But I have a question. Our new bodies will be incorruptible. Conversely corruptible is a quality I associate with mere physicality. Since I would assume that the Risen Lord would also posess an incorruptable body, an idea occured to me today.
Is it possible that "Spirit" is used in different ways in the Bible? If anything, I would not assume that God being Spirit would necessarily mean he was less solid than the universe he created. Rather, in relation to God I would think it is we who are less "real." Less solid. Vapor.
So when Jesus said he was not a spirit, meaning (I assume) an intangible ghost, could it be that he did not mean he was not now SPIRIT (as opposed to a spirit) but that the SPIRIT he now was was MORE than physical rather than less?
Are there different words used in the Hebrew and Greek that are all translated as Spirit?
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I would agree with that statement 100%. Our physical world is nothing but a collection of stuff held together by the will and power of God, the reality. That's why I find it preposterious that the resurrected Christ has any created substance in him.
So when Jesus said he was not a spirit, meaning (I assume) an intangible ghost, could it be that he did not mean he was not now SPIRIT (as opposed to a spirit) but that the SPIRIT he now was was MORE than physical rather than less?
I think normally we can not see God at all not because he's some vaporous ghost, but because we lack the capability as physical creatures to perceive eternal substance with our natural senses. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have substance, only that we can't touch it or see it. Unless he chooses to rearrange some created stuff and present himself to us.
This is generally thought to mean that we will not be able to sin (incorruptible) as opposed to the physical substance