The Cost Of Shipping

 For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  1 Corinthians 15:52-53

A big auction concludes tomorrow evening out west in La Salle, and I will watch some of it. Watch, because it is already apparent that the arena is too wealthy for me this time around. I have yet to win any auctions from this auction house and part of the reason for that is the cost of shipping. The distance to go fetch the stuff in my truck means a considerable cost, so the alternative is shipping and you may have noticed an increase in that cost during the Covid days of 2020-2021.

As I thought about that this morning, it came to me to wonder what the cost of shipping us might be in the resurrection and rapture that will take place sometime soon. What might be the cost of raising the cremated body of the saints who have gone to sleep? What might it cost God to raise the living bodies of His saints when the time of the Rapture comes? A measurement in dollars will likely not fit the cost, and I would have no idea where to start that calculation in any case. We have launched persons into orbit, to space stations, and to the moon. And no doubt there are some accountants who could tell us how much per pound of person is required. To my knowledge, not one of those space travelers have reported being in Heaven as Paul, John, and Isaiah did back in the day. Throw out those cost figures, all are useless to us for this calculation. It seems that we cannot know the cost of shipping us to Heaven to be with our Lord Jesus! And praise God we do not need to save up some incalculable amount to book passage from here to there. 

What a joy to trust our Lord Jesus with that future journey!

Bucky