What happened to the body of Jesus

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Surely nobody's saying that a 90 year old person will still have the physical appearance of a 90 year old and a 1 day old person will have the physical appearance of a 1 day old person in their glorified spiritual body.

Jesus' body was simply a spiritual glorified body and at times He chose to look as He looked when he lived on the earth, but other times chose to look completely different.

No on is saying anything about appearance of age. The simple point is that a spiritual body is what came out of the grave and is what we are promised. It has, as you say, abilities to change form.

[SRM]

He is at the right hand of God reigning now over the Kingdom God has gave him,He EVER lives to make intercession for us..

[Aquila]

His body was glorified and after appearing to the disciples He ascended into Heaven where He is seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for the Church.

[Apprehended]

What happened to the body?

After it was put to death on the cross, it was taken down and placed in a grave. After three days, it was made alive again, not by the human source of life as God told Moses, that the life of the flesh is in the blood, but it was made alive to live forever by a higher source of life, the eternal Spirit. Thus, He is natural/spiritual, having a body with no blood sustained only by the power of endless life of the Eternal. His body yet retains the scars from his piercing. This body is the veil of God whom no man hath seen at anytime, now one with Him.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I never substantiated my claim upon what stephen did or did not see. Right hand means place of power, not Right physical side of another. Stephen saw Jesus in the place of power. Not sure of your point.

Fact remains, Jesus arose in a spiritual body and nothing as said about abandoning it.

As Bro. Blume said, "right hand" is an expression meaning place of power or authority. Surely Stephen did not look into Heaven and see an omnipresent invisible Spirit with Jesus standing at His right side.

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Sam

As Bro. Blume said, "right hand" is an expression meaning place of power or authority. Surely Stephen did not look into Heaven and see an omnipresent invisible Spirit with Jesus standing at His right side.

Right. How can one be on the right side of one who is everywhere?

[SeekingOne]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I never substantiated my claim upon what stephen did or did not see. Right hand means place of power, not Right physical side of another. Stephen saw Jesus in the place of power. Not sure of your point.

Fact remains, Jesus arose in a spiritual body and nothing as said about abandoning it.

That is very confusing. Where in scripture do you get this? Is it because of your theology, not scripture, that you assume he didn't look up and SEE Jesus at the right hand of the Father?

Stephen sees Jesus, and instead of just saying he sees Jesus, he assumes Jesus is in "the place of power" and assumes that the pharisees will understand the seeing Jesus and saying he sees him at the right hand of God they will KNOW that Jesus is in the place of power?

[Sam]

So, what did Steven see?

1. God the Father on a throne?
and
2. Jesus the Son standing there on His Father's right hand or at His right hand? And did Jesus get up off His throne and stand up to welcome Stephen or to give him a standing ovation?

Actually, what Stephen said is pretty much the same that Peter said in Acts chapter 2 when he said that
Jesus is at the right hand of God exalted (verse 33)
Jesus received the promise of the Holy Ghost from the Father (v. 33)
Jesus has shed forth this which you now see and hear (v.33)
God hath made that same Jesus whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ (v. 36)

[SeekingOne]

Originally Posted by Sam

So, what did Steven see?

1. God the Father on a throne?
and
2. Jesus the Son standing there on His Father's right hand or at His right hand? And did Jesus get up off His throne and stand up to welcome Stephen or to give him a standing ovation?

Actually, what Stephen said is pretty much the same that Peter said in Acts chapter 2 when he said that
Jesus is at the right hand of God exalted (verse 33)
Jesus received the promise of the Holy Ghost from the Father (v. 33)
Jesus has shed forth this which you now see and hear (v.33)
God hath made that same Jesus whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ (v. 36)

I think Stephen saw what he said he saw.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by SeekingOne

I think Stephen saw what he said he saw.

yea he was gonna die, i dont think theology was in his mind