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NASB | John 4:24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:24 "God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." |
Subject: Does God possess a spirit body? |
Bible Note: Kalos, A spirit body would be a body composed of spirit matter and/or energy, although the terminology begins to break down here quite a bit. Perhaps a finer term would be "ethereal" (or non-material) body, though even this further redefinition breaks down, insofar as the english language is largely lacking in adequate terms. A further rather atrocious term would be "ghost body". Here are a couple of more concise verse references for you. - Job 4 15 "Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up. 16 "It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: (NAS95) Daniel 10 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz. 6 His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult. 10 Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. (NAS95) - The concept is that when we die physically, we will nonetheless continue to possess a non-material body (or ghost body) as similarly exemplified within the hundred plus angelic appearances within the scriptures. Paul the Apostle later goes on to use the term "spiritual body", although he tends to describe something quite a bit more physically material after the resurrection of the saints occurs, wherein the "ghost body" takes on material form, according to many common eschatological interpretations. - 1 Corinthians 15 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (NAS95) - Reighnskye |