The
Christians believe, based upon clear wording of the bible, that there is a resurrection of the body.
These
will be the same bodies people had in earthly life—but our resurrection bodies will not die and, for the righteous,
they will be transformed into a glorified state, freed from suffering and pain, and enabled to do many of the amazing things
Jesus could do with his glorified body (cf. 1 Cor. 15:35–44, 1 John 3:2).
The resurrection of the body is an
essential Christian doctrine, as the apostle Paul declares: "[I]f the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep
in Christ have perished" (1 Cor. 15:13–18).
"will
judge the living and the dead, to render to every person according to his works, both to the reprobate and to the elect. All
of them will rise with their own bodies, which they now wear, so as to receive according to their deserts, whether these be
good or bad [Rom. 2:6–11]"