Jesus’ Body Is the First Body Made for Heaven

In Jesus’ resurrection we are face to face with the first body made for heaven. Jesus’ resurrection body shows us what our bodies will be like, and therefore what haven will be like. Maybe I need to emphasize this point: what we see in the body of the raised Jesus is what all resurrection bodies will be like.

So we ask, “what was his body like?” Here are a few of the facts from the New Testament:

First, a body in heaven will be an ordinary, physical body, not some kind of luminescent glowing light.When the disciples met Jesus on the path to Emmaus, they did not observe anything…