07-09-2007, 09:58 AM
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Erick - in addition to what Rich stated, our Lord's body was corruptible but is not incorruptible.
In John, we read: Quote: |
John 20:17 17 Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren, and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'"
| Having risen from the dead, His body was now incorruptible and it was in inappropriate for Mary to restrain Him. Jesus is also called the "first-born from the dead" (Col. 1:18). Having preeminence as the first-born from the dead, He was the first to fulfill Paul's statement on the resurrection: Quote: |
1 Corinthians 15:20-23 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. 21 For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming,
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1 Corinthians 15:42-49 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
| During His first advent He was made like us. Rich has explained that well. But thanks be to God that He is risen and we will one day be like Him!
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