Short Answer
Yes, both believers and non-believers will receive resurrected bodies. However, while believers will experience eternal life in a perfected, pain-free state, unbelievers will also be resurrected but will face judgment and suffering. The difference is not in having a body, but in the condition and destiny of that body.
The Overview
The Bible clearly teaches that there will be a resurrection for all people, not just believers. Passages like Daniel 12 and teachings from the New Testament explain that both the righteous and the unrighteous will be raised from the dead. This means that every person will exist eternally in a resurrected body, regardless of their relationship with God.
For believers, the resurrection is a promise of hope and transformation. Their mortal bodies will be changed into immortal, glorified bodies that will never decay, suffer, or die. These bodies will still be physical and capable of experiencing joy—such as touch, fellowship, and physical sensations—but without pain, sickness, or weakness.
Non-believers, however, will also be resurrected into physical bodies, but with a very different experience. Their bodies will not decay or die, but they will be subject to judgment and suffering. Unlike believers, they will not enjoy comfort, peace, or the blessings of eternal life. Instead, their existence will reflect the consequences of their rejection of God.
This distinction highlights an important truth: resurrection is universal, but the outcome is not. While everyone will live forever in a physical form, the eternal experience—either joy with God or separation and judgment—depends on one’s response to Him in this life.
Key Takeaways
- There Is a Resurrection for Everyone
Both believers and non-believers will be raised from the dead. - Believers Receive Glorified Bodies
These bodies will be immortal, pain-free, and full of joy. - Non-Believers Also Receive Bodies
Their bodies will not die but will experience judgment and suffering. - Resurrection Bodies Are Physical
They can experience sensations but differ in condition and purpose. - Eternal Destiny Depends on One’s Relationship with God
The same resurrection leads to very different outcomes.
The Source — The Speaker Transcript
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Sandra asks, “Have a resurrected body?” Yes, they’ll have a resurrected body. There is a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous, right? Daniel 12 is speaking, our first clear reference to the resurrection talks about those that are raised, right? They’re raised to life from the dust and they’re raised to life, this body to shame. And and so Paul talked about it when he was being nailed for believing in the resurrection by the Sadducees. He was very clear to say there’ll be a resurrection of both
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the just and the unjust. So there’s clearly a resurrection of non-Christians and Christians. And because the way Paul puts our resurrection as the immort the mortal has to put on the immortality, right? My life is dying, but one day I’m going to get a body that doesn’t die. It’s going to be impervious. So yes, the non-Christian is going to be raised into a body like my body, only it’s going to be subject uh to pain. Mine will still be subject to pain, but there’ll be no pain. Matter of fact, the Bible says
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regarding what the angels can do, and I think they will do even in the millennial kingdom, keep us from stubbing our our toe on a rock. The angels will bear us up. We won’t even strike our foot on a stone. And if that’s the case, right, then here’s the deal. I’m sure I’ll have a sensient body. I can feel a hug. I can feel a good good meal in my belly, right? I can feel a nice warm breeze on my face, but I I I’m not going to feel a stubbed toe, an ingrown toenail. You know, I’m not
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going to I’m not going to have any of that. Well, the non-Christian is going to be in a resurrected body just like mine. Problem is, right, they won’t need sleep. They won’t, you know, they’ll have energy that’s going to continue forever. It will it will not die. There’s not going to be entropy or or death of the of the of the body at all. It’s going to continue on. It’s just that it will be subject uh to all the things that they deserve based on what they’ve done. And therefore, there’s
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going to be gradiated judgment. So, yes, uh Sandra, that’s exactly right. The same kind of body. And I I can I can look at uh 1 Corinthians 15. I can list the things I find there about the resurrected body. I can say that’s the same kind of body they’ll get. The only difference is mine will be protected from physical pain. Mine will be sustained in a place of of comfort and blessing. They’re going to be exposed to physical pain and they will have um they will not have the comfort of the kinds
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of things that we long for in the eternal state.
