First Corinthians describes three levels of spiritual maturity: the natural man, the spiritual man, and the carnal man. I wonder if what is necessary for us to understand the book of Revelation is another level which we could call the glorified man.
Paul talks about the resurrection. He talks about our glorified bodies. They will be different than our physical bodies. Different translations have different words, some say corruptible vs incorruptible. I think others say mortal as opposed to immortal. The actual vocabulary is not as important as the concept. Paul says we will be different.
I think the glorified way of looking at creation is going to give us a totally new insight into what the book of Revelation is describing. I think in Daniel and possibly Ezekiel you’ll have similar passages. To us today they seem the creative products of a slightly warped mind drawing dystopian landscapes for fantasy comic books. But looking at them through the eyes of glorification, all the details come together, and it makes sense.
That should help us to understand who God is and how that understanding will be different in eternity. Just as I can’t grasp The glory of singing, “Holy, holy, holy” for a million years, so I can’t understand how heartwarming a sword coming out of the mouth of a lamb could be. I am willing to learn.
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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Opus 2025-103: The Fourth Dimension
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