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1 | Is Jesus preincarnate body same as now? | John 1:14 | Emmaus | 40717 | ||
Tom, The word "incarnate" means in the flesh. How can one have a body before one is in the flesh (preincarnate)? To be preincarnate is to be without a body. Jesus' glorified body was indeed different from ours but it did have substance which could be touched as by Thomas and Jesus also ate after the resurrection, though He did not need to. The glorified body is a glorified incarnation and therefore I believe could not be the same as any preincarnate body which seems to be an oxymoron to me. Emmaus |
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2 | Flesh body and Spiritual body | John 1:14 | Love Fountain | 40723 | ||
Dear Emmaus, You state,"The word "incarnate" means in the flesh." Then you state,"To be preincarnate is to be without a body." If incarnate means in the flesh, preincarnate should mean before(pre) being in the flesh. Scripture tells us we have two bodies as follows, 1 Cor 15:44 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. KJV Since most Bible believing people believe Jesus is God and Scripture says God is a spirit(John 4:24), can we then conclude that a spirit has a spiritual body and that Jesus was in a spiritual body before being in the flesh? Bless you, Love Fountain |
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3 | Flesh body and Spiritual body | John 1:14 | Emmaus | 40727 | ||
Love Fountain, Your point is well taken and not in dispute. But I think the incarnate body before and after it was glorified is a very different matter from the appearance of Christ or Christophanies in the OT at least if we are dealing with the chronological time of God's creation and not presuming Christ outside of time appearing out of sequence in time so to speak, which of course would not be impossible for Him. But He seemed to change his appearance for different occassions after the resurrection so that sometimes he was recognizable and sometimes not, even by his intimate friends. And that brings a whole other dimension (no pun intended) to the question of whether his appearance was the same, when it seemed not to always be the same just in the different appearances after the resurrection. So which of his various guises are we to compare to one another? Emmaus |
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