kingdoms

1 Corinthians 15:40-43New Living Translation (NLT) 40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies. 41 The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory; those who inherit the terrestrial kingdom are those who “received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it.”2 They are “honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men” and who were “not valiant in the testimony of Jesus.”3 Those receiving this glory “receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fulness of the Father.”4 According to the account of the vision, the terrestrial kingdom is a lower degree than the celestial kingdom but a higher degree than the telestial kingdom.5 42 It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43 Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.