Required reading
Dogmatic Theology Vol 2 by William G.T. Shedd (Available from Amazon or here) - Read Chapter III 'The resurrection'.
My summary
Today Shedd teaches us about the resurrection.
Firstly we briefly learn about the views of the resurrection of the pagans, early fathers and Roman Catholics.
Then Shedd gives Scriptural references and outlines the principle points of their teaching on the resurrection:
1. Christ suddenly and unexpectedly descends from heaven accompanied by angels and reproduces the bodies of all the dead;
2. The body thus reproduced is a spiritual body for both the good and the evil.
Most of the reading is concerned with understanding what is meant by 'spiritual' body.
What grabbed me
I liked that Shedd was unashamed of the possibility of the resurrection: 'Respecting the probability of a resurrection of the body, it may be remarked that it is no more strange that the human body should exist a second time, than that it has existed the first time. That a full-formed human body should be produced from a microscopic cell, is as difficult to believe, upon the face of it, as that a spiritual resurrection-body should be produced out of the natural earthly body.'
The resurrection is not surprising when we consider the miracle of the beginning of a life.
Next week's reading
Read Chapter IV 'The final judgement' and Chapter V 'Heaven'.
Now it's your turn
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