to be one of the craziest, best ever missile strike caught on dash cam! Ukraine region Donetsk!

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Forbidden Secrets of the Labyrinth - Part 6

The Awakened Ones, The Hidden Destiny Of America, And The Day After Tomorrow

By Mark A. Flynn


PART 6 - From The Pediment
To Oedipus Rex: The Occult
Gospel Written In Stone

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The Palladian structure that uses the golden triangle is known in classical architecture as the pediment and is supported by columns or pillars. Pediments most commonly either have the two halves of a golden triangle set side by side or consist of two Fibonacci triangles. The area inside the structure is known as the tympanum. The pediment was used in ancient Greek temples and earlier by the Phrygians in Anatolia.
The word “pediment” comes from the Latin pedis, meaning “foot.” The Latin suffix ment relates to “a means of a place, state, instrument, or agent of action.” The related form, menti, from the Latin mens or mentalis, is the intellectual faculty of the mind or memory.[ii] Combined, “pedi” and “ment” would make the meaning of “pediment” literally “the action at the foot.” The words for doing something quickly (expeditious) or being restrained (impediment) use the idea of either freeing or restraining the feet. 
                                                                                                                                    
The meaning and identity of who does the “action at the foot” is described in the Genesis account of God cursing the Nachash:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15, emphasis added)
In ancient Greek temples, the area inside the triangle of the pediment, the tympanum (from the Greek: typtein, “to beat or strike” ), which can be related to the idea of the noisy Korybantes mentioned in the Theogony present at the cave of Amalthea, often contained elaborate depictions of the god or gods to whom the temple was dedicated. In modern Palladian architecture, various symbols or scenes are used. Masonic temples commonly use the compass and square, or simply the letter G, which is said to stand for “geometry under the Great Architect of the Universe,”[iii] or the third letter in the Hebrew alphabet, gimel (ג).
The symbolism behind this architecture is obvious when one examines the meaning of the form of the structure and the words used to describe it. The nature of the knowledge or institution represented by the building or the temple is related to the curse that God gave the Nachash in the garden. It is a rejection of the curse and a reversal of the idea that the serpent would strike at the foot of Man-God. He would now strike at His head. This reversal is contained in the institution or the religious system the structure represents. It is from where the “strike” referred to in Genesis 3:15 will manifest itself. It is the literal representation of rebellion to God’s will and symbolizes both the separation brought about by the interjection of evil via the “light bringer” in the garden and the illuminated concept of where to look for the reconciliation of that separation, the symbol that commonly resides above or in the middle of the triangular pediment or through its entrance. Buildings with Palladian architecture represent the institution and power of the kingdom of the Nachash.
The quintessential example of Palladian architecture, the Parthenon of Athena, is the expression of the parthenogenesis of Eve (explained in chapter 3 of the upcoming book Forbidden Secrets of the Labyrinth). Eve became the first to know good and evil though her own act of willful disobedience. The golden-ratio geometry of the pediment expresses the genealogical, numeric progression of parthenogenesis. The descriptive terms used in the structure depict the esoteric symbols representing the plans of the Nachash after his interruption of paradise as well as his hatred for God. 
                                                                                                                                    
Notice that the entry in Genesis in which God curses the subtle, bright angel happens to be in chapter 3, verse 14:
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. (Genesis 3:14)
It is not a coincidence that 3:14 stands out as related to ratio of the radius and circumference of a circle, pi (π), for here is where everything changed. Earth and heaven were united; God walked with man. After the parthenogenesis of Eve, the pillars separating heaven and earth were set in place. God left the presence of humanity, and the kingdom of the Nachash was established. The columns separating the pediment from the ground represent the separation of heaven and earth. In Palladian architecture, a path is shown to the location of the knowledge that will eventually eliminate the separating columns, as one entering the structure must first pass between the pillars to the inner sanctum, where the knowledge is kept. God will join heaven and earth once more, completing the circuit or circle that began in Eden. Before this occurs however, the Nachash plans a counterfeit joining.

The Bibliotheca

The Bibliotheca, which means in ancient Greek “library” or “collection,” was a summary collection from 279 volumes of classic works said to have been written by Apollodorus of Athens, who lived around 180 BC. Many of the references in this book are taken from it. Scholars have argued that Apollodorus could not have been its author, since it cites individuals who were born many years after his death, and so the term “pseudo” was added to the name as the writer of the Library. Today, no complete versions exist.
The patriarch Photius I of Constantinople (AD 810–893)[iv] was known to have been in possession of the complete work and used it in his writings. He understood its value concerning the tales in ancient myth:
Draw your knowledge of the past from me and read the ancient tales of learned lore. Look neither at the page of Homer, nor of elegy, nor tragic muse, nor epic strain. Seek not the vaunted verse of the cycle; but look in me and you will find in me all that the world contains.[v]
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Aug 7, 2014

Jesus Shone Like the Sun

Sometimes, in the midst of all the evils and injustices perpetrated by governments and corporations, famines, pestilence and war without end, sometimes, we need to stop and remember what we as Christians hold onto, why we endure, why we dare to overcome...it's our resurrected Lord, and the promise that one day we too, will be resurrected, and spend days without end with Him, in His Presence...sometimes we need to remember...
Jesus Shone Like the Sun
One day, while near Caesarea Philippi, Jesus informed his disciples that he must die in Jerusalem. Peter took him aside and said, "God forbid it, Lord. This shall never happen to you." Jesus ordered Peter out of his sight, calling him "Satan." Then Jesus promised that some of those standing with him would not die before they saw the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. All of this set the stage for an astonishing event.

