But that is exactly what you are saying---He saves you, but you stay down in that lower level where you are not in His presence---some salvation. We are saved into His presence, completely. What rewards there are is different from salvation. We are all changed into our heavenly bodies when He comes--
Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Doesn't say a word about different bodies according to works. You are either saved or not. Bodies terrestrial are earthly bodies---that is what terrestrial means--
G1919
ἐπίγειος
epigeios
ep-ig'-i-os
From G1909 and G1093; worldly (physically or morally): -
earthly, in earth, terrestrial.
Total KJV occurrences: 7
Telestial is made up by JS.
Co 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
1Co 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
1Co 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
1Co 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
This does not say that the terrestrial bodies are compared to the moon and celestial to the sun!!
It says that the moon, the stars and the sun all have their different glories.
- Dictionary
ce·les·tial
[səˈlesCHəl]
ADJECTIVE
- positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.
"a celestial body"
synonyms:
(in) space · heavenly · astronomical · extraterrestrial · stellar · planetary · in the sky · in the heavens · superterrestrial
- Dictionary
ter·res·tri·al
[təˈrestrēəl]
ADJECTIVE
- of, on, or relating to the earth.
"increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems"
synonyms:
earthly · worldly · mundane · earthbound · tellurian · terrene ·
[more]
NOUN
- an inhabitant of the earth.
1 Corinthians 15 is a chapter from Paul about the resurrection. The whole chapter is about the resurrection and whats going to happen to you.
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
So what are you going to be changed into? Verses 40,41,and 42 give you a good idea, and tells us that we are changed differently.
Why are some changed into Celestial bodies that compare to the glory of the Sun?
Why are some changed into Terrestrial bodies that compare to the glory of the Moon?
Why are some changed into the X bodies that compare to the glory of the Stars?
In fact you forgot to mention vs 42. After 40 and 41 tell us what kind of bodies there are,
vs 42 tells us why Paul is giving us this information:
42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruptibly.
IOW this is what is going to happen in the resurrection. Your corrupted body will be raised into an incorruptible body. That incorruptible body will have 1 of 3 types of glory. Celestial, Terrestrial, and X (which JS received to be Telestial).
It actually fits quite nicely
This does not say that the terrestrial bodies are compared to the moon and celestial to the sun!!
It says that the moon, the stars and the sun all have their different glories.
Sorry, this whole chapter is about what happens in the resurrection. Why would Paul stop in the middle of talking about the resurrection and say the moon and the stars and the sun have their different glories. Duh, do we not know that? But what does that have to do with the resurrection?
Paul is giving us a metaphor of what our resurrected bodies are going to be like in the resurrection.
The glory of the Celestial is one, the glory of the Terrestrail is another. He is trying to tell you that your body is either going to be changed into a Celestial body or a Terrestrial body or a Telestial body, and which body you are changed into will depend on how well you obeyed the words of Jesus Christ and how much you love Jesus Christ.
To me this makes sense. If you are all in for Jesus and you do the things that he tells you to do and you love him and want to live with him for eternity, you will. Your body will be changed into a Celestial body and you can stand in the presence of God and Jesus Christ.
But if you have a vague belief in Jesus and you are an OK person, but you like to fool around and you don't read the bible and you don't go to church, and you really don't like being around churchy type people, then you won't. Your body will be changed into a Terrestrial body. This level of heaven in quite like this earth. God comes down periodically, but you can't stand his glory so he has to be in a cloud a far off, and he frightens you, so you really don't want to be near. So you are happy in your resurrected body and you feel the presence of God and Jesus from afar off, never really wanting to be in their direct presence.
And then there are those that do not want anything to do with God and Jesus. Your life has been one of selfishness and you really rather hate being around good people. So again you won't. But you have finally bent your knee and acknowledged that Jesus is the Christ, so you are aware of him, but you don't want to be near his holy nature. So our body will be changed into a Telestial body, and you will not have the visitation of God or Jesus, but will be visited by the Holy Spirit only. And he will act with you how the Holy Spirit acts with us now. But you will not hear him and you will not be influenced necessarily by him.
Finally, there are those that will not bend their knees and acknowledge Jesus, or they acknowledge Jesus, but will fight him forever. These people will be given a kingdom called the kingdom of darkness, and your bodies will be changed and you will be immortal, but have no glory. You will not have the presence of any of the members of the Godhead, you will be in darkness. Satan and his angels will be with you. And in a very interesting arrangement, you will dominate satan because he is only spirit, and you will have a perfect resurrected body of flesh and bone and spirit.
The 3 heavens or the 3 degrees of glory make perfect sense from JS and from Paul.