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To: Mrs. Don-o

Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God nor does the perishable inherit the perishable.

The Body that the risen and glorifed Jesus has is NOT a human body as we understand it.

The body of flesh and blood cannot walk through walls nor can it disappear or rise into heaven and survive.

The argument that, Well, God can do anything He wants so we can presume He did, is one of the most desperate grasping at straws that I’ve seen.

Jesus blood was poured out for our sin. The CCC states that the sacrifice of the mass is a bloodless sacrifice, which makes it in effect, totally useless.

And yet Catholics will go through amazing mental gymnastics to rationalize how there could be blood for them to drink, when His blood is gone, and why they can eat it when it’s been forbidden as a perpetual decree to be eaten anyway.

Such desperation in trying to rationalize a cherished belief rather than examinging it in light of Scripture to see if it’s correct or not, is a sign of spiritual deception.


752 posted on 07/06/2015 3:05:35 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
As you know, metmom, words are used in different, paradoxical ways in the Bible.

For instance, when the risen Christ, in his glorified, resurrected body, appeared to the Apostles (Luke 24:38-40):

"And He said to them,
"Why are you troubled,
and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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."

And when He had said this,
He showed them His hands and His feet.…"

It is true, simultaneously, that The Body that the risen and glorified Jesus has IS a human body (because it is His, and He is human) AND that it is not a human body "as we understand it."

As far as we can analyze from Scripture, Jesus' glorified body (and all of ours, at the resurrection of our own bodies) has these characteristics:

Identity: The glorified body will possess its original identity in that it will be united to your soul. Your body will really be your body, but that does not mean it will look the same as it did during your life on this earth.

Integrity: The glorified body will be integral (complete), regardless of how it was during its earthly life, or at the moment of its death, or after it has decomposed in the grave. Everyone in Heaven, regardless of the condition of his body while on earth, will have all his body parts, in their perfection: perfect vision, hearing, mobility, etc.

Quality: Everyone in his glorified body will be as if in the prime of life. Although “marrying and giving in marriage” will not be part of our post-resurrection life, nevertheless we shall all be the same gender God conferred on us at the moment of conception. Only in the post-resurrection life shall we adequately understand what it is to be masculine and feminine.

Agility: Our glorified bodies, acting completely under the dominion of our souls, will have the ability to go effortlessly wherever we desire them to go — at the speed of thought.

Subtlety: Our glorified bodies, while physical and tangible, will be completely under the direction of our souls, free from restraint or impediment. Yes, you could walk through locked doors, as Jesus did.

Impassibility: Oiur glorified bodies will never be pain, sickness, suffering, or death. There will be no natural or supernatural disasters. Just never-ending, uninterrupted happiness. We will go “from glory to glory” for eternity with God and all our loved ones.

Clarity or Brilliance: We will shine, both spiritually and physically. The body, in its final state, shall correspond completely to the state of the soul -- magnificently beautiful beyond imagining. For at that time, “God will be all in all.” As Saint Paul says, “Eye has not seen and ear has not heard, nor has the heart of man conceived the good things that God has in store for those who love Him!”

763 posted on 07/06/2015 4:17:02 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("For My Body is real food, and My Blood real drink." - John 6:55)
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