Rising To Dance

[Walter and Deborah]

Sunday 3-20-22 1st. Day Of The Weekly Cycle, 16th. day Of Adar II, 5782 1st. Spring Day

Rising to Dance

Read: 1 Corinthians 15:35–44 | Bible in a Year: Joshua 4–6; Luke 1:1–20
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The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable. 1 Corinthians 15:42


In a widely shared video, an elegant elderly woman sits in a wheelchair. Once a famed ballet dancer, Marta González Saldaña now suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. But something magical happens when Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is played to her.

As the music builds, her frail hands slowly rise; and as the first trumpets blast, she starts performing from her chair. Though her mind and body are perishing, her talent is still there.

Reflecting on that video, my thoughts went to Paul’s teaching on resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15. Likening our bodies to a seed that is buried before it sprouts into a plant, he says that though our bodies may perish through age or illness, may be a source of dishonor, and may be wracked with weakness, the bodies of believers will be raised imperishable, full of glory and power (vv. 42–44).

Just as there is an organic link between the seed and the plant, we will be “us” after our resurrection, our personalities and talents intact, but we will flourish like never before.

When the haunting melody of Swan Lake began to play, Marta at first looked downcast, perhaps mindful of what she once was and could no longer do. But then a man reached over and held her hand. And so it will be for us. Trumpets will blast (v. 52), a hand will reach out, and we’ll rise to dance like never before.

What do you look forward to being able to do after the resurrection? How can this give you hope for loved ones suffering the effects of age?

I praise You, Jesus, that nothing will be lost, but only regained, in the future.

INSIGHT
The Bible Knowledge Commentary elaborates on Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 15:35–37 about “how foolish it is” to ask about our resurrection bodies: “Belief in the Resurrection was like belief in seedtime and harvest. Neither could be completely understood but both were real.

As a plant which sprouted from a seed was directly linked to it but remarkably different from it, so too was the relationship of a natural and a resurrected body.” Our resurrection body will be so much more than our natural body, which is weak, imperfect, and temporal. Elsewhere Paul states: “Our citizenship is in heaven.

And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who . . . will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” (Philippians 3:20–21). We will be like Him!

By Sheridan Voysey|March 20th, 2022

Resurrection Of Believers 1 Corinthians Fifteen:35-44

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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Love Walter and Debbie

[AdHoc]

7 hours ago, Walter and Deborah said:

Sunday 3-20-22 1st. Day Of The Weekly Cycle, 16th. day Of Adar II, 5782 1st. Spring Day

Rising to Dance

Read: 1 Corinthians 15:35–44 | Bible in a Year: Joshua 4–6; Luke 1:1–20
Download MP3
Subscribe to iTunes


The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable. 1 Corinthians 15:42


In a widely shared video, an elegant elderly woman sits in a wheelchair. Once a famed ballet dancer, Marta González Saldaña now suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. But something magical happens when Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is played to her.

As the music builds, her frail hands slowly rise; and as the first trumpets blast, she starts performing from her chair. Though her mind and body are perishing, her talent is still there.

Reflecting on that video, my thoughts went to Paul’s teaching on resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15. Likening our bodies to a seed that is buried before it sprouts into a plant, he says that though our bodies may perish through age or illness, may be a source of dishonor, and may be wracked with weakness, the bodies of believers will be raised imperishable, full of glory and power (vv. 42–44).

Just as there is an organic link between the seed and the plant, we will be “us” after our resurrection, our personalities and talents intact, but we will flourish like never before.

When the haunting melody of Swan Lake began to play, Marta at first looked downcast, perhaps mindful of what she once was and could no longer do. But then a man reached over and held her hand. And so it will be for us. Trumpets will blast (v. 52), a hand will reach out, and we’ll rise to dance like never before.

What do you look forward to being able to do after the resurrection? How can this give you hope for loved ones suffering the effects of age?

I praise You, Jesus, that nothing will be lost, but only regained, in the future.

INSIGHT
The Bible Knowledge Commentary elaborates on Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 15:35–37 about “how foolish it is” to ask about our resurrection bodies: “Belief in the Resurrection was like belief in seedtime and harvest. Neither could be completely understood but both were real.

As a plant which sprouted from a seed was directly linked to it but remarkably different from it, so too was the relationship of a natural and a resurrected body.” Our resurrection body will be so much more than our natural body, which is weak, imperfect, and temporal. Elsewhere Paul states: “Our citizenship is in heaven.

And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who . . . will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” (Philippians 3:20–21). We will be like Him!

By Sheridan Voysey|March 20th, 2022

Resurrection Of Believers 1 Corinthians Fifteen:35-44

35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Read full chapter

Love Walter and Debbie

An excellent posting.

[Mama Etna]

Very apt for the first day of spring - which is a reminder that we, in sense, are like seeds.  When we die our physical form is buried.  When resurrected in Christ will be something entirely different and more beautiful.

[Worship Warriors]

I have tasted of this resurrection life once and it was electric.

I had accidentally drank a bottle of poison. Now I was in great trouble. All I could do was to cry unto the Lord. And he send forth his resurrection life which drove the poison out of my body.

Resurrection life is electric. Nothing on this earth can be compared to it. This is the hope that we have. Peter calls it a lively hope because it's full of the Zoe life of God.

Edited March 21, 2022 by Worship Warriors

[Walter and Deborah]

16 hours ago, AdHoc said:

An excellent posting.

Thank you, Reminds me of singing and dancing before the LORD.

Love, Walter

[AdHoc]

26 minutes ago, Walter and Deborah said:

Thank you, Reminds me of singing and dancing before the LORD.

Love, Walter

The very first thing we Christians will do after resurrection is STAND, And what place to STAND - for it will be after the rapture when we STAND before the Lord (Lk.21:36). Next will be the dancing - for some, for then comes the Judgment Seat of Christ. The Parables on the Kingdom give ample warning. Some, who were heirs, will NOT inherit.

Let us be the diligent, the faithful, the lovers of Christ. Then we will dance like David (2nd Sam.6:14)