Resurrection of the Dead Saints and Sowing the Body It is very significant in a study of the resurrection of the dead saints, to know what it means to sow the body. Without the sowing, there can be no raising. The one is essential to the accomplishment of the other. Paul very clearly stated, "Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies". (1 Cor. 15:36) If a seed cannot be made alive unless it dies, then it must follow that it cannot die unless it is sown. Jesus affirmed the same, saying, "Except a grain of wheat fall ...

Sowing the Body What does sowing the body mean?  In order to understand the resurrection or raising of the body spoken of in 1 Corinthians 15, one must first understand what it means to sow the body. If we fail to grasp that meaning it will cause problems in our resurrection doctrine. In the Old and New Testaments, the Bible has given us very clear meanings on what the sowing of the body is. However, some are led to reject these clear bible statements and claim sowing means something vastly different. As we will see, sowing becomes quite a confusing process when ...