Until the Christian is made immortal his redemption is not complete.
The Christian who dies is transported to heaven.
His estate there as compared to this is “far better.”
But “far better” is not the “best.” It is only a comparative.
The superlative requires that the Christian shall have a body. Without a body the Christian is neither a complete human being nor a perfect son of God.
The divine ordination is “spirit, soul, and body.”
Unless the Christian receives an immortal body the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ over death and over him who has the power of death (that is the Devil) is not complete.
Satan as the strong man armed holds the goods and keeps them secure within his house.
The instrument with which he is armed is the law. That law which requires that it shall be “appointed unto men once to die.” The goods are the bodies of the saints, and the house is the dark and dismal grave.
O the pitifulness of it! that our Lord Jesus Christ should possess the Christian as a ghost in heaven, and the Devil hold his blood-bought and spirit-sealed body in the grave.