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To: BroJoeK

And anyhow “Jesus” is incarnated Christ adding another layer of complexity. The account in Acts speaks of a vision of Jesus (not just “the Son”) standing at the right hand of God the Father. In heaven. We have something that blows our analytical categories to bits here. What role do bodies play in heaven? Is Jesus going to have a body we recognize in heaven? What is the event at the end of Revelation where apparently the mortal coil just dissolves away and yields to the New Jerusalem, is this literal? Symbolic? Both? So many questions, no easy answers. But we can say with confidence that heaven is not a vague place. If anything it is more solid than earth (cannot be shaken). Our perceptions are vague; we see through a glass darkly. But that doesn’t mean heaven is. There are going to be bodies in it. And if the Son wears a body, then He does. Will the Father be directly encountered... who knows. If He is, will God look like a duo... or will the Father be seen in a merged Son/Father incarnation... I don’t know. I hope I do not get carted off for blasphemy or heresy. Just asking some questions that probably sound pretty silly in actual heaven.


2,839 posted on 01/05/2014 2:17:11 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
HiTech RedNeck: "I don’t know.
I hope I do not get carted off for blasphemy or heresy.
Just asking some questions that probably sound pretty silly in actual heaven."

FRiend, there's plenty of room in my cart, I'll enjoy your company, and we'll have lots to discuss on our way to the bonfire. ;-)

My humble opinion on any such question is: where the New Testament is clear and unequivocal, that's gospel.
Where meanings are not-so-clear, then precise understandings are not so important, and all will be revealed in its true glory, in due time.

In short, I don't worry about such things.

2,853 posted on 01/05/2014 5:24:34 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Jesus Christ from the moment of the Incarnation is both fully God and fully man into eternity.


2,869 posted on 01/05/2014 12:14:07 PM PST by GarySpFc (We are saved by the precious blood of the God-man.)
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