I AM HERE. Paul.

I will furnish my message tonight if you are so inclined. Well, we will try.

As I was saying, the body that is resurrected at death is not the physical body but the spirit body; and never after the first resurrection is there another. I am now dealing with the resurrection other than that of the soul, or the resurrection from the death of which I have before written.^[1]

The body that is once laid in the grave will never be resurrected, and neither will any of its elements enter into any other body for the purpose of a resurrection. The body of flesh is created for one purpose only; and, when that purpose has been accomplished, never will that body, or any derivative from it, be used for any resurrection. This body of flesh is of matter. And, like all matter, it is used only for the life on earth, and cannot be used for any function, or for clothing any spirit, in the spirit world; and neither can it be translated into the spirit realms.

All material bodies must die. And never will there come a time when men can leave the earth and enter the spirit life in these material bodies.

I know that it has been written that certain of the prophets of old were translated into the spirit heavens, clothed in their fleshly bodies, but this is not true. For it is impossible that such a thing could be, as the same laws apply to the physical body of the saint as to that of the sinner. Both are of the earth, earthly, and must be left behind when the spirits of men enter the heavens of spirits.

So, when men believe and preach the general resurrection of the material body, or the special resurrection of the same, they are in error and do not believe or preach the Truth.

Flesh and blood, or flesh without blood, cannot inherit the Kingdom. And no belief or teachings can make that true which is untrue.

I do not desire to write more on this subject because many men who are acquainted with these laws know, and will know and understand, the impossibility of the material entering the realm of the spiritual.

So, thanking you for your kindness, I will say good night.

Your brother in Christ,

PAUL.