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Heidelberg Catechism, Question 57

Question 57

What comfort doth the “Resurrection of the body” afford thee?

That not only my soul, after this life, shall be immediately taken up to Christ, its head (Phil. 1;23): but also that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ (John 5;28, 29), shall be reunited with my soul, and made like unto the glorious body of Christ (Phil. 3;21).

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Philippians 1:23

23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

Luke 23:43

43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Revelation 14:13

13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

Luke 16:22

22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

2 Corinthians 5:8

8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

John 5:28

28Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

John 5:29

29and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

1 Corinthians 15:53

53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

Job 19:25-27

25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

27I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

John 6:39

39And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

John 6:40

40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Philippians 3:21

21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

1 Corinthians 15:42

42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:43

43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Source and edition

Heidelberg Catechism. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879. RCA English, E. R. Good & Bro., Tiffin, 1879

Public Domain (historic text); CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikisource transcription). Source transcription.

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