PSALM 16
10. For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy One to see corruption.
This is always noted as a Psalm of David. But it is actually a Psalm of the Lord. This is the message that Peter preached at Pentecost. He used it to prove that though David penned it in the Psalms, the Lord Jesus is the only One Who could have lived it.
David died and went to the grave. He suffered the corruption of the flesh, and I am sure his spirit resides with the Lord in heaven although his body was buried in the earth. We also know that Jesus was not abandoned or deserted in death, nor did His body know decay or corruption.
We must believe that Jesus was raised from the dead before the flesh became corrupt. He now retains His earthly body with the scars in His hands and feet. But it is a Spiritual body that is imperishable and not prone to decay. He is heaven minded and in resurrected strength and power, 1 Cor. 15:42- 50.
Flesh and blood cannot be partakers of this imperishable heavenly body. That is where we must be born again of the Holy Spirit to become partakers of the heavenly realm which is “In Christ.”
Therefore, we must always be “In Christ,” and not “In the flesh.” We must live Romans 8:1-13. We must be led and follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit and not the desires of our flesh. The flesh leads to death and the Spirit leads to life.
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.