Will the Body be Restored?*
David wrote in Psalm 139, "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well...Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God: how great is the sum of them!" (v. 13-17). Here David was speaking of his own physical body. If the Lord cares this much about our physical body, how much more does He care about His spiritual Body in the earth - the Body of Christ? There was a prophetic word that came forth from Ralph Martin in Kansas City in 1977 that said in part: "Mourn, for the Body of My Son is broken. Come before Me with tears and sackcloth for the Body of My Son is broken. Turn from the sins of your fathers and turn to the ways ...