Originally posted by peejayd
* flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God NOT because it is weak and tainted by sins... here's the reason..."Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."
I Corinthians 15:50-54
* it is because the kingdom of God does NOT also accepts corruptible and mortality... and since our body is mortal and corruptible, it cannot inherit the kingdom of God...
* Jesus' body too, eventhough it was not tainted with any sin, cannot inherit the kingdom of God... if so, then Jesus' body will still die in heaven, because literally, it needs sustainance - food, water, etc... and eventually, the body will grow old, weak and die...
"There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another ."
I Corinthians 15:40
* there are different bodies used in heaven and on earth... 😉
John 20:24-27
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” 26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
John 19:34
34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear , and immediately blood and water came out.
Jesus told one of His disciples (he’s called doubting Thomas) to reach his finger there and, look at his hands (for the print of the nails) and for him to reach his hand there and put it into Jesus’ side (where the soldier pierced Jesus’ side with a spear). How could Thomas reach his finger and hand onto a body that did not have corporeality (i.e., tangibility)? The fact the Jesus encouraged doubting Thomas to reach his finger into the print where the nails had been and into Jesus’ spear-pierced side is BECAUSE Jesus has a PHYSICAL BODY.
John 20:11-17
11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain . 13 Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”
14 Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”
She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).
17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me , for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”
Peejayd, do you ever wonder WHERE the PHYSICAL BODY of Jesus went? The same PHYSICAL BODY of Jesus Christ that was beaten, spit on, tortured, and crucified on the cross was laid in a nearby tomb. After three days and three nights Jesus PHYSICAL BODY was RAISED FROM THE DEAD. This is why the PHYSICAL BODY OF JESUS was nowhere to be found when Mary went to the tomb looking for Jesus. Jesus admonished Mary not to CLING to Him....How could Mary cling to a body that had no corporeality or tangibility? Jesus body was real, but it is now in a GLORIFIED state that can appear and disappear. But is still capable of being touched or contacting this three-dimensional world. One day we will have a body like Jesus with these same faculties. You just read it in 1 Corinthians 50-58.
Finally, Jesus resurrection was VERY PHYSICAL. So physical in fact that after He rose from the dead He ate broiled fish and honey comb with His disciples on one occasion, and fish (some that the disciples had just caught) and bread on another.
Luke 24:40-43
When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He [Jesus] said to them, “Have you any food here?” So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. And He took it and ate in their presence.
I believe that Jesus ate the broiled fish and honeycomb TO PROVE OR EVINCE OR SHOW His disciples that He had PHYSICALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD, not spiritually.
John 21:1
After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself : But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.” Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish. This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.
http://www.tbn.org/index.php/8/1.html (The Resurrection On Trial by Hal Lyndsey 60 min.)