What could different people believe about this To distinguish between religious and philosophical reasons for the resurrection of the body To evaluate why there must be a resurrection of the body ID: 262880
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What happens to your body when you die ?What if there was no body going up with you?
To evaluate reasons for the resurrection of the bodySlide2
The body dies and decomposes. This happens by a natural process. But the Spirit of God transforms and protects bodies from this process. It heals us from sin, which is done through the body. If
the body was
sin-free and holy then after death, it would return to God: what is of God, would return to God. The bodies of great Saints do not decompose. This is evidence that human bodies can escape the natural processes of death and decay through holiness.
Why do holy saints’ bodies remain intact from corruption and decay?Give an example of one saint that this happened toWhat do you think this proves?
St Catherine
Laboure died on 31st Dec 1876. When her body was exhumed 56 years later, it was unblemished. Her eyes were as blue as the day she died. Her glass coffin is still lying in state in a Churchin Paris, and she still looks as though she had died only yesterday .Slide3
Reasons why Christians believe in the resurrection of the body.: religious reasonsphilosophical reasons C Jesus rose from the dead in a glorified human body, to go back to ‘My Father and Your Father’. This was witnessed by hundreds of people. So, in union with Jesus,
our bodies could
resurrect as well. D To be human, we need our body . If human beings do resurrect, it has to be with their bodies as well (or it wouldn’t really be a “human” being resurrected). B Jesus is God who took on human flesh. So human bodies are now ‘in’ God, through Jesus. So our human bodies, like Jesus’, could resurrect, to be with God.
A Eternal life with God is a life of love, but spirits without a body can’t be anything: how would they recognise each other? So resurrection must include a form of the body – bodies must resurrect. Write out the
4 points in 2 columns: philosophical and religious reasons
Which reason is the most convincing? Why? Slide4
FeatureExplanationpowerful
It will “shine” with the glory of God, with different degrees of glory
Imperishable-it will no longer suffer, decay or be corrupted by anything.glorious
- it will not need to depend on food, rest etc. It will have power to be itself.Spiritual (non-physical)
it will be unrestricted by time or space, able to move
quickly and easily wherever it wants
“This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. What is sown is
perishable; what is raised is
imperishable
. It is sown in dishonour; 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.”
Match up what the body will be like, with the explanations. How different is it, from our present bodies?**Draw our old “weak” body dying, as a seed, and being raised up again as a new body / plant.
St. Paul explains what the resurrected body will be likeSlide5
What are the 4 features of a resurrected body?Slide6
Bar-tat & the recycling of matterHow does this song challenge the belief in resurrection of the body ? The apostle Paul
taught that resurrected bodies will be newly given by God.
God will not need to gather up the scattered molecules of our earthly bodies. He will give us a new body like Jesus’ - a glorified heavenly body
that can never again die or experience decay.Explain the Bar Tat challenge to resurrection of the body. Explain how St Paul would respond.S&C What were some of the new features
of Jesus’ new resurrected body?Slide7
The resurrected body will different because..The body must resurrect because…Slide8
Research a saint whose body was found incorrupt after a number of years in the grave. (Google “incorrupt saint”)Find a saint. Describe why they are considered a saint. Describe what the state of their body is now. How does it look, how has it changed? What is surprising about this?Discuss: does this evidence persuade you that sin is responsible for rot/ decay? Why?