What is the religious belief about this:
1.How old will a person be on the day of resurrection when he is ready to go to Hell or Heaven? Will he rise from the dead of the same physique and health as he was when he died? What happens to the infants then? Will we have 2 year old babies and 80 year old men and women and all in between lining up at the gates?
2. What will the 80 year old look forward forward to even in Heaven? Living as an 80 year old even in Heaven has no fancy.
3. And if people will not be resurrected with the age that they died in, then what would be the “proper” age to which everyone would be converted and why?
This questions oviously does not have a factual answer (that us mere mortals can give, anyways). But, I just wanted to offer you a different way to think about things. In heaven, things may not have physical properties as we do here on Earth, and our current vehicle to carry the soul, our body, may or may not be the vehicle that is used in heaven. Bodies are a very earthly thing, so we can’t even say if we would have a body in Heaven in the same way we do here…
This is probably more for Great Debates than General Questions.
Anyway, if you are asking about Christian resurrection, many Christians believe they will be changed and given a new body that is more spirit than flesh. Other Christians believe the dead will come out of their graves the way they were when they died. I think most Christians believe in the idea of a newer and perfect body though. This goes along with the belief of many religions that the body is just a shell for the spirit.
There’s no factual answer to this, and it calls for witnessing.
Off to Great Debates.
DrMatrix - GQ Moderator
OK, based on I Corinthians 15, I get the idea that our Resurrection Body is a perfected version of our natural body, controlled by our spirit (higher self) which is in turn guided fully by the Holy Spirit (God dwelling within us). Thus, it will come to its peak age of maturity & full power, but not decline in aging. Babies & children may well rise in that state & then grow to perfect maturity. (That is totally guessing.) I believe all this happens at Christ’s return to manifest His Kingdom on Earth, but we do have a more ethereal spiritual existence until then.
Our Resurrection Body is related to, but not dependent on, our natural body. If there are atoms of the old body available, they may well be used to develop our new one. If not, God can use any matter available. I’ve even read the suggestion that our bodies will be grown off cells in Christ’s immortal body. Interesting thought- that’s for sure.
Btw, in Jewish thought, there is the idea that the new body is constructed from the Luz bone (I’m not sure if it’s the bone at the base of the skull that begins the spine or if it’s the tailbone, articles I’ve read have not been clear)- that the Luz bone is nourished by the Sabbath meal & that “the Dew of Resurrection” will cause it to grow into the new body. Supposedly, it is the most durable & fire-resistant bone in the human body.
But does it live up to legend?
As Christian beliefs (which appear to be what is referenced here) refer to a Spiritual rather than a physical resurrection, any concept of ‘age’ is surely irrelevant.
Thanks for that cite, Homebrew- tho I don’t endorse the Luz bone idea, I just thought it was interesting.
Avenger, since it’s Christian beliefs we’re discussing, it is both a spiritual & physical resurrection. Historical Christianity affirms the material nature of the Resurrection.