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“But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” (1 Corinthians 15:35).
Have you ever wondered what we will look like when we are in heaven with the Lord? Will we look just as we do now, or different? Will we be able to recognize one another? People were asking that kind of question away back in the Apostle Paul’s day, and he answered it for them.
If you had never seen a cornstalk before, and someone showed you a kernel of corn, would you be able to figure out what a corn plant looked like? No, you would not. Or if you had never seen a daffodil flower, and someone showed you a daffodil bulb, would you be able to tell what the flower would look like? Again, the answer is no. Yet each seed or bulb produces a characteristic plant that is instantly recognizable, and is distinct from other plants.
It will be the same with our heavenly bodies. They will be different from the bodies we have now, but they will be changed bodies, not new ones. Just as the disciples knew Moses and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration, so I believe we will know each other in heaven. But we will have bodies of glory, “fashioned like unto His glorious body” (Philippians 3:21). We do not know now just what they will look like, but they will be distinctive.
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