A caterpillar appears to live a life of perfect contentment - provided it doesn't become a quick snack for a passing bird! However, the life it leads is totally mundane when compared to the life that is to come as a butterfly. This video clip shows the metamorphosis that takes place as one creature changes into another.
Wasn't that amazing? It is also, of course, an illustration of what happens to the disciple of Jesus when (s)he reaches the end of this mortal life - either through physical death, or at the rapture. John writes: "Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." (I John 3:2); while Paul writes: "So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body." (I Cor 15:42-44)
The true disciple of Jesus has an eternal destiny in which (s)he will have a glorious, spiritual, body that is yet 'connected' to the physical body in which they lived out their mortal lives. The transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly is amazing - indeed, beyond comprehension. The transformation of the believer into a heavenly being, is a trillion times more wonderful! But although all will live through eternity, only those who have acknowledged the Lordship of Jesus in their lives, will live with Him. For those who reject, or even neglect, Him, there is only the prospect of eternity without Him.
Have you made your choice?
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