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A physical one ?The body he will have when comes to rule during millennium
see here in the OP where spiritual is defined with scripture and a Greek lexiconThe body he will have when comes to rule during millennium
During millennium on Earth yes.A physical one ?
No this is denying the Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus which is the heart of the gospel. He is forever God in the flesh.During millennium on Earth yes.
In heaven he is a spirit. So bright an energy you couldnt stand it.
Old Testament he came in a preincarnate body. Revelation he comes in a post carnate body.
Also....i doubt he used the same body everytime he visited in old testament. Or after resurrection as far as that goes. Even the deciples didnt know who he was after resurrection. Like the 2 on the road with him. And that morning on the beach.
WhateverNo this is denying the Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus which is the heart of the gospel. He is forever God in the flesh.
All the Fulness of Deity dwells in Him (permanently) as per Colossians 1:19 and Colossians 2:9.
This is how the passage reads and how it is to be understood in its " CONTEXT " from Colossians 1:19;2:9 concerning Christ being fully God lacking nothing in His Divinity while on this earth and His Ascension and also His humanity which remains permanent. The Incarnation was not temporal but Christ remains forever God in the flesh. All the fulness of Deity remains bodily.
In Colossians 1:19 and Colossians 2:9 the Apostle Paul said, For in HIM (CHRIST) ALL of the “ fullness of deity dwells bodily. “Did Paul use the word fullness there to mean partially? NO as Jesus did not empty Himself of His Deity. Jesus Divinity is FULL, complete lacking in nothing. The ENTIRE Fullness of Deity dwells (is present) bodily in Jesus. In Colossians 1:19 it is describing His earthly ministry and Colossians 2:9 it is describing His Post Resurrection/Ascension Glory as God Incarnate.
Colossians 1:19-20
For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven
Colossians 2:9-10- For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;
Colossians 3:1- Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Paul is talking in Colossians chapters 2-3 about the glorified resurrected Christ now seated at the right hand of God not the earthly Christ pre resurrection. This is a slam dunk that He is in a human glorified resurrection body and that He continues to have all the fullness of Deity dwelling bodily in the present.
Now read the Greek below on the present ongoing meaning of DWELLS . The bodily dwelling of Deity is permanent not temporary. The Incarnation was PERMANENT.
κατοικεῖ (katoikei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2730: To dwell in, settle in, be established in (permanently), inhabit. From kata and oikeo; to house permanently, i.e. Reside.
8.2 σωματικός, ή, όν; σωματικῶςa: (derivatives of σῶμαa ‘body,’ 8.1) pertaining to a physical body—‘bodily, physical, bodily form.’[1] Louw Nida
Expositor's Greek Testament
Colossians 2:9. in Him and in Him alone.—κατοικεῖ: “permanently dwells”. The reference is to the Exalted State, not only on account of the present, but of the context and Paul’s Christology generally.—πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος: “all the fulness of the Godhead”. πᾶν is emphatic, the whole fulness dwells in Christ.
“Dwelleth” is katoikei (κατοικει). Oikeō (Ὀικεω) means “to be at home.” Kata (Κατα), prefixed, means “down,” thus showing permanence. The compound verb was used of the permanent residents of a town as compared with the transient community. The verb is in the present tense, showing durative action. The translation reads: “Because in Him there is continuously and permanently at home all the fulness of the Godhead in bodily fashion.”
hope this helps !!!
Is not whatever its the historic and orthodox position of the church throughout history. Jesus is forever both God and man, human and Divine. The Incarnation was/is permanent.Whatever
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A physical one ?
No this is denying the Bodily Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus which is the heart of the gospel. He is forever God in the flesh.
And our flesh is resurrected and made incorruptible and immortal try reading 1 Cor 15. It’s in plain language.That is simply the misunderstanding taught by men.
What you are not getting...is that there is [biblically] an end of all flesh; and that during these "times" that make up the history of this world from beginning to end, the flesh is simply made manifest for the stated purpose of man eating also of the tree of life and being born [again] of the spirit of God (not flesh).
Do you not know that all matter is only light and energy (from God), which is the creation of darkness?
In other words, "that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit", and therefore the only "children of God" who is spirit, are spirit also.
Man was created body, soul and spirit. There is nothing in Scripture saying man will be just soul and spirit. Hence the whole purpose for a bodily resurrection where our bodies will become incorruptible and immortal as taught in 1 Corinthians 15.That is simply the misunderstanding taught by men.
What you are not getting...is that there is [biblically] an end of all flesh; and that during these "times" that make up the history of this world from beginning to end, the flesh is simply made manifest for the stated purpose of man eating also of the tree of life and being born [again] of the spirit of God (not flesh).
Do you not know that all matter is only light and energy (from God), which is the creation of darkness?
In other words, "that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit", and therefore the only "children of God" who is spirit, are spirit also.
Man was created body, soul and spirit. There is nothing in Scripture saying man will be just soul and spirit. Hence the whole purpose for a bodily resurrection where our bodies will become incorruptible and immortal as taught in 1 Corinthians 15.
1 Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.I will post later on the literal, physical, material Resurrected body.