[Mrs. Don-o]

"Do you not know that Jesus came to save souls, not bodies?"

I think this is the root of our disagreement. I believe Jesus came to save persons: and the human person is a composite being, with a body, and a soul which is spiritual. (That is, the human soul is a spirit.)

Angels are bodiless spirits. Animals are nonspiritual bodies. Humans are embodied spirits (or you could say "enspirited bodies") --- the point is, we are both conjoined, because God made us composite.

This explains the significance of the empty tomb. The angels didn't say "Here's His corpse, yeah, that's still dead; but don't worry, He got another body."

Some nonbelievers say that Jesus' disciples came and stole His body, or that wild dogs came and ate it. According to your view, would that be an acceptable explanation, since you think His body did not rise, but it was replaced?

I hope I'm not misconstruing you--- you did say we get replacement bodies, right?

It is perfectly plausible that I could be hit by an atom bomb and be blasted up to the stratosphere with my ashes distributed through the wind worldwide and ending up in bodies of whales, lettuces, bacteria, and other people; and the Lord will still resurrect MY body --- THIS body --- on the last day.

Why couldn't He? He said He would.

Resurrection" means to be brought back to life, to rise (again) from the dead. "Again" - the "re" part of resurrection, means the same body died, and is raised again.

"Reincarnation" means the transmigration of the soul into another body.

As you know, although reincarnation is taught in Hinduism and Buddhism, it is not part of Christian revelation. Isn't the "resurrection of the body" part of your creed? (Just curious: I actually had never before run into a Christian who didn't believe in the "resurrection of the body.")

[Gamecock]

This is one reason that some Evangelical leaders (Al Mohler comes to mind) are opposed to cremation. Dr. Mohler is of the opinion that burying an intact body gives testimony to all present to our hope of the bodily resurrection.

[imardmd1]

... you did say we get replacement bodies, right?

Absolutely. Flesh and bone, not flesh and blood.

Enoch and Elijah have yet to die. Moses showed up at the Transfiguration--a very interesting event, as was that of Lazarus of Bethany. Samuel seen by Saul. The little lad raised up by Elisha.

[Mad Dawg]

i think the operative text is Gen 2:7. Of course, working from Hebrew to Greek is fun, and there’s always the problem of what Paul means by “natural “ and “spiritual” in I Cor 15.

But the idea of the soul as the “aliveness” of a living body is compelling to me.