"We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself." (Philippians 3:20-21)

Two vivid contrasts are highlighted in this text: We now have a vile body that will be changed into a glorious body. Our Lord Jesus will fashion us after the pattern of His own body.

There is ample evidence, both in Scripture and in our own experience, that our present physical bodies are "vile." The English word seems more intense than the Greek, which simply means "lowly" or "humble." Christ humbled himself when he took on our flesh . The Virgin Mary saw herself in a "low estate" as she compared herself to the wonder of what was happening to her.

But one glorious day, the Lord Jesus will change our sinful bodies into that which is reflective of His own body. "Beloved, now are we the sons and daughters of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when Jesus shall appear in the clouds , we shall be like him and be with him; I personally can not wait for that hour to shade this sinful body to have instead a glorious body of Christ.