(March 25, 2019 at 7:47 pm)Huggy Bear Wrote:(March 7, 2019 at 10:19 am)tackattack Wrote: I don't believe he decomposed. His flesh died, prior to the resurrection. Typically, the soul (breath) was abandoned “to Sheol,” and the body saw corruption or decayed when someone died.*emphasis mine*
It's not explicit what happened to his body, other than it wasn't there after 3 days. Maybe it was eaten or decayed faster than 3 days, maybe it was burnt up, or spirited away by angels, no one really knows or cares. He gave his flesh for the life of the world and when he appeared after the resurrection, didn't need that flesh anymore.
What are you talking about? Scripture clearly states
"For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay." - Psalm 16:10
Not to mention the fact that he let Thomas touch his wounds, and he ate food, so he clearly returned to his body.
To answer the OP, Decay has no effect on whether or not one can be resurrected, Lazarus was in a state of decomposition when he was resurrected.
If you read Psalms 16 do you really believe that the psalmist is talking about Jesus? As the verses Gae pointed when he referenced his commentary there's a lot of scripture that does say he was resurrected into some sort of physical form.
It acknowledges he sat to eat but didn't have to, but ignores the following verse where he disappeared, mid meal.
It acknowledges the holes and hands in the feet, but ignores the previous verse where he appeared in a room that was locked.
Let's not forget the road to Damascus visit which happened after ascension.
Seems that there is evidence for a body that CAN breath and CAN eat but doesn't need to. Perhaps reread 1 Corinthian 15. Great length regarding the resurrected bodies of believers. Perhaps this was Jesus' "Spirit Body". IDK, but it clearly wasn't the same type of functioning body He died with, even though it might look similar when He wanted it to.
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