The Resurrection

[EllenMary]

When Jesus comes again, it is said that the dead will be resurrected and there will be a new heaven and a new earth. What exactly does this mean…will our souls be reunited with our bodies and we will be a physical form again? And will we all be in heaven?

 

[me_again]

…will our souls be reunited with our bodies and we will be a physical form again?

Yes, we will be given resurrected glorified bodies, just like what Jesus received when He was the first to rise from the dead e.g. the first fruits of many to come. After His resurrection, he appeared to the disciples on the beach and he ate fish to prove that He isn’t just an ethereal spirit. He also appeared to doubting Thomas and told him to stick his fingers in the nail holes in His hands (to prove that He is resurrected and alive).

Enoch and Elijah have never experienced death (yet). Regarding Moses – I’m not sure what to think e.g. Moses died, but the devil argued with St. Michael over his bones (in the book of Jude) and also, the disciples saw Elijah and Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration. When they saw Moses, was he in a resurrected body or was he simply in a spiritual state, still waiting for the resurrection?