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NASB | John 1:14 ¶ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 1:14 ¶ And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception). [Is 40:5] |
Bible Question:
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 |
Bible Answer: 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 |