The Resurrection of the Body
This article by Rodney Kleyn expounds on Lord's Day 22 of the Heidelberg Catechism, explaining the comfort of bodily resurrection and eternal life for believers. It addresses the intermediate state between death and Christ's return, clarifying biblical teaching on what happens to the soul after death and refuting unbiblical views such as soul sleep, annihilation, and purgatory.
Lord's Day 22 Question 57. What comfort doth the "resurrection of the body" afford thee? Answer. That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken up to Christ its head; but also, that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and made like unto the glorious body of Christ. Question 58. What comfort takest thou from the article of "life everlasting"? Answer. That since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, after this...
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