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To: imardmd1
First, there's this:

"Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
"

So I don't think you can say that Jesus came to save the soul but not the body.

Second, you can't say that because Jesus said "flesh and bone," he did not also have blood. You can't prove that by mere omission in the verse you quoted. Adam said of Eve, "This one is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh," but he didn't mean she had no blood!

Third, Paul says "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you. (Rom 8:11)

He said giving live to your mortal body: he didn't say "Making a different, replacement body for your soul to live in." I go back to what St. Paul said about the natural body being the seed which is sown:

1 Corinthians 15:44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.

This is why we have reverence for even the dead body of a Christian . We treat the body with respect, because it doesn't just have a past: it also has a future.

342 posted on 08/08/2013 1:08:42 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("In Christ we form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." Romans 12:5)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
A. In Eph. 5:23 this Body is His Body, the Church. (Gong)

B. The Adam/Eve bit is irrelevant to resurrection. (Bong)

C. Did He have blood? His open wounds did not leak. (Bong)

D. Rom. 8:11 Before I was rescued, my body, soul, and spirit were dead to God. When the Holy Spirit entered, he made my body, soul, and spirit alive unto God. Now. Because of Adams sin, his flesh that is my flesh will stop working, it's corruptible; and my soul and spirit that are now alive to Him will remain sentient and alive unto Him, they are new, born of the Spirit, incorruptible. In the fullness of time, He will provide me with a new body. Since God is always good, all the time, he wlll provide just the body I always wanted, like Christ's. About the blood, life is in the blood as long as the body's lungs provide oxygen and glucose, removing oxidized cee oh two and uric acid. when that stops, life goes out of the blood and the old man passes away, forever. The new body won't need oxygen or food, so blood won't be needed to get the energy products moved around or eliminated. Flesh and bone will be enough -- spiritual flesh, whatever that is. (Bong)

E. Time to go mortify a few deeds --

(Does God need oxygen? Coffee and donuts?)

370 posted on 08/08/2013 3:08:23 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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