Objections to Jesus' physical resurrection answered
by Matt Slick | Nov 24, 2008 | Doctrine and Theology, Christian Theology

Even though the Bible teaches us that Jesus rose from the dead in the same body in which He died and that His resurrected body was a glorified body, people still resist accepting this truth–to their detriment. Various objections are raised against such biblical support as . . .

• "Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body." (John 2:19-21).
• "When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you." 20 And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord." (John 20:19-20).
• "And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 “See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." (Luke 24:38-39).

It seems clear that Jesus' physical resurrection is a reality. Unfortunately, objections to it have been raised.

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Objections To Jesus' Resurrection

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Definitely Jesus was resurrected with his body not as a spirit.

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Objections to Jesus' physical resurrection answered
by Matt Slick | Nov 24, 2008 | Doctrine and Theology, Christian Theology

Even though the Bible teaches us that Jesus rose from the dead in the same body in which He died

Oga, your statement is not in the holy Scriptures.

2 questions for you,Sir.
John 20:14 & John 21:4, Luke 24:15-16, did Mary Magdalene & the disciples see Jesus "in the same body in which he died" & yet did not realize it?

John 20:14, Luke 24:15-16,John 21:4, were there scourge marks & nail wounds on Jesus body ?

OLAADEGBU:

and that His resurrected body was a glorified body

John 17:4-5, did Jesus have glory as a man before the Creation?
Definitely not!
"Glorified body" of a spirit in the spiritual realm where he had glory before he came to earth.
1 Corinthians 15:44,45" is a physical body , Also, there is a spiritual body."
Verse 45. The spiritual body belongs to the resurrected Life giving spirit, Jesus Christ.
Oga, you wan write your own Bible?

OLAADEGBU:

people still resist accepting this truth–to their detriment. Various objections are raised against such biblical support as . . .

Oga, your own opinion not scripture.

Who is that "young man" at Mark 16:5?
Who were the "two men"Luke 24:4?
How come your Bible calls them men when in fact they are not men?

OLAADEGBU:

people still resist accepting this truth–to their
• “Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body." (John 2:19-21).

Did you see "physical/natural body" @ John 2:19-21?
Definitely not !

John 17:4-5,24 is the nemesis of your claim.
Jesus Christ never had any glory as a man before the Creation.
His glory is in spiritual realm as a spirit.

OLAADEGBU:


•“When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you." 20 And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord." (John 20:19-20).
•“And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 “See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." (Luke 24:38-39).

John 20:14, Luke 24:15-16,John 21:4, the first time they saw Jesus, did they see any body wounds & nail marks/blood wounds on him?

Did the spirits at Luke 24:4,23, John 20:12 & Mark 16:5, have flesh & bones?

OLAADEGBU:

people still resist accepting this truth–to their
It seems clear that Jesus' physical resurrection is a reality. Unfortunately, objections to it have been raised

Why the disciples didn't recognize him?

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Objections to Jesus' physical resurrection answered
by Matt Slick | Nov 24, 2008 | Doctrine and Theology, Christian Theology

Even though the Bible teaches us that Jesus rose from the dead in the same body in which He died and that His resurrected body was a glorified body, people still resist accepting this truth–to their detriment. Various objections are raised against such biblical support as . . .

• "Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body." (John 2:19-21).
• "When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you." 20 And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord." (John 20:19-20).
• "And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 “See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." (Luke 24:38-39).

It seems clear that Jesus' physical resurrection is a reality. Unfortunately, objections to it have been raised.

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Objection 1: Jesus was put to death physically but was raised spiritually according to 1 Pet. 3:18.

1 Pet. 3:18 is often used as a counter John 2:19-21. Instead of harmonizing the Scriptures, some people use one scripture to “refute” another