Treatise on the Resurrection 9

1Yet what am I telling you? Will those who are alive die? How can they live in an illusion? The rich have become poor, and kings have been brought down. Everything is subject to change. The world is an illusion, if indeed I am not exaggerating the situation.

2The resurrection, however, does not have that (illusory, passing) nature, because it is the reality that remains firm. It is the revelation of what exists, even the transfiguration of things and a transformation into what is new. For imperishability [] [will descend] upon the perishable. Light will flow down upon darkness and swallow it up. Then the Fullness will fill the Deficiency. These are symbols and images of the resurrection. This brings about what is good.