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Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus has a physical body, with a difference. His resurrected body is designed with eternity in view. First Corinthians 15:35–49 describes what the body of the believer will be like in heaven.
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If Jesus’ crucified body had been produced, the Christian...
- Was Jesus Black
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- Did Jesus Have Long Hair
The length of Jesus’ hair would have been whatever was...
- Will We Be Able to See All Three Members of The Trinity in Heaven
The Holy Spirit, by the very nature of His being, is able to...
- Is It Wrong to Have Pictures of Jesus
Of course, simply having a picture of Jesus hanging in a...
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May 18, 2019 · We know precious few details about Jesus’s resurrection body. It was the same body in which he died, and yet it was not only restored to life but changed. He was still human, but now glorified. What was sown perishable was raised imperishable (1 Corinthians 15:42).
Mar 13, 2024 · If Christ’s body was not resurrected, we have no hope that ours will be (1 Corinthians 15:13, 16). In fact, apart from Christ’s bodily resurrection, we have no Savior, no salvation, and no hope of eternal life.
Oct 20, 2024 · Does Jesus have a physical body in heaven? Will Jesus’ appearance in heaven reflect His divine nature? How might Jesus’ heavenly appearance differ from artistic depictions?
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Ignatius (d. ~ 107 AD) pastored Paul’s sending church in Antioch. Although they may not have known each other, Ignatius was the contemporary of other apostles and disciples of Jesus and was certainly influenced by Paul’s church. Following the apostolic preaching of Christ, Ignatius affirmed that “There is one Physician who is possessed both of fles...
Ignatius knew that Jesus was “God existing in flesh” because John (his contemporary) taught that “the Word became flesh” (John 1:14). Every baptized Christian knew this to some degree because they were baptized into the singular name of the three: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt 28:19). Yet it took Christians some time to settle on the right lan...
The bodily ascent became a cornerstone of Christian thought throughout its history. This pillar did not budge at the Reformation. In fact, the great Reformer Girolamo Zanchi (1516–1590) wrote: “by the Spirit of Christ we, although remaining on the earth, yet are truly and really coupled with the body, blood and soul of Christ, reigning in heaven.” ...
So everything. Christ became human—he was born of a virgin—for us. His hypostatic union provides an analogy to our union with him because the same Spirit effects both unions. As the apostle Paul, Ignatius, Ireneaus, Chalcedon, and the Reformers taught, this changes everything. We become new creations: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new...
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However, it is in the form of the physical body alone that we are so warned against identifying with God (as in Deuteronomy 4:12-16; Romans 1:23). Against this physical concept of God, Jesus emphasized that He is a Spirit (John 4:24). The danger is clear. To conceive of God as having a body leads eventually to idolatry.
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Jan 4, 2022 · How does the Bible describe the glorified bodies we will possess in heaven? What is the eternal state of the believer? Will there be such a thing as gender in heaven? What kind of bodies will people have in hell?
