Date:   3/5/2010 8:18:37 AM ( 15 y ago)
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I decided to bring this issue up because of the belief systems some people have in place about whether God is all Spirit and the fact that some may not believe in an actual physical return of Jesus Christ to be King of Kings on this earth.

Scripture does say God is Spirit and we should worship Him in spirit but if you take the bible as a whole you will see that Jesus being God, now has a glorified body which is an unique combination of flesh and spirit.

Many talk about being spirit now but the bible goes in more detail explaining what being spirit really is.

quoting some of David Reagan here:

Jesus did appear in the flesh after his resurrection. In Luke 24:39, He told His disciples when He appeared to them after His resurrection, "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." He specifically states that He was made of flesh and bones and not just a spirit. In another post-resurrection appearance, Jesus ate bread and fish with the disciples (John 21:12-13). These were not the actions of a spirit.

However, we need to remember that this body was a resurrected body--like the body we will have when we are resurrected. This body is also called a glorified body. The glorified body does not have the limitations of our present body. Jesus appeared in rooms where the doors had been shut and certainly locked: "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you" (John 20:19). Christ never passed through closed doors during His earthly ministry; only after His resurrection.

1 Corinthians 15:44 speaks of our death and resurrection: "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. " The spiritual body is what I earlier called the glorified body. It is the body of the saints when it has been resurrected. It is an incorrupt body, but it is a body.

The amount of time Jesus spent on earth after His resurrection and before His ascension into heaven was 40 days. Of this time, Acts 1:3 states, "To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." We are clearly told that He appeared for forty days on earth. Also, He ascended before the feast of Pentecost which occurred exactly fifty days after the feast of firstfruits, a feast that coincided with His resurrection. That means that the believers prayed for ten days before the day of Pentecost for the coming of the promise of the Father. End of quote


Thinking that Jesus is just a state of mind and that our world will come together with man's own doing is not what the bible says will happen. Jesus has a glorified body now and that body is made that way for a purpose....not just to sit on a throne but to lead His people and guide them to peace and love.....something we can not do on our own.
 

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