If those of us who put our faith in Jesus go to heaven after we die, and experience God in his fullness, why do we need to be resurrected from the dead? What is the point of our own resurrection if we do not need it in order to be with Jesus forever? Is not the whole point of resurrecting anything is that it was dead and is now alive directly because of the resurrection.
If something or someone is dead you cannot experience them on any level. They are only a memory. They are dead. They absolutely need to be resurrected. There is no other way for them to be alive and to be experienced by anyone until they alive again.
I thought the point of the resurrection was to give us eternal life with Jesus. However, if you claim that when we die we are immediately in the presence of the Lord, then why should we care about our own resurrection? Why would we need to be resurrected from the dead if we already have eternal life and am alive with God? Jesus, Paul, and Peter all talk about our own resurrection. It seems to me that if they talked about that much, that it might be important. However, I cannot seem to see how our resurrection could be of much importance considering that we would not need it to be with Jesus. From this viewpoint I cannot think of any meaningful reason other than we will have a physical body. This to seems kinda pointless. When I am with Jesus I will not care if I have a body or not. What I will be most happy about is that I am with the Lord. Do you find our own resurrection meaningless? What is the point of the resurrection of the dead if not to bring the dead into the presence of God?