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Originally Posted by thephnxman
"Let us create man in our image and after our likeness...And the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul."
The question should be, WHY was a physical body prepared for man? He was already created
in God's "...image and likeness." I see two reason for man's body: a) to keep man bound to
the earth from which he was formed to fulfill God's will in him; b) to give him the means
to procreate. In procreation, we can assume God KNEW man would sin and eventually
die. However, death could not take place until man incurred the penalty of the curse of death.
(We must remember that God is omniscient)
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Something to consider: If physical bodies are for procreation, then why will we be like the angels who do not procreate after we receive immortal bodies in the resurrection?
I believe our bodies are for this world. And immortal bodies mean we will rule in this world for ever after the resurrection and pass between the heavenly realm and the earthly realm back and forth.
Psa 115:16 KJV The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
We're not meant to dwell in heaven forever.
What would have happened if Adam never sinned? He never would have died and gone to heaven!
Salvation points toward returning to man what Adam lost in the Garden before he sinned. That includes immortal physical bodies with which to rule this world. Heaven is only for disembodied souls and spirits after death until the resurrection. God put Adam to rule in the earth! THAT IS ULTIMATE KINGDOM truth, I believe.
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