Nick,

In this case Gene is trying to understand what God is telling him. Are you?

Nick,

The disobedient are currently in the kingdom and will be gathered out with the harvest.

Nick,

What has that to do with Jesus showing his recent wounds that confirmed he was the one that had died?

Scripture does not say Jesus showed his recent words it states marks. It also does not say scars but that is what I think the marks are because of the fact they could be felt. Let us just use the word marks.

I believe Thomas did want…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,
So your point about the tares being disobedient ones is not valid/

In that parable the kingdom of heaven is the man who field it was and who sowed good seed. His enemy sowed the bad seed in his field. I look at the field as the kingdom but technically the Jesus said the man that owned the field is the kingdom. Both the obedient…[Read more]

Nick,

So no connection between the injuries and his death ?

He was already dead when the spear penetrated his side. It was used to confirm he was dead. I do not know if the nails killed him either as the nails themselves limited the bleeding. The soldiers were surprised he was already dead when they went to hurry the process along by…[Read more]

Healed scars in a man who had died so recently would seem unlikely and would not seem to have offered the same evidence.

Since Lazarus was healed of his sickness when he was resurrected and there is no case in Scripture where any person that was healed had his wounds still then why do you choose to believe Jesus is an exception. You have…[Read more]

Nick,

They do not become wheat in the parable of the wheat and the tares.

Only wheat can grow from a wheat grain.
The tares have another seed.

Yes.

Nick,

I believe the marks in Scripture are scars. I am at the same time aware that there are marks that are not scars so I do not believe that believing the marks are scars is important to what is taught and may even be incorrect. Another can say they were impressions in Jesus’ flesh and as long as they did not insist that was the truth I could…[Read more]

Nick,

I believe is I said before that Jesus like every other one that was resurrected was heals of his ailments. I believe he had scars but scripture only speaks of marks. Marks could be scars or they could be something else as it is a generic descriptor.

Nick,

Jesus is not speaking of the body in the parable of the wheat and the weeds(tare). He is speaking of the obedient and the disobedient that grow in the field together until the harvest. The disobedience are tossed into the flames and the obedient are stored in the barn.

Both took a pledge of a clear conscious before God and so are…[Read more]

Nick,

Every human in Scripture that is a living human being has a human body. Also Paul states “there is one kind of flesh of men” in 1 Corinthians 15:39.

Nick,

I do not know the details but since Scripture says he gave evidence he was alive then he did as it states. When it tells he told he students behold my “hands and my feet …” then he did so. As far as I know is it was so they knew who he was. Thomas is the one who chose to demand that he put his hands into the marks of Jesus’ hands and…[Read more]

Nick,
The field is planted. You are speaking about where the harvest is stored.

Nick,

If Jesus appeared to Paul was he no longer a son of Man?

I assume you mean when and not if. He was still a descendent of humanity though I am not sure any of the accounts of that event mention it.

Nick,

To be a descendant of man you have to be a human being. Human beings are defined by that body and perhaps also their soul and spirit as well.

Nick,

You forgot Jn 20 27f

Why did he say to put his hand INTO his side?

To prove he was alive?

It is not the usual way to prove someone is alive is it?

In the book of Luke we are told “Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.” That is just what…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,

Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom

So you believe that the heavenly man does not have a body of human flesh? Then how us he a human?

Nick,

It is not real clear in the gospel of John but proving he was alive was one of the two things Acts said he was doing. Luke is clearer as he states:

Luke 24:39Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

So…[Read more]

Nick,

Hi KW,
As Moses lifted up the snake for healing so Jesus was lifted up till out of their sight.
Some assume he must still look the same as when he left because they must SEE to believe

He will be seen descending in the same way he ascended and he will be the Son of man when he is seen coming in the clouds.

Nick,

Hi KW,
We will be like the man from heaven.
he will not be dressed in tatty torn robes but he will return in glory

The only tattered robes I know are those of righteousness where the individual wearing them falls short of God’s glory.

The man from heaven us a human being whose body is free from being subjected to corruption.

Man is a…[Read more]