The Resurrection of the Body

The body will rise again. Says scripture (Job 19:25,26): “I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day Ishall rise out of the earth, and I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.” Since man is one substance composed of soul and body, the ultimate state of man must involve the body as well as the soul. Hence, the body will rise again.

This, therefore, is true of all men without exception;for all are of the same species, that is, the same complete essential kind. No human soul will remain forever separated from its own body.

The resurrection of the body is natural in the sense that it is natural for the soul to have its body. But thereis no power resident in soul or body to bring them together once they have been separated by death. Hence, the agency which actually joins souls with their respective bodies is wholly supernatural.