As far as I can see, your thoughts on resurrection do not teach that Christ is bringing back the spirits to be united with the former body and then “changed.” From 1 Thessalonians 4:13 and 1 Thessalonians 3:13, are not the “spirits from hades” brought back to be reunited with former bodies, which conquers death, the last enemy of Christ. Possibly I missed this in one of your articles? Would be thankful for thoughts. Thank you.
I do not know to which article or articles the questioner refers. However, I’m certain that I have never exhausted all that could be said about any subject on which I have spoken or written. Simply not mentioning something or not addressing it as fully as an auditor might prefer does not imply an aversion to some aspect of biblical instruction.
The fullest single treatment in the Bible of the resurrection appears in 1 Corinthians 15. In particular, consider the following verses therein.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:50-55 NKJV)
Taught here is the resurrection of the physical body. Upon one’s resurrection, the physical body is to be transformed into a spiritual body, which is satisfactory for heavenly habitation. Mentioning “Hades,” where departed spirits await the time of the resurrection, indicates a reunion of the spirit and the body—now a transformed, immortal body. The word “mystery” in the quotation would have us to understand that there remain details about the resurrection of which the Father through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit has not made us aware. Nevertheless, enough or sufficient details about the resurrection have been provided to humanity as God deemed appropriate (Deuteronomy 29:29).