Six days later, Jesus took his innermost circle--Peter, James and John (James' brother) and brought them to a high mountain, possibly an outcropping of Mount Hermon which was near Caesarea Philippi. While Jesus was praying, Peter and the others fell asleep. They woke up to find that Jesus had changed. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes were gleaming white--whiter than any laundry on earth could make them. Christians call this the transfiguration.

Moses and Elijah had appeared and were talking with Jesus about his death, soon to take place in Jerusalem. No doubt this was a strong encouragement to Jesus to go through with the terrible ordeal he was about to face.

As Moses and Elijah left, Peter spoke up in fear. "Master, it is good for us to be here." Not knowing what else to say, he suggested building three booths, one for each of the heavenly beings. While he was still speaking, a supernatural cloud formed over them. The three disciples grew even more frightened as it surrounded them. A voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, my chosen one, listen to him!" The three fell on their faces in terror.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was alone again with the three disciples. "Don't tell anyone about this until the Son of Man is raised from the dead" he instructed his disciples. And so they did not say a word to anyone else. However, they discussed Christ's words among themselves, wondering what he meant by "raised from the dead." They also asked him about a prophecy made by Malachi four hundred years earlier that Elijah must come before the Christ. Jesus responded that Elijah had already come, (meaning John the Baptist, who, as Scripture tells us, had come in the spirit and power of Elijah).

The next day Jesus and his three disciples came down off the mountain, back to the ordinary world of failure and demon possession.

The transfiguration is a key event in Christ's life. It confirmed that Christ must die on the cross. Three gospel writers report it. Their simple statements have the ring of truth. Later, in one of his letters, Peter referred to the event, too, reminding his readers that he was an eyewitness to Christ's glory that day.

The transfiguration confirmed that Jesus had God's approval and was pure. It foreshadowed Christ's entry (and eventually every Christian's entry) into glory. This day, August 6, is the feast celebrating the transfiguration of our Lord.

Bibliography:
  1. Bible.
  2. "Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ." Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton, 1914.
  3. "Transfiguration." Pictorial Bible Dictionary, general editor Merrill C. Tenney. Nashville, Tennessee: Southwestern, 1972.
  4. "Transfiguration, the." Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford, 1997.
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Our New Bodies

 
It has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him.   (1 John 3:2)
 
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS   (click on the underlined verses to read them)
Our present body is only a "tent" which we will put aside.  2 Cor 5:1-3 2 Pet 1:13-14
God, through Christ, will deliver us from this present "body of death" (which is the sinful nature).  Rom 7:20-25
God has prepared us for the purpose of being clothed with our heavenly body.  2 Cor 5:4-5
Although we do not know exactly what our new bodies will be like, we know that they will be like Jesus.  1 John 3:2-3
Our new bodies will be like Christ's glorious body.  Phil 3:20-21, Rom 8:28-30,  Ps 17:15Rom 6:5-8, 1 Cor 15:49 2 Cor 3:17-18    (See Our Lord's Glorious Body)
We will be changed instantaneously when we are raised.  1 Cor 15:51-53
Each of us will have a unique body as God determines, just as a single seed produces its own unique plant.  1 Cor 15:35-58   (Think about how much more grandeur a plant is than its seed!  See also Mark 4:30-32,  1 Pet 1:22-23)
To gain our new body, our current body must die.  1 Cor 15:35-49  (See also Phil 1:21-23)
Our new body will be incorruptible.  Our current body is corruptible.    1 Cor 15:42-441 Cor 15:52-54    (In context: 1 Cor 15:35-58)
Our new body will be glorified.  Our current body is dishonorable.    1 Cor 15:42-44,   (In context: 1 Cor 15:35-58)
Our new body will be powerful.  Our current body is weak .    1 Cor 15:42-44,   (In context: 1 Cor 15:35-58)
Our new body will be spiritual.  Our current bodies natural.   1 Cor 15:42-44,   (In context: 1 Cor 15:35-58)
Our new bodies will be from God, eternal and in the heavens.  2 Cor 5:1-5
Like Moses and Elijah, our bodies will likely be able to converse with others.  Luke 9:28-32,   Matt 17:2-3
We will speak a pure language that we may be able to call on the name of the Lord and serve Him.  Zeph 3:8-9
People who currently have physical disabilities will not have them in their new bodies.  Isaiah 35:3-5
We will have no racial or cultural distinctions  Col 3:9-11
 
