But some one will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. Not all flesh is alike, but there is one flesh for human beings, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.(1Corinthians 15: 35-41)

Resurrection of the body is an essential element in Paul's understanding of faith. But what a body!

In our current condition we are as buried seeds waiting to sprout. In our resurrected body we will be as golden wheat waving in the wind. Our glory reflects our context.

The kabowd of Hebrew scripture became the doxa of the Greek New Testament which became the glory of English translations.

In reading how kabowd is used in the Psalms or Isaiah it seems to me that glory and gift are closely related. Each speak to essential characteristics.

Within each tiny seed resides all that is needed to become a specific stalk and head of wheat, the uniquely beautiful flower, a particular sturdy tree.

The essential identity is the same. But in one context the identity is hidden. In another context the identity is fulfilled.

Paul understands that in the resurrection our essential characteristics will blossom. Through the resurrection what is now our potential will become our reality.