Term
Glorification
The final stage of redemption at Christ's return, when deceased believers are raised and living believers are changed, receiving perfect resurrection bodies.
Filed underEschatologySoteriology
Definition
The final step in the application of redemption. It will happen when Christ returns and raises from the dead the bodies of all believers for all time who have died, and reunites them with their souls, and changes the bodies of all believers who remain alive, thereby giving all believers at the same time perfect resurrection bodies like his own.
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- redemptionTerm
- See also
- resurrectionTerm
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Sources
- 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 1507Original citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 1507.
Last revised August 14, 2026