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Now, let's look at what an article on a Christian website says.
The
resurrection of Jesus is a fundamental and essential
doctrine of Christianity. The resurrection of Jesus is so important that without it Christianity is false. Paul said in
1 Cor. 15:14, “and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.” Three verses later, in verse 17, he again says, “and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.” Though there are many subjects with which Christians may disagree and still be considered
Christian, this is not one of them. To deny the resurrection of
Jesus is to deny the heart of Christianity itself.
However, the problem in the resurrection isn’t so much in agreeing that Jesus rose but in how He rose. Unfortunately, cults attack the resurrection of Christ and reinterpret it in different ways thereby denying His physical resurrection. We must ask if Jesus rose from the dead in the very same body He died in, or did He rise in a spirit body that was not flesh and bones? The answer to this question is vital. It separates true Christians from false systems. Therefore, here is the correct doctrine of Christ’s resurrection; I consider it so important that it must be set off by itself as a statement of truth:
“Jesus rose from the dead in the very same physical body in which He died. This resurrected, physical body was a glorified, spiritual body. The spiritual body is not merely “spirit.” The spiritual body is the resurrected, glorified, physical body.”
The above statement is the correct doctrine of
Scripture. As such, it stands against the Jehovah’s Witness and Shepherd’s Chapel groups that state that Jesus did not rise bodily but spiritually. Neither group seeks to deny the obvious biblical declaration of Christ’s resurrection, but they change the meaning of the resurrection so that it really didn’t happen. Did Jesus rise from the dead in the same physical body in which He died? Yes!
After the resurrection, Jesus was able to eat (
Luke 24:42-43). He showed people His hands and feet with the nail prints in them (
Luke 24:39;
John 20:27), and people even grabbed His feet and
worshipped Him (
Matt. 28:9). As the reports of Jesus’ resurrection were spreading, Thomas, who was doubting the resurrection of
Christ, said, “Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” (
John 20:25). Later, Jesus appeared to Thomas and said to him, “Reach here your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.” (
John 20:27).
If Jesus’ body had not risen, then He would not have feet and hands with the same holes of the nails of the crucifixion. Consider the following verses as further proof that His very body was raised:
The resurrection of Jesus is a fundamental and essential doctrine of Christianity. It is so important that without it Christianity is false.
carm.org
This article says:
“Jesus rose from the dead in the very same physical body in which He died. This resurrected, physical body was a glorified, spiritual body. The spiritual body is not merely “spirit.” The spiritual body is the resurrected, glorified, physical body.”
This article is correct in saying:
The spiritual body is not merely “spirit.” A spiritual body is a body, not just spirit.
It is simply ANOTHER KIND of body that is not physical.
This article is incorrect in saying:
Jesus rose from the dead in the very same physical body in which He died.
This is
completely contradicted by what it says in 1 Corinthians 15.
40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth.
The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
This article is incorrect in saying:
The spiritual body is the resurrected, glorified, physical body.
There is no such thing as a
glorified physical body. That is a made up Christian doctrine.
There are only two kinds of bodies, physical bodies and spiritual bodies.
There is no such thing as a hybrid body that is BOTH physical and spiritual.
Do you want to believe what the Bible actually says, or do you want to believe a false Christian doctrine?
1 Corinthians 15:44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
No matter which Bible translation you look at it says the same thing. Here are just a few examples.
KJ21
It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
AMP
it is sown a natural body [mortal, suited to earth],
it is raised a spiritual body [immortal, suited to heaven]. As surely as there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual
body.
CEV
As surely as there are physical bodies, there are spiritual bodies.
And our physical bodies will be changed into spiritual bodies.
DLNT
It is sown
a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is
a natural body, there is also
a spiritual
body.
DRA
It is sown a natural body,
it shall rise a spiritual body. If there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is written:
ERV
The body that is “planted” is a physical body.
When it is raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is a physical body. So there is also a spiritual body.
EASY
What we bury in the ground is a human body.
But the body that God raises up is a spiritual body. There is a human body that belongs to this earth. So there also has to be a spiritual body that belongs to heaven.
ESV
It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
GNT
When buried, it is a physical body;
when raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a spiritual body.
HCSB
sown a natural body,
raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
ICB
The body that is “planted” is a physical body.
When it is raised, it is a spiritual body. There is a physical body. And there is also a spiritual body.
ISV
It is planted a physical body but
is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
KJV
It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
NOG
It is planted as a physical body.
It comes back to life as a spiritual body. As there is a physical body, so there is also a spiritual body.
NABRE
It is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.
NASB
it is sown a natural body,
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual
body.
NCB
What is sown is a physical body;
what is raised is a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
NCV
The body that is “planted” is a physical body.
When it is raised, it is a spiritual body. There is a physical body, and there is also a spiritual body.
NIRV
It is planted as an earthly body.
But it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there is an earthly body, there is also a spiritual body.
NIV
it is sown a natural body,
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
NKJV
It is sown a natural body,
it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
NLT
They are buried as natural human bodies,
but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
NMB
It is sown a natural body,
and rises a spiritual body.
NRSVA
It is sown a physical body,
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
RGT
It is sown a natural body and
is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
RSV
It is sown a physical body,
it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
I must leave for now....and will return!
