6/10/2023 0 Comments Name the heavenly bodiesTurangi and his wife Moe-ahuru are said to have dwelt on Maunga-nui, their abode being known as Mairehau, while that of the sun on the same mountain was called Mairekura, an exceedingly tapu place. Another version makes Rona (the woman in the moon) a member of this family. After these they produced the stars, who are spoken of as the younger members of the family. The former is the personified form of the sun, and the latter a honorific name for the moon. Some East Coast authorities say that Turangi mated with Moe-ahuru, and that they produced Tama-nui-te-ra and the Marama-i-whanake. Among some tribes he is termed Tongatonga, and another of his names was Turangi. This Tangotango is said to have been the origin of day and night, the alternation of light and darkness. This myth is given in the form of a genealogical table:. Wainui is the personified form of the ocean. Thus the Awa folk of the Bay of Plenty explain that Tangotango and Wainui, two of the offspring of the Sky Parent and the Earth Mother, produced the sun, moon, and stars. ![]() He derived them from certain mythical beings, many of whom appear to be personifications of some form of light. More importantly, the sin nature inherited from Adam (Romans 5:12) will no longer be with us, for we will be made after the holiness of Christ (1 John 3:2).The mythopoetical Maori, when explaining the origin of the heavenly bodies, put his ideas on the subject into the form of an allegory. But, while many believe we will bear some resemblance to what we look like now, we do know that in whatever ways our appearance or health has been altered as a result of sin (whether because of overeating or not eating right, hereditary malformations, injuries, aging, etc.), these traits will not be carried over into our appearance in the next life. To summarize, we are not told exactly what we will look like in the next life, what age we will appear to be, or if we will look thin or fat. But God, through Christ’s transforming power, is able to raise up His children with new, glorious bodies, completely free from the ravages of sin and possessing the glory of Christ instead. Had there been no sin, there would be no decay and death (1 Corinthians 15:56). In more general terms, the decaying physical body is the direct result of humanity’s fall into sin. But these are not the only physical markings of sin. ![]() Other times our bodies are marked by the sins of others, such as scar from someone acting violently against us. Sometimes our bodies are marred due to our own, personal sin, such as a brain that is no longer able to form complete thoughts because of drug abuse. Our earthly body limits us in ways (and/or dimensions) that our spiritual body will not.įirst Corinthians 15:43 also describes the transformation from “sown in dishonor” to “raised in glory.” Philippians 3:21 says that Jesus “will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body.” Our decaying bodies are described with the word dishonor because they bear the mark of the results of sin. Jesus’ resurrected body was capable of entering locked rooms at will (John 20:19). Rather, it’s more likely that just as a natural body is fitted for this present life in our physical universe, the spiritual body will be that which will best suit us for the eternal existence we are destined for in our eternal abode. And Jesus, after His resurrection, told them to touch Him and to watch Him eat, demonstrating that He was not merely a spirit (Luke 24:37-43). After all, 1 Corinthians 15:49 states that we will have a body like Jesus’ resurrected body (see also 1 John 3:2). ![]() This probably doesn’t mean that we will be like ghosts possessing no body at all and floating around unable to interact with things around us. Another comparison is that now we have a natural body, but then we will have a spiritual body.
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