Truth or Traditions of men
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He hides Himself, so that the promise is by faith.
At what we typically call the transfiguration, He was revealed as the very Shekinah itself, the One in the pillar of fire and cloud, the glory that descended on the tabernacle and took Elijah up. This is testified to by two witnesses, the only two men in all scripture who had entered the Shekinah and seen Who is inside it, hidden. That is why it is Moses and Elijah.
Remember that in John 17 He prayed to be glorified with the glory He has had since the beginning, together with the Father Who `shares His glory with no one'
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At what we typically call the transfiguration, He was revealed as the very Shekinah itself, the One in the pillar of fire and cloud, the glory that descended on the tabernacle and took Elijah up. This is testified to by two witnesses, the only two men in all scripture who had entered the Shekinah and seen Who is inside it, hidden. That is why it is Moses and Elijah.
Remember that in John 17 He prayed to be glorified with the glory He has had since the beginning, together with the Father Who `shares His glory with no one'
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That was a display to the inner circle of his three closest disciples - Peter, John and Jame, to show them that He is the living Son of God. As long as he had not ascended to heaven yet, he remained in his mortal form.
"Glorification" and "glorified body", on the other hand, is a theological term to describe the end point of salvation. All Christians are JUSTIFIED by their belief in Christ, then there's the lifetime process called Sanctification. At the end, after death, there's Glorification with a new body in heaven.
"Glorification" and "glorified body", on the other hand, is a theological term to describe the end point of salvation. All Christians are JUSTIFIED by their belief in Christ, then there's the lifetime process called Sanctification. At the end, after death, there's Glorification with a new body in heaven.
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**ahem**
Revelation 20:15
just a general overall comment, my dude:
if you are spiritually "unsure" and you don't quite know if you believe the gospel or not, especially if you aren't exactly sure what the gospel is -- you should not go about on theological forums speaking as though you have any authority. you should just be concentrating on asking probing questions.
JMO
yes & "His mortal form" is God-manifest-in-the-flesh ((1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 1:3, etc))
1 Timothy 3:16
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1 Thessalonians 4:
…15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.…
There are far more destructive doctrines than nitpicking over what happens in the last days. You need to learn to study the whole of God's word instead of coming up with doctrines that are easily contradicted by other Bible passages.
It won't be dead bodies coming out of the grave. It will be resurrection, not some kind of zombie event.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
…15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.…
There are far more destructive doctrines than nitpicking over what happens in the last days. You need to learn to study the whole of God's word instead of coming up with doctrines that are easily contradicted by other Bible passages.
It won't be dead bodies coming out of the grave. It will be resurrection, not some kind of zombie event.
Isaiah 26:19
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
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possibly there is a simple explanation regarding the scars on His back: He would have to disrobe to show them. His hands and feet, on the other hand, are easily visible without taking off His clothes.
within that conversation in Luke 24, He specifically tells them it is He Himself - the scars prove it - not just a spirit. He eats fish and honey, further proving He is bodily risen, in the flesh - when they "still did not believe"
and yet the tomb was empty: He, in His flesh, rose from the dead!
if Christ rose bodily, and we rise with Him, we also will rise bodily.
how will we have life from His flesh if His flesh has no life in it?
within that conversation in Luke 24, He specifically tells them it is He Himself - the scars prove it - not just a spirit. He eats fish and honey, further proving He is bodily risen, in the flesh - when they "still did not believe"
and yet the tomb was empty: He, in His flesh, rose from the dead!
if Christ rose bodily, and we rise with Him, we also will rise bodily.
how will we have life from His flesh if His flesh has no life in it?
Jesus invited Thomas to put his hand in the wound in His side...
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out
your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe." John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out
your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe." John 20:27
Seeing them, Thomas believed.
Jesus admonished Mary after she encountered the risen Christ on the path not to touch him when she went to hug Jesus. Because he had not yet ascended to the Father.
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