It was adopted as such in the famous Bible conference held near Niagara Falls in 1895. This is the subject of the thirteenth study in this series on the fundamentals of the faith. Civilizations, world religions and philosophers endorse the idea of an existence after death. Ancient Egyptians, Babylonians and even American Indians held to this belief. Only in the Bible are evidences and proofs established both for life after death and a bodily resurrection.
Bodily resurrection is a Biblical teaching.
The idea of a bodily resurrection is taught in both the Old and New Testaments. Christ declared a bodily resurrection. Christ warns not to marvel at this truth because it is contrary to the natural world and the experience of mankind regarding the dead. It requires God's supernatural intervention. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.