[The Mayor]

November 17, 2007

New Bodies

READ: 1 Corinthians 15:42-49

Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross. —Hebrews 12:2

In 1728, a young Ben Franklin composed his own tombstone epitaph:

The body of B. Franklin, printer, like the cover of an old book, its contents worn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding, lies here, food for worms. Yet the work shall not be lost; for it will as he believ’d appear once more, in a new & more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by the Author.

In this epitaph, the wry wit of Franklin, the colonial Renaissance man, rings true to the biblical view of resurrection. The bodies we now possess are prone to aging, physical decline, and ultimately death. But the resurrection of Jesus Christ holds within it the promise of a new supernatural body raised in glory. The apostle Paul tells us, “The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power” (1 Cor. 15:42-43).

As life takes its course in the aging process, we have the hope of a new body that will far outshine the original. Despite our aches and pains, our destiny belongs safely in the hands of “Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:2). 

New bodies will be ours someday
According to God’s grand design,
Forever with the Lord to reign—
Praise God for the promise divine!  —Hess

In the twinkling of an eye . . . we shall be changed.  —The Apostle Paul (1 Cor. 15:52)

Bible in One Year:   Ezekiel 5-7; Hebrews 12

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you Mayor for todays lesson & wishing you & the family a lovely weekend!

[luvie]

Good evening, Rus! Hope you and yours have a wonderful weekend!....and that you stay warm! Heard you guys been having some lake-effect episodes!

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s Word.

[alfa6]

Friday Flyby Greetings to everybody out there in Freeperland. Your humble poster of pics is bushed after twelve hours of fun and frivolity at work today so I am going to be a bit lazy and take advantage of some more great pictures from the RAFs low level route in Wales. Now our intrepid photographer, as you might recall, climbs up the side of a 'hill' to take these great pics.

And as an added bonus we have two pictures from the early 1920s taken by the photography team of Mole and Thomas. These pictures are just two of several photos that can be found on the web. The dynamic duo of Mole and Thomas would think nothing of rounding up 15 to 25,000 folks to pose for one of thier pics. The pictures would be taken from a 70 foot tower with an 11 x 14 view camera.

Well on with the pics

Naturally we have a head on pic to open the Flyby with. Rusty catches a RAF Typhoon with his camera.

Did I mention that this is a LOW LEVEL ROUTE :-)

A Harrier make a run through the route and is caught by our interpid cameraman.

It looks like the backseater in this BAE Hawk has spied our photgrapher.

I have quite a few BAE Hawk pics but I don't think I have any like this one. I have got to see that hill some day. Maybe if I win the lottery, bwahaaahaa

Okay now for our two Mole and Thomas pics, first we have the Liberty Bell. 25,000 troops from Fort Dix, New Jersey posed for this picture in 1920, aye carumba!!!

Next up the Statue of Liberty taken at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa around 1920. Who needs pixels when you can borrow 18,000 officers and men for your photos, eh?

Thanks to everybody for the nice comments last week, work was kinda busy and I did not get to reply like I would have liked to. Hope every body has a great weekend and don't forgett to start traing for the Thanksgiving Day feast :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mayor, for today’s sustenance for body and soul. Have a great weekend.