Belief that Jesus rose again is essential for salvation. To deny Jesus rose bodily, is to deny the resurrection.
It is absolutely 100% proven beyond any reasonable doubt that Jesus was resurrected bodily and physically.
First, He said when the temple of His body was torn down, it would be restored:
Joh 2:19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Joh 2:20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
Joh 2:21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Joh 2:22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
After His resurrection, when the apostles were afraid of Him, thinking He was a ghost (like the watchtower claims He is) Jesus stated unequivocally that He’s not a ghostly spirit, “BECAUSE A SPIRIT HAS NOT FLESH AND BONE, as you SEE I HAVE”, and to further prove it, He had them touch His body, and He ate a meal of fish:
Luk 24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Luk 24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Luk 24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luk 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luk 24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
Luke 24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
Luk 24:42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Luk 24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
The watchtower is teaching the exact same error the apostles had when they first saw the risen Jesus, that Jesus Himself proved was wrong.
Jesus absolutely rose bodily from the dead. Period.
It is absolutely 100% proven beyond any reasonable doubt that Jesus was resurrected bodily and physically.
First, He said when the temple of His body was torn down, it would be restored:
Joh 2:19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Joh 2:20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
Joh 2:21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Joh 2:22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
After His resurrection, when the apostles were afraid of Him, thinking He was a ghost (like the watchtower claims He is) Jesus stated unequivocally that He’s not a ghostly spirit, “BECAUSE A SPIRIT HAS NOT FLESH AND BONE, as you SEE I HAVE”, and to further prove it, He had them touch His body, and He ate a meal of fish:
Luk 24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Luk 24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Luk 24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luk 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luk 24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
Luke 24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
Luk 24:42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
Luk 24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
The watchtower is teaching the exact same error the apostles had when they first saw the risen Jesus, that Jesus Himself proved was wrong.
Jesus absolutely rose bodily from the dead. Period.