First off, physical resurrection is an essential of all Christian Essentials—it is literally the capstone in the arch of Christianity.
No one can find a more cardinal doctrine in our Historic faith. The lost and us saved people will both be physically resurrected.
Some say, “Kurt, one can be a real Christian and not believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ.” I strongly disagree! This is radically foundational. There are many other things in our faith that we believe in that are literally founded upon this one belief.
What type of bodies will people have in hell?
The Bible indicates that both reborn believers and non-believers will have resurrected bodies on the last day (Daniel 12:1–2). Those going to hell will VERY SADLY be eternally separated away from God and His people. That’s the “second death”—being cast into the lake of fire to be tormented for eternity, separated from God (Revelation 20:14).
Please come to God on His terms today. Here's a clue that people in hell have a body of some kind. Jesus gave us the account of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16.
What are vessels of wrath (Romans 9:22)?
The Bible says “the last enemy to be destroyed is death” (1 Corinthians 15:26). And that means what?
Do you have some other questions about the End Times?
Paul said, “Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied” (1 Corinthians 15:12 nasb).
To the modern materialist, “Death is the cessation of being.”
The mythical ancients said, “When we die we devolve into a ghostly shadow of ourselves.”
To a Reincarnationist, “Our souls repeatedly return dressed up in other bodies.”
The followers of Plato contended that, “The body is a prison. At death the prisoner escapes as a mere individual human spirit.”
Buddhists believe that “The body is merely an illusion in which the only thing that ultimately survives is a universal cosmic consciousness.”
Here’s an interesting letter to a columnist about the subject:
Dear Utticus, Our preacher said that Jesus didn’t really die on the cross. He just swooned and His disciples just nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely Bewildered.
Utticus responded with:
Dear Bewildered,
Beat your preacher with a cat of nine tails with 39 heavy strokes, nail Him to a cross, hang Him in the sun for 6 hours, run a spear through His gut and heart, embalm Him, and put him in an airless tomb for 36 hours and see what happens. Sincerely, Utticus.
Jesus was indeed physically raised from the dead (Read more on this)!
