Celestial
Celestial
se-leschal (, epouranios, above the sky, heavenly): Peculiar to Paul’s majestic argument on the resurrection: celestial verses terrestrial bodies (1Co 15:40) with reference possibly to sun and moon, etc., but more probably to the bodies of angels in distinction from those of beasts and mortal men (compare Christ’s words, Mat 22:30; Luk 20:36); including also doubtless in the apostle’s thought the resurrection-body of Jesus and of the saints already taken-into glory. Light is thrown on its meaning by the rendering of the same Greek original as heavenly places (Eph 1:3, Eph 1:20; Eph 2:6; Eph 3:10); heavenly (1Co 15:48). Hence, celestial as used by Paul indicates the soul’s continued life beyond the grave, the spiritual body of the redeemed in heaven, who, in Christ, have put on immortality.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Celestial
* For CELESTIAL see HEAVEN, HEAVENLY, B, No. 2