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Soteriology
The Vocabulary Of Salvation.
a. Glorification is both the logical and necessary final side of the great salvation triangle. It
completes justification and sanctification. Note:
b. In the past, Christ the Prophet saved us from the penalty of sin through .
c. In the present, Christ the Priest saves us from the power of sin through
.
d. In the future, Christ the King shall save us from the presence of sin through glorification
4. The results of glorification.
a. What kind of body will the believer possess?
b. It will be a body like Christ’s body (Phil. 3:21; 1 Jn. 3:2).
c. It will be a body of flesh and bone (Lk 24:39).
d. It will be a recognizable body (1 Cor. 13:12).
e. It will be a body in which the Spirit predominates (1 Cor. 15:44, 49). “It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body” (1 Cor. 15:44).
f. “And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly” (1
Cor. 15:49). This situation is of course reversed today, as Mark 14:38 brings out: “Watch ye and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak” (Mk. 14:38).
g. It will be a body unlimited by time, gravity, or space.
1) On at least three occasions during the early days following his resurrection, our Lord defied
all natural laws by suddenly appearing in and out of locked rooms to comfort his disciples.
a) First occasion: He disappears from the home of two disciples in Emmaus. “And their
eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight” (Lk. 24:31).
b) Second occasion: He appears to the apostles in Jerusalem.
c) “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut
where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the
midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you” (Jn. 20:19).
d) Third occasion: He appears (eight days later) to eleven apostles in Jerusalem. “And after
eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you” (Jn. 20:26).
2) It will be an eternal body (2 Cor. 5:1).
3) It will be a glorious body (Rom. 8:18; 1 Cor. 15:43).
a) The Hebrew word for “glory” is kabod, which means literally “to be heavy,” lending
itself to that one laden down with riches (Gen. 31:1), power (Isa. 8:7), and position (Gen.
45:13). It can also refer to moral beauty (Ex. 33:18-23).
b) The Greek word for glory is doxa, which means literally “to manifest an honorable
opinion.” Both words often suggest the brightness and brilliance of supernatural light.
Putting all these meanings together it may be suggested that the believer’s glorified body
will be supernaturally enriched and empowered to serve God in an appointed position by
radiating the brightness of grace to angels and the universe.
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