Randy Alcorn talks about how our current bodies are a model for our resurrection bodies, just as this current earth is a starting point for understanding the New Earth. This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Bodies aren't shells for souls, they're part of who we are. Any afterlife view that denies bodily resurrection is unchristian.

The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of redemption—both for mankind and for the earth. Indeed, without Christ’s resurrection and what it means—an eternal future for fully restored human beings dwelling on a fully restored Earth—there is no Christianity.