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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. |
Bible Question (short): Christ rose bodily, didn't he? |
Question (full): "Read the Bible and you'll find it." Does this mean that you made it up, or that someone told you it was there, or that you don't know where it is? The spirit does exist apart from the body. Paul expresses in Philippians 1 that he "desires to depart and BE WITH Christ" but that he knows it is better for the Philippians that he stays. He obvviously is not talking about the final resurrection, since all will be resurrected at the same time. In Luke 16, Jesus tells the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, who were definitely conscious after death. Yes, the two characters could be fictional ones; but Jesus ALWAYS used parables that described theological truths using situations which resemble reality. It is nothing but a cop-out to say that Jesus was not only making up the two individuals, but also leading people to believe falsehoods about the nature of the afterlife. Therefore, any reasonable person listening to this story would conclude that Jesus is describing an aspect of life after death. Second Corinthians 5 indicates that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. In any case, whether we are spirit and body is not the important issue. The most crucial issue on which the Christian faith hinges is the BODILY resurrection of Christ. Does Elijah believe in that? --Joe! |