Has Jesus come in the spirit?

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Heaven is principally a state of utter and absolute fulfillment. In the possession of God in the beatific vision the blessed will experience what cannot be put into words; a radical union with God that transcends anything we could envisage. And it is precisely because of that radical union with God in Christ, the blessed will also experience a union with the other members of the Body of Christ that transcends our ability to imagine as well. The image of the mystical “body of Christ” that St. Paul gives us in I Cor. 12 and Romans 12 gives us some inkling of this union, but again, it can only pale in relation to the full truth of the matter. To use St. Paul’s image, the union of the members of Christ is more radical than the union of my finger here with my hand because it is Christ who makes the members of Christ one! This is truly incredible to think about, but in the end, we can only imagine.

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Heaven is principally a state of utter and absolute fulfillment. In the possession of God in the beatific vision the blessed will experience what cannot be put into words; a radical union with God that transcends anything we could envisage. And it is precisely because of that radical union with God in Christ, the blessed will also experience a union with the other members of the Body of Christ that transcends our ability to imagine as well. The image of the mystical “body of Christ” that St. Paul gives us in I Cor. 12 and Romans 12 gives us some inkling of this union, but again, it can only pale in relation to the full truth of the matter. To use St. Paul’s image, the union of the members of Christ is more radical than the union of my finger here with my hand because it is Christ who makes the members of Christ one! This is truly incredible to think about, but in the end, we can only imagine.

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What does this mean you don’t do bible alone?
 

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What exactly do you disagree with?

Now, actually you have failed the test of 1 John 4:1-3 and 2 John 1:7.

The scriptures teach that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh; and the prevailing thought on this is that He is a Man sitting on the right hand of the throne of the Lord.

2Pe 1:20, Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Why do you add false witness to your own [private] misinterpretation of the scriptures?

I never said that at all!

On the contrary, I not only know that Jesus has come in the flesh, I am acting as if He has...which cannot be said of you--for you still look for Him to come in the flesh as if He had not already come 2000 years ago.

And why do you add to the scriptures ("prevailing through") what they do not say? It does not say that "Jesus sits at the right hand of the throne of the Lord" in the flesh-- It says "I go to the Father" whom "is spirit", "Into your hands I commit My spirit", and Stephen "saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God"...not in the flesh, but in the "glory of God" whom "is spirit."

Now, I have said what is true. And what you have said does not agree.

But, what then did men see when they saw Jesus ascend into heaven? ...They saw what men can see...and this they did after being told, "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” They did not see what they could not see. But many, including yourself, have not been faithful to His word.
 
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I am not an evangelical and I look to the Church and the Church Fathers
Ok let’s see what the Indisputable Fathers have to say.

John 14:23 KJV
[23] Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
And keep in mind your not alone I’m here Gods here Jesus is here and the Holy Spirit.

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Ok let’s see what the Indisputable Fathers have to say.

John 14:23 KJV
[23] Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
And keep in mind your not alone I’m here Gods here Jesus is here and the Holy Spirit.

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What does Father John write here Bob?
 

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John is not a Church Father h is an apostle and it says nothing of heaven. I doubt we will ever agree, you rely only on Scripture and I do not.
 
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