Resurrection body
Day 606, Thursday, April 9
1 Corinthians 15:35-58
If we are to be resurrected—and we are—it’s natural to ask exactly what that means. Will our new body look like the one we have now? Will we look like we did at the time of death, or what we looked like in our childhood or young adulthood? Will bodies that were not whole become whole?
Paul may not answer all of these questions as fully as we would like, but he does address them. The plant, he says, doesn’t look like the seed, but becomes something new and better. The body is weak at death; it is powerful in resurrection. It will no longer be natural, but spiritual.
Death is the natural consequence of sin, and is the ultimate defeat for a person. In Christ this mortal enemy has itself been defeated. “When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’”

-Rev. Mark Fleming

Thursday meditation

Psalms 106:40-48
Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance. He gave them into the hands of the nations, and their foes ruled over them. Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power. Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin. Yet he took note of their distress when he heard their cry; for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented. He caused all who held them captive to show them mercy.
Save us, Lord our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”

Praise the Lord.
Prayer focus
We praise you, Lord, for the promise of new life to come.