We know this, that in the Old Testament the blood of bulls and goats could not take away sin. It only covered sin. And the living just waiting in—in paradise for the day that sin should be taken away. But when Jesus came, the Son of God, the Messiah, He took away sin. He divorced it, never covered it, He took it away. Then, now, since then, if this earthly tabernacle be dissolved we have one waiting in glory; we go straight to the Presence of the Father, there to be clothed in immortality. Oh, if this earthly tabernacle, if it should be taken away, this afternoon…Born in sin, shaped in iniquity, come to the world speaking lies, sinners by nature, then God has redeemed us and redeemed our soul, and has a blessed body waiting for us, that’ll never be sick, even above temptation, a body like His own glorious body, then we shall see Him as He is.

I Am the Resurrection and the Life, 1952-08-10, Chicago, IL, §4