Jesus' Crucified Dead Body

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Restored to life as it was, or restored to life as it is now?
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Restored to life as it was, or restored to life as it is now?
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Both

 

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Both

And more

Revelation 1:8

 

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When Jesus' crucified dead body was laid to rest, it was a normal human
body; subject to death, decay, and the aging process.

Up in Heaven, his body is immune to all that.

But what about that day on Earth when Jesus' body was restored to life?
Did it retain its normal vulnerabilities, or was his body restored to life
somewhat superhuman?

In other words: when did Jesus' body become immortal? The day of his
resurrection, or the day of his ascension?
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In other words: when did Jesus' body become immortal? The day of his
resurrection, or the day of his ascension?

Resurrection.

Prior to His ascension, Jesus regularly violated the laws of physics with respect to a normal body. He appeared and disappeared. He walked through doors. He had a hole in his side large enough to place your hand in that did not bleed.

 

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Resurrection.

Prior to His ascension, Jesus regularly violated the laws of physics with respect to a normal body. He appeared and disappeared. He walked through doors. He had a hole in his side large enough to place your hand in that did not bleed.

Good post, brother...

The Two Natures of Christ, with the Communication of Attributes, is difficult stuff and understandably is called "Mystery."


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When Jesus' crucified dead body was laid to rest, it was a normal human
body; subject to death, decay, and the aging process.

Up in Heaven, his body is immune to all that.

But what about that day on Earth when Jesus' body was restored to life?
Did it retain its normal vulnerabilities, or was his body restored to life
somewhat superhuman?

In other words: when did Jesus' body become immortal? The day of his
resurrection, or the day of his ascension?
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His body "Was" always immortal.

 

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Prior to His ascension, Jesus regularly violated the laws of physics with respect to a
normal body. He appeared and disappeared. He walked through doors.

Jesus Christ was virgin-conceived, walked on water, calmed storms, restored
withered limbs, put the lame up on their feet, healed blindness and leprosy,
multiplied loaves and fishes, converted water into wine, controlled the weather,
instantly reattached a severed ear, revived the dead, withered a fig tree, levitated
into the sky, etc.

What's one more miracle, more or less? Passing through stone? Walking through
doors and walls? Disappearing? Reappearing? How hard could any of that really be
for a man like Jesus of Nazareth?

He had a hole in his side large enough to place your hand in that did not bleed.

It was healed.

Jesus was beaten and bloodied beyond recognition (Isa 52:14). That was all healed
too.
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Rom 6:9 strongly suggests that Jesus' crucified dead body was restored to life with
immortality; but according to John 20:17, it was not yet glorified.
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Rom 6:9 strongly suggests that Jesus' crucified dead body was restored to life with
immortality; but according to John 20:17, it was not yet glorified.
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Ah,
The number of days before he ascended to the Throne.

Interesting thought

 

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Ah,
The number of days before he ascended to the Throne.

Interesting thought

I believe that 10 yammin(days) after his death he was found alive by certain women.

Then for 40 yammin after he let his male disciples see him.

On yammin 50 he ascended and sent the Holy Spirit

 

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Jesus Christ was virgin-conceived, walked on water, calmed storms, restored
withered limbs, put the lame up on their feet, healed blindness and leprosy,
multiplied loaves and fishes, converted water into wine, controlled the weather,
instantly reattached a severed ear, revived the dead, withered a fig tree, levitated
into the sky, etc.

What's one more miracle, more or less? Passing through stone? Walking through
doors and walls? Disappearing? Reappearing? How hard could any of that really be
for a man like Jesus of Nazareth?

Why do people ask questions, only to set a trap for those that bother to answer ... so that you can tell them that they are wrong and then present the “correct answer” that you had all along?

You are mistaken, but it is pointless to try and explain why when you are merely “waiting to speak” instead of “listening”.

May God open your eyes to the truth.

 

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Jesus' body was on hold for glorification. (John 20:17)

Other bodies in the New Testament restored to life by the power of God weren't
glorified in the process, so the resurrection of Jesus' body to its original condition
wasn't unusual; rather, to be expected.

And anyway, it was very important that his friends see Jesus back from death as he
was or they would have reason to believe his post resurrection appearances were
suspicious.

For example: the Watchtower Society has managed to convince its Jehovah's
Witness followers that Christ's post-resurrection appearances were done in a
materialized body, i.e. an avatar; and that his crucified dead body remains
deceased. The Society insists it wasn't restored to life, rather, is now squirreled
away somewhere on Earth in a condition, and a location, known only to God.

"If Jesus were to take his body of flesh, blood, and bones to heaven and enjoy
them there, what would this mean? It would mean that there would be no
resurrection of the dead for anybody. Why not? Because Jesus would be taking his.
sacrifice off God's altar." (page 237 of the April 15, 1963 issue of the Watchtower
magazine)
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Were I the Devil, I would do my utmost best to disprove the resurrection of Jesus
Christ's crucified dead body because its crucifixion alone is only half enough to
protect people from the wrath of God. Though his physical body's death obtains
forgiveness for people's sins, its death alone doesn't make their exoneration
possible.

• Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered up for the sake of our trespasses, and was raised
up for the sake of declaring us righteous.

The Greek word translated "righteous" is dikaiosis (dik-ah'-yo-sis) which means
acquittal; defined as an adjudication of innocence.

People merely forgiven still carry a load of guilt; viz: they have a criminal record.
Christ's physical resurrection deletes their record so that on the books, it's as
though they've never been anything but 100% innocent.

This clearing of one's guilt that I'm talking about is obtained via the kindness and
generosity of God through belief in the resurrection of Christ's crucified dead body.
If the Devil can succeed in convincing people that Jesus' crucified body is still dead
or, even better yet, make them question whether the man even existed at all; then
they will fail to obtain an acquittal, and consequently end up put to death in
brimstone because records are to be reviewed when people stand to face justice at
the Great White Throne event depicted at Rev 20:11-15.

Of all the doctrines invented by the Watchtower Society, I'd have to say that their
resurrection story is the most insidious because belief in the recovery of Christ's
corpse is one of the essential elements of the gospel that must be accepted if one is
to have any chance at all of circumventing the lake of brimstone depicted at Rev
20:11-15.

• 1Cor 15:17 . . Further, if Christ has not been raised up, your faith is useless; you
are yet in your sins.

NOTE: According to 1Cor 15:34, people that disbelieve Jesus Christ's corpse was
restored to life aren't fully conscious; viz: they're like someone in a stupor; i.e.
dazed.
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The apostle John was with Jesus the duration of forty days after his corpse was
restored to life. At no time did John see Jesus' glorified body; and if he didn't see it,
then neither did anybody else.

• 1John 3:2-3 . . What we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that
when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.


NOTE: Of all the miracles that Jesus performed; in my opinion the most remarkable
of all was his own resurrection. (John 2:19-22)
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• John 5:19-21 . . I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do
only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also
does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all He does. Yes, to your
amazement he will show him even greater things than these. For just as the Father
raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is
pleased to give it.

That is a profound statement.

Seeing as how his Father was the source of all of Jesus' miraculous powers, then we
have to give his Father credit for Jesus' ability to restore his own corpse to life.

Now if Jesus was able to restore his own corpse to life, then we are safe to conclude
that when he passed away on the cross, Jesus remained in conscious existence,
and retained possession of his miraculous powers too, i.e. somewhere beyond the
grave Jesus was alive.
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