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(Acts 3:1–8; John 2:12–22) The Holy Fathers have praise for certain persons who were glorious in their Christian life, consisting in the fact that they were resurrected before the general resurrection. What is the secret of such a life? The fact is that they adopted for themselves the characteristic features of life after the resurrection, as they are indicated in the word of God, and made them qualities within themselves. The future life seems to be detached from everything carnal: they will not marry there, they will not encroach, they will not eat dead food there, and the body itself will be spiritual. So, whoever lives detached from everything carnal, he takes into himself or grows in himself the elements of the future life after the resurrection. Get to the point where everything carnal in you freezes, and you will become resurrected before the future resurrection. The apostle shows the way to this when he says: “Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Gal. 5:16). And he certifies that in this way it is certainly possible to achieve the goal: “he who sows,” he says, “will from the Spirit reap eternal life” (Gal. 6:8). You might be interested in: