THE GRAIN OF WHEAT

In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul tells us something of what our heavenly bodies will be like. He likens it to a seed of grain “or of some other”.
In verse 36 we are told that the seed must die first and then comes the plant. Jesus said in John 12:24 “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit”.
For an example let’s take corn. First, all you see is the small kernel. But that little kernel has everything in it needed for something much bigger. As long as the kernel stays in the barn, it will stay alive but it will not develop into something bigger
and better. The kernel must be taken out, put in the ground and die.
The kernel deteriorates and disappears but the life latent begins to develop. The result of the death of the kernel is something much bigger and grander. There is the stalk and also many other things such as the ears, the tassel, the leaves, a hair for each kernel, a host of kernels and the chlorophyll which takes the suns energy and causes the plant to grow.
But there is one more thing which is very important. There are, on the ears kernels exactly like the original that died. What does this tell us? It tells us that not only do we, in heaven, develop bodies which are indescribably beautiful and powerful but also immortal and incorruptible; it also tells us that we never lose a thing. When you were six months old you liked food. You still do and now many different kinds of food. The little girl likes to play with dolls. Some day she will enjoy a real live one.
Now there is something else. In Matthew 13 Jesus said that the mustard seed although the smallest of all seeds becomes the biggest of the plants. In God’s economy the bigger the plant, the greater the difference between the seed and the plant. What is physically the very biggest thing we know of? It is the universe itself. We are told in 11 Peter that there will be new heavens and a new earth. We can’t begin to imagine this one, not to mention the new one. But some day we will rule it according to Revelation 21:7.
There is one thing even bigger to God. We are told in Genesis 1:26 “Let us make man in our image”. For us there will be the greatest difference of all.