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NASB | Luke 24:39 "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 24:39 "Look at [the marks in] My hands and My feet, [and see] that it is I Myself. Touch Me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have." [John 20:20-27] |
Subject: Do Ghost's exist? |
Bible Note: Hey Emmaus, I sort of agree with you, and I sort of don't. Forgive me for not making the references right now, but there are in fact references to support this ... There are accounts of people "sleeping" in death, sleeping [because] they're dead. If that made any sense at all. The best story I can bring to mind is the story of the witch of Endor calling up the spirit of Sammuel, who was quite irritated that she had disturbed his sleep. Take a look at that story and see what you think. I don't remember the exact wording. Perhaps that isn't the case at all. Elijah would not have been sleeping in death. He didn't die. He was taken up in a whirlwind. The same is [believed] of Moses by the Jews of the day. It is believed, despite the Deuteronomy account of his death, that Moses was also taken up in the same way. Josephus recounts the events in that fashion, according to the Pharisaic historical traditions, and Jude talks about the body of Moses being fought over by Michael and Satan. In addition, the Revelation, whether speaking futuristically, historically, symbolically, etc., plainly mentions "two witnesses" that each do certain types of miracles. They are able to turn waters to blood, call down fire from heaven, dry up the sky so it doesn't rain during the time of their prophesying, or to bring plagues upon men as often as they desire. This, to me, is a clear depiction of Moses and Elijah; Moses who brought the plagues and turned the Nile to blood, and Elijah who called down fire from heaven and pronounced a drought. Both of these witnesses in the Revelation are "taken up" in a cloud. Then this in addition to the appearance of both Moses and Elijah on the mountain with Jesus. If Moses had died in the body, his spirit would have been "sleeping" in Abraham's bosom. Instead, he had a glorified body, much like the ones we expect to receive ourselves eventually, and was present with Elijah on the mountain. This is not saying that the Bible is incorrect. Josephus claims that Moses concluded Deuteronomy that way because he didn't want the Israelites to worship him. Josephus understood his time and religion far better than I do, so I won't say he's wrong. I simply don't know. It makes logical sense to me that Moses also was taken up, though the scripture in Deuteronomy plainly disagrees. *Shrug* It's food for thought. Theo-Minor |