{"id":42515,"date":"2014-04-08T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=42515"},"modified":"2022-01-29T21:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T03:11:24","slug":"is-christ-no-longer-of-flesh-now-that-he-is-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-christ-no-longer-of-flesh-now-that-he-is-in-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Christ no longer of flesh now that he is in heaven?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>If the Word was God and became flesh when he came to the earth, did the reverse happen on his return?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, &#8220;The first man Adam became a living being.&#8221; The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed&#8211; in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed<\/em>&#8221; (I Corinthians 15:42-52).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What happens with us has already taken place with Christ, the firstborn from the dead.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: If the Word was God and became flesh when he came to the earth, did the reverse happen on his return? Answer: &#8220;So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[46,73,664],"class_list":["post-42515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-heaven","tag-jesus","tag-resurrection"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9651,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-will-our-spiritual-bodies-be-like\/","url_meta":{"origin":42515,"position":0},"title":"What will our spiritual bodies be like?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you have articles on \"Our spiritual bodies after death and more specifically after the resurrection?\"\u00a0 Please send information.\u00a0 Thanks, your web site is great. Answer: John stated, \"Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32190,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-are-flowers-sent-at-funerals\/","url_meta":{"origin":42515,"position":1},"title":"Why are flowers sent at funerals?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: The Apostle Paul mentioned our bodies, like seeds, will die, and then the raised spirit sprouts like a flower from the dead seed. Which scripture is this? I thought that was a beautiful explanation. Is this why flowers are sent when death occurs? 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I asked him if he really thought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9070,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-jesus-is-god-how-is-it-that-he-had-a-body\/","url_meta":{"origin":42515,"position":4},"title":"If Jesus is God, how is it that he had a body?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Sir, Let me ask you some questions about the identity of Jesus and may you let the Scriptures answer. May God use you in this task. Here are the questions: If Jesus is God, how is it that he had a body? 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