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To: Salvation
At the end of time, we will be raised from the dead and reunited with our bodies (cf. 1 Cor. 15:16–18).

Yes, but at what point in our lives? Will my grandmother appear as an old woman as I remember her? Will babies who died always be infants?

Not being a wise guy. Serious questions.

5 posted on 02/13/2011 4:09:18 PM PST by edpc (It's Kräusened)
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To: edpc

I think St. Thomas Aquinas said that we would be at the height of our physical powers. Presumably that would mean we’d be something like older teenagers, without the attitude. :-0


6 posted on 02/13/2011 4:13:07 PM PST by Campion
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To: edpc
In the article above -- did you miss it?

Elsewhere he states that Jesus "will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body" (Phil. 3:21), raising the possibility that in our resurrected bodies we will be able to do many of the things that Christ was able to do in his resurrected form, such as appear or disappear from places at will, without locked doors or other barriers obstructing us.


7 posted on 02/13/2011 4:14:30 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: edpc

I dreamed of my father after his death, and dreamed that he spoke to me. He did not look exactly like he did here in his earthly life, but he was unmistakeably himself, young, vigorous, mature, handsome...He had been an engineer during his life, and he indicated he was doing work in heaven, work that he loved. He was totally joyful, in a quiet and humorous way, and he told me that I could not imagine how wonderful it would be. When I saw him, he was in “space,” doing something with a solar system.

Strange, right?

Something he did explain, though: how heavenly beings walk through doors, walls, etc., here on earth. He said that earth is pretty much made out of insubstantial vapor that only seems firm to us, because we are insubstantial also. In the Reality of Eternal Life, everything is solid, REAL, so that when a “spirit” walks through an earthly door, it’s because the “spirit” is REAL and the earthly door is transitory.

Laugh if you like, it was a dream, after all. But it had and has the weight of reality in my soul/mind/heart.


17 posted on 02/13/2011 4:30:35 PM PST by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.)
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To: edpc
In my opinion, and it's just my opinion, I think we will all be the same age that Christ was at the Crucifixion. That would be age 33.

No matter what age we are at death, we will all have the body of a 33 year old. That is the prime condition of the physical body, after that, it starts to deteriorate.

Even children and infants will be age 33, but we will instantly recognize them and they will know us.

This is my opinion.

27 posted on 02/13/2011 4:53:18 PM PST by Licensed-To-Carry (Hey Obama! All you have done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled us with a terrible resolve!!)
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