The Problem of Human Immortality Further, denying the physical resurrection causes a serious problem with Christian immortality. If Christ did not rise in the same physical, material body in which He was crucified, then we have no hope that we will be victorious over physical death either. It is only through the physical resurrection of Christ that the believer can triumphantly proclaim: “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:55 NIV). It is only through the physical
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