The resurrection of the body will be in a ______ and ______ manner.

• A. symbolic; spiritual
• B. literal; physical
• C. figurative; temporary
• D. metaphorical; dreamlike

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that the resurrection of the dead involves a real, physical body coming to life again. Scripture presents the resurrection as a concrete bodily event, not just a spiritual idea or a symbolic revival. In Paul’s teaching, what is sown as a perishable, mortal body is raised imperishable, and though it is transformed and glorified, it remains a real body prepared for eternity. Other passages describe the dead in Christ rising and believers joining them, reinforcing that this is a bodily resurrection. So describing it as literal and physical best reflects that the body itself is raised, not merely a metaphor or a dreamlike revival.