Section 9
also we eagerly await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ." The Greek word rendered "citizenship" may also be rendered commonwealth or asso ciations of life. Our national life is not in any earthly country; it is in the heavens. Our real citizenship, our true commonwealth, is in the heavens.
Because our citizenship is in the heavens, we should not be occupied with earthly things, with the physical things needed for our exis tence. We should not place such a high value on material things. This does not mean, of course, that we should not have proper food, clothing, housing, and transportation. We definitely need these things. But anything that goes beyond need falls into the category of indulgence. Such indulgence is to be condemned. If we love the earthly things needed for human life, this is an indication that we do not treasure our heavenly citizenship.
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE BODY
From the heavens we are eagerly awaiting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who "will trans figure the body of our humiliation, conforming it to the body of His glory, according to the oper ation of Him who is able even to subject all things