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Jul 1, 2022 · Just as a poppy is more glorious than the seed from which it came, the spiritual body will be more glorious than the physical body that died. The human body, in its present form, has various wants and weaknesses. In this fleshly body as we know it now, we cannot enter or enjoy the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 15:50).
Sep 4, 2023 · We know that Jesus was raised in a physical body, with “flesh and bones” (Luke 24:39). We will be raised like He was (Romans 6:5). And the Lord, in His power, “will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” (Philippians 3:21).
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Feb 17, 2010 · February 17, 2010. The Glorified Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ...will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. (Philippians 3:20-21) Christ’s resurrected body, before his ascension, was quite normal in appearance. But what is Christ’s “glorious body” like?
- Natural vs. Spiritual
- Flesh and Blood
- Resurrection Bodies Like Christ’s
The Greek words translated “natural” and “spiritual” are ψυχικός and πνευματικός, respectively, and neither has much, if anything, to do with an object’s composition or makeup. Ψυχικός refers both to immaterial abstractions—like the envious, selfish mindset James calls “earthly, unspiritual [ψυχικός], demonic” (Jas 3:15)—and to concrete, physical e...
Paul goes on to say, “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor 15:50), and some have misread this as support for the notion that only ψυχικός bodies are comprised of flesh and blood (and other viscera), but this would be out of keeping with what Paul and others elsewhere and consistently say disqualifies a person from this inherita...
First Corinthians 15:44 and 50 do not indicate that believers’ resurrection bodies will be immaterial or composed of something other than physical matter, and meanwhile, the rest of the chapter makes clear that they will be made up of such matter, by grounding assurance of resurrection in that of Jesus Christ. Paul explains, “if there is no resurre...
Oct 23, 2018 · What is the difference between the spiritual body in 1 Corinthians 15 and the physical body we now possess? When Paul therefore says "For this mortal body must put on immortality." He's not saying “for this mortal body must be exchanged for an immortal body.”
Oct 29, 2024 · Philippians 3:21 contains the promise that Jesus “will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” After His resurrection, Jesus was recognizable for who He was (except when God prevented people from seeing, as in Luke 24:16).
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Oct 29, 2020 · The first man, Adam, had a “physical body”; the “man from heaven” (Christ) had a “spiritual body” (15:45-47). In summary: 1 Corinthians 15:44: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
