1 Peter 1:23–25 (ESV) — 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable
seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of
grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25 but the word
of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached
to you.
NOTE: Our material
bodies are in contrast to verse 23, the imperishable seed, which is our new
birth. That seed will become a new resurrected body in the future, that will
never die or wear out. This is the good news, that death no longer has a hold
on a born-again individual. That is what the term, 'Jesus saves,' means--that
we are saved from death by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He paid
our sins, and he was resurrected from the dead to live eternally. The bible
calls Jesus, the firstborn of the dead. Our hope, which is not a wish, but a
glorious awaited future, is that we are to be resurrected into our new bodies
soon. Baptism is a symbol of both our rebirth and of our future resurrection
from the dead. We are spiritually alive and soon we will be physically whole
again. The world will be as God intended it, without disease or death or
disasters. Why does God not intervene today if he is loving, all powerful and
just? It is because we rebelled against his rule and chose to live outside of
his authority. So God gave us what we wanted (life without his rule or
interference), and yet we wonder why he does not intervene; or we blame him for
disasters. It was never his plan, it is what we, in our free will, chose. He
will act soon, but for now his silence is a reminder that this was what we
chose for ourselves, life out from under his reign.
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