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NASB | Ephesians 5:25 ¶ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:25 ¶ Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
Subject: Are you asking about a mystical body |
Bible Note: Andes, "How would you respond to ... Ezek 1:26-28 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking. NKJV Do Angels have a body?" I would say Ezekiel had a vision shared by St. John in Rev. 4:2, 8 and Is. 6:1. I would also say that God in essential nature is pure spirit as are angels. But visons of God are anthropomorphic in nature. I would also say that the person God the Son took on a human nature that was not the essence of his eternal divine nature and that he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven with a glorified body. Angels as demonstrated in scripture in numerous places can also take on human form in order to achieve their mission, but their essential nature is pure spirit. How exactly would you define body in the context of this discussion? Emmaus |