Pastor's Corner

A friend shared that when he was a child his family lived in a large tent on the Columbia Basin prairie, 20 miles north of Pasco. As the dry prairie was being developed into irrigated farm land, he remembers struggling through the extremes of winters' cold and summer's heat in a mere tent, vulnerable to wear and tear and fiercely strong winds. He now lives in a large newer home with a strong foundation, solid walls, and a strong roof only a few miles from the original homestead.

The Bible likens our earthly bodies to a tent: "For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling" 2 Cor. 5:1-2. The tents (bodies) we currently live in groan with longing to be replaced by the heavenly body the Lord will give us. We actually groan with aches and pains, but the body we will be given is designed to be like the body of Jesus.

"(He) will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body" Philip. 3:21.

It will be an eternal body that never dies. It will be a genuine body, visible, capable of being handled, and recognizable (like His). It will be something wonderful!

Through faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior we have new, eternal bodies to look forward to. Death will be swallowed up in victory. Those who place their trust in Jesus have this confidence and joy.