Earburner
Well-Known Member
Theories?? Here are some facts:What Paul taught about the resurrection body in 1 Corinthians 15:50 is only a START! I haven't even gotten to the part where Paul also showed the resurrection is the "image of the heavenly" right before that 50th verse!
1 Cor 15:49-50
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
KJV
And then there's Paul's declaration in 1 Corinthians 15 that the resurrection body is a "spiritual body" that goes with those 49th & 50th verses.
1 Cor 15:42-49
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, 'The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.'
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
And then there's the REAL KICKER, where Paul declares within this context that "the second man is the Lord from heaven", pointing to Christ's resurrection body!
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
KJV
I mean, your theories just don't stand a chance when it comes to what Apostle Paul actually taught about the resurrection body.
Our mortal bodies are earthly because they consist of the elements of the earth, beginning with Oxygen for our blood, so that our mortal flesh will stay alive. Leviticus 17:11 (KJV).
Today, we all now know, what the "breath of life" is, when Moses DIDN'T!!
But of course, if you want to keep the "religious spin" going on that, about an "eternal soul", then be my guest.
When Jesus physically resurrected into His NEW Immortal and physical heavenly body, there WAS NO BLOOD in Him!! It was ALL SHED on to the earth, as well as on the Cross and Himself.
So then, I ask you again, if then no Blood was in His veins, by what manifestation caused Him to be Resurrected into NEW Life, and be forever sustained by it?
Ans. The Holy Spirit of God.