Bodily resurrection is the biblical teaching that the dead will be raised by God in a real embodied existence, not merely as disembodied spirits. Scripture centers this hope on the resurrection of Jesus and the future resurrection of believers.
Bodily resurrection is the biblical teaching that the dead will be raised by God in a real embodied existence, not merely as disembodied spirits. Scripture centers this hope on the resurrection of Jesus and the future resurrection of believers.
Bodily resurrection is the biblical and historic Christian teaching that God will raise the dead in a real embodied form. This is not merely the survival of the soul after death, but God’s act of restoring and transforming human life as he intends it. The resurrection of Jesus Christ stands at the center of this doctrine: he truly rose from the dead, and his resurrection is the guarantee of the future resurrection of his people. Scripture teaches that believers will be raised imperishable and glorified, yet still truly embodied, and it also speaks of a resurrection associated with final judgment. While Christians may differ on some details of timing within broader eschatological systems, the bodily resurrection itself is a core biblical doctrine.