AFTER JESUS' RESURRECTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIST'S FLESHY BODY?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. After Jesus' Resurrection
a) After Jesus arose from the dead, what happened to his body of flesh? What happened to his human status as “lower than the angels”? What happened to the throne he inherited from David?
b) The gospel’s core message is that "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and he was buried; and he rose again the third day... seen by [many]" (1 Corinthians 15:1-8).
c) There are questions, however, about the nature and authority of Christ when he was seen resurrected, about his ascension to heaven and his accession to the throne of heaven.
2. What Happened To Christ’s Fleshly Body?
a) For a body to enter heaven, it has to be incorruptible. Paul says, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God... This corruptible [body] must put on in-corruption, and this mortal [body] must put on immortality" (1 Corinthians 15:50-55).
b) Paul believed that fleshly bodies will be "changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet..." (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). At this change, the mortal body becomes immortal and glorified — an eternal body.
Philippians 3:21
21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
c) Jesus is said to be "the forerunner who has entered [heaven] for us" (Hebrews 6:20). So what will happen to Christ’s people on the last day, has already happened beforehand to Christ himself on his ascension day.
d) Christ’s human body was not left on earth, or in outer space, but was changed into an eternal glorified body, no longer of flesh but fit for heaven.
e) The disciples who saw Jesus ascend into heaven did not see this change into an immortal body, because "a cloud received him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9).
f) So John says, "It has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when Jesus is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2).
g) Paul makes it clear that Jesus still has his body, although in glorified form: "In him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily" (Colossians 2:9).
The End ...
1. After Jesus' Resurrectiona) After Jesus arose from the dead, what happened to his body of flesh? What happened to his human status as “lower than the angels”? What happened to the throne he inherited from David?
b) The gospel’s core message is that "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and he was buried; and he rose again the third day... seen by [many]" (1 Corinthians 15:1-8).
c) There are questions, however, about the nature and authority of Christ when he was seen resurrected, about his ascension to heaven and his accession to the throne of heaven.
2. What Happened To Christ’s Fleshly Body?
a) For a body to enter heaven, it has to be incorruptible. Paul says, "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God... This corruptible [body] must put on in-corruption, and this mortal [body] must put on immortality" (1 Corinthians 15:50-55).
b) Paul believed that fleshly bodies will be "changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet..." (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). At this change, the mortal body becomes immortal and glorified — an eternal body.
Philippians 3:21
21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.
c) Jesus is said to be "the forerunner who has entered [heaven] for us" (Hebrews 6:20). So what will happen to Christ’s people on the last day, has already happened beforehand to Christ himself on his ascension day.
d) Christ’s human body was not left on earth, or in outer space, but was changed into an eternal glorified body, no longer of flesh but fit for heaven.
e) The disciples who saw Jesus ascend into heaven did not see this change into an immortal body, because "a cloud received him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9).
f) So John says, "It has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when Jesus is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2).
g) Paul makes it clear that Jesus still has his body, although in glorified form: "In him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily" (Colossians 2:9).
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