The Secret Behind the Resurrection Body

The resurrection of Jesus was foreshadowed in the 23rd chapter of the book of Leviticus. In Leviticus 23, we read about what are oftentimes called the Lord's appointed days, the holy days that God gave the children of Israel. And everything that Jesus did in his first coming, in his earthly ministry with us, every major act from his death, burial, resurrection, and then the sending forth of his spirit, these were all tied to the holy days that God gave the Hebrew people. This is why Yeshua was crucified on Passover. This is why the New Testament tells us that Yeshua has become our Passover. This is why he was buried on the holy day in Leviticus chapter 23 called unleavened bread. And this is why he rose from the dead on the holy day we read about in Leviticus chapter 23, verse 10 and 11 called first fruits. Now first fruits in its original historical context in the Torah was about this. The winter had been upon the land of Israel. Think about what the earth looks like in the winter time. Everything looks dry and dead and lifeless, no fruits, no flowers, no beauty. All the sun when the spring comes, it's like that dead earth springs back to life. And so first fruits is the time in the Torah when the farmer, the Israelite farmer took the first sheaf of their spring harvest that had just come forth from that dead earth. He took the first sheaf of that harvest. He waved it before the Lord and the Lord then accepted that first sheaf and in so accepting that first sheaf, the whole farmer's harvest was now dedicated. And so Paul uses this type of symbolism when he calls Jesus the first fruit of those that have risen from the dead. Yeshua is the first one to rise from the dead. He's the first sheaf and then he ascends to the father on our behalf and as a result of the father accepting Jesus, Yeshua's whole harvest, that's all of us that have been united with him by grace through faith. All of us now are accepted because that first sheaf is accepted. You see our entire faith beloved one rest on the Hebrew Bible as its foundation.

This is why Jesus spoke to his disciples about everything that had been written about him in the law of Moses, the prophets and the Psalms. So today we're celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, which was foretold in the Hebrew Bible and then brought to pass during the time of the New Testament. I want to focus today on what the resurrection of Yeshua means to you and I as it relates to our destiny. So we're going to go back now to the 15th chapter of the book of Corinthians where Paul dedicates this entire chapter to the resurrection of Yeshua. But someone will say, are the dead raised? People are still asking questions in Paul's day and he says, and with what kind of body do they come? So people are asking if the dead are raised, what are they going to look like? What type of body will they have? Will they look like they do now? Help me to understand. So Paul is answering this question. He starts off with two strong words. He says, you fool, that which you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And that which you sow, you do not sow the body, which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or something else. In other words, you don't take a stalk of corn and then put the whole stalk of corn in the ground, right? You just take a seed. If you're going to produce a watermelon, you don't take a big, huge watermelon and put the whole watermelon in the ground. That's what Paul is saying. It's just two different things. The raised body, the body that you and I are going to have, beloved ones, when we're raised from the dead is going to look completely different, Paul is sharing, than the body that you and I have now.

So this is the context of what Paul is sharing. That which you sow, you do not sow the body, which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body just as he wished and to each one of the seeds. a body of its own. In other words, the seed is going to have a different type of body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and so he's basically just saying, you know, you have a seed of corn, it's going to look like a stalk of corn. You've got a seed of a watermelon, it's going to look like a watermelon. All these different seeds are different types in the final form. And so it is, Paul said, with you and I. We have a very unique body that we're going to have that's different from everything else when we're raised from the dead. Paul continues in verse 40, there are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one and the glory of the earthly is another. So also the resurrection of the dead, it is sown a perishable body. It is raised an imperishable body. It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. It is raised in power. It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. And so Paul is helping us to truly grasp this as fact. We are going to be risen from the dead. We are going to die and be raised from the dead unless Yeshua comes forth, unless Yeshua comes first. And the type of body that we're going to have, beloved one, when we're raised is going to look very much different than this mortal body of flesh, because flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of God. And so Paul is trying to use all these earthly examples to help you and I understand that, yes, number one, we will be raised from the dead. And when we're raised from the dead, we're going to be raised not in the natural, but we're going to have an imperishable spiritual body. So we have a destiny. We have a future. I mean, this is exciting. The older we get, the more we see how transitory life is. But Jesus came and gave us hope for the future. Because when you and I die, those of us that die in Jesus, life's not over and we're not going down into the darkness of the pit. Rather, we're going to be raised in Yeshua, glorified and rewarded. Yeshua is the resurrection. And when you and I are receiving from Him, when our life is being derived from Him, as we're clinging to Him and receiving Him moment by moment, we are literally being imparted with resurrection, supernatural life. This is why the Bible says, He that's born of God overcomes the world. Because the supernatural resurrection life

of Yeshua is being imparted to all those that are His, the scriptures can say that we are more than conquerors and that we overwhelmingly triumph in life no matter what life brings us, because we have a power that we're living by that is so strong that it broke the curse of death. Raising Jesus above everything that's named, sat Him at the right hand of God. And beloved, you and I are seated with Jesus even now in the heavenly places. In the book of Numbers chapter 6, the Lord gave instructions to Moses and Aaron to speak this blessing over his people. And the Lord said, when you speak these words over my people, I will place my name on them and bless them, receive the impartation of the Lord's blessings. Yeh Vah Recheche Yahweh Vah Yishma Recheh Ya'er Yahweh P'nav Eylecheh V'hunecheh Yissa Yahweh P'nav Eylecheh V'asem Lecheh Shalom The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be Be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up by his countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, his peace. God bless you, and shalom.