OUR LORD'S GLORIOUS BODY
Remember, our new bodies will be like Christ's glorious body.  1 John 3:2-3,  Phil 3:20-21, Rom 8:28-30,  Ps 17:15Rom 6:5-8, 1 Cor 15:49 2 Cor 3:17-18
He had glory before and after He lived on earth.  John 17:3-5
The glory of the Lord is like beautiful colorful brightness.   Eze 1:26-28
He has the brightness of God's glory.   Heb 1:1-4
At the transfiguration, Jesus' face shone like the sun.  He was able to converse with Moses and Elijah.  Luke 9:28-32,   Matt 17:2-3
Jesus appeared to Paul in light.  Acts 9:3-4,   Acts 26:12-15
In his revelation, John describes Jesus as having eyes like fire, feet like fine brass, voice like many waters, and a countenance like the sun shining in its strength.  Rev 1:13-18Rev 19:11-16
Christ's resurrected body had flesh and bones and was able to eat.   Luke 24:36-43
He walked.  Luke 24:15-16
He was able to vanish from sight and enter locked rooms.   Luke 24:25-32,   John 20:19-20John 20:26-29
He will never die again.  Rom 6:9
 
OUR FUTURE GLORIOUS BODY
Although we do not know exactly what our new bodies will be like, we know that they will be like His Christ's glorious body.  1 John 3:2-3   (See Our Lord's Glorious Body)
Each of our bodies will be different and will differ in glory.  1 Cor 15:35-58
Christ will be glorified in us.   2 Thes  1:10-12
We will be glorified together.  The present sufferings in this world cannot be compared with the glory which will be revealed in us.  Rom 8:16-20
Our glory will be that of our Lord Jesus.  2 Thes  2:14-15    (See Our Lord's Glorious Body)
We will reflect His glory.  2 Cor 3:17-18   (see also Ex 34:29-35 where Moses' face may have been reflecting God's glory)
God's people will be beautiful, sparkling like jewels in a crown.  Zec 9:16-17Mal 3:16-17
The righteous will shine as the sun in His kingdom.   Matt 13:43
We will shine like the brightness of the firmament and like the stars.   Dan 12:2-3
 
OUR PROPER RESPONSE
We should earnestly desire to be clothed in our heavenly bodies.  2 Cor 5:1-5
We should be confident and walk by faith not by sight, knowing that while we are at home in this body, we are absent from the Lord.  2 Cor 5:6-7
Therefore, we should make it our goal to please God.  2 Cor 5:6-11
We should eagerly wait with perseverance for the redemption of our bodies, even though we cannot see them now.  Rom 8:23-25
We should seek insight and desire to lead others to God so that they, too, can be partake in God's righteousness.  Dan 12:2-3
We should keep our focus on the better resurrection - even to the point of receiving torture.  Heb 11:35
We should be ready to suffer for Christ.   Rom 8:16-20
We should love one another fervently with a pure heart.  1 Pet 1:22-23   (See Love)
We should stand firm, holding on to what we have been taught.  2 Thes 2:14-15
Because we will have incorruptible, glorified, powerful and spiritual bodies, we should be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor 15:35-58
We should fear the Lord and meditate on His name.   Mal 3:16-17
We should reckon ourselves dead to sin and alive to God and not let sin reign in our mortal body but rather live to God.   Rom 6:6-12
 
OTHER EXAMPLES
Moses' face would shine after talking with God (we too will talk directly with God, presumably more intimately than Moses did at Mt. Sinai).   Ex 34:29-35
Job knew that after "his skin is destroyed," he would see God.  Job 19:25-27
God promised to make Zerubbabel like a signet ring.  Hag 2:20-23
At the transfiguration, Moses and Elijah were able to converse with Christ.   Luke 9:28-32,   Matt 17:2-3
Daniel saw a vision of a man whose face was like the appearance of lightning, eyes like torches, and arms and feet like bronze.   Dan 10:4-9  
An angel was described as having a countenance like lightning and clothes as white as snow.  Matt 28:2-5
In his revelation, John describes an angel as having a rainbow on his head, his face like the sun, and feet like pillars of fire.   Rev 10:1
 
OLD TESTAMENT ONLY
Our new bodies will be created by God.   Psalm 104:28-31
Our new bodies will be like our Lord's glorious body.  Psalm 17:15
The glory of the Lord is like beautiful colorful brightness.   Eze 1:26-28
God's people will be beautiful, sparkling like jewels in a crown.  Zec 9:16-17Mal 3:16-17
We will shine like the brightness of the firmament and like the stars.   Dan 12:2-3
Daniel saw a vision of a man whose face was like the appearance of lightning, eyes like torches, and arms and feet like bronze.   Dan 10:4-9
We will speak a pure language that we may be able to call on the name of the Lord and serve Him.  Zeph 3:8-9
People who currently have physical disabilities will not have them in their new bodies.  Isaiah 35:3-5
We should seek insight and desire to lead others to God so that they, too, can be partake in God's righteousness.  Dan 12:2-3
We should fear the Lord and meditate on His name.   Mal 3:16-17
Moses' face would shine after talking with God (we too will talk directly with God, presumably more intimately than Moses did at Mt. Sinai).   Ex 34:29-35
Job knew that after "his skin is destroyed," he would see God.  Job 19:25-27
God promised to make Zerubbabel like a signet ring.  Hag 2:20-23