really accomplish the formation of a true human body which would not be contaminated with sin and its marks. Thus, the body of Christ was prepared by the great Creator, with no dependence on prior materials, and was made in total perfection, ready to receive him as its occupant. In that perfect body, which would one day be “made … to be sin” and would bear “our sins … on the tree (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24), he would dwell forever after its resurrection and glorification (Rev. 1:13–18). When God created