57. What comfort do you receive from the “resurrection of the body?”

That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken up to Christ its Head,^[1] but also that this my body, raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and made like the glorious body of Christ.^[2]

^[1]Lk. 23:43;   Phil. 1:21-23.  ^[2]I Cor. 15:53-54;  Job 19:25-27;   I Jn. 3:2.

58. What comfort do you receive from the article “life everlasting?”

That, inasmuch as I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy,^[1] I shall after this life possess complete blessedness, such as eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man,^[2] therein to praise God forever.^[3]

^[1]II Cor. 5:2-3.   ^[2]I Cor. 2:9.  ^[3]Jn. 17:3;  *Rom. 8:23;  *I Pet. 1:8.