God made our bodies, the second person the the Trinity took on flesh and dwelt among us, died bodily for our sins, and rose bodily. God the Spirit lives within those who believe (our bodies are now his temple). He has stipulations around how we use these bodies he made. We take communion bodily. And ultimately we will be resurrected with new bodies that will never die again, in the same fashion as our Lord. So yeah, the body is very crucial in connecting us to the divine :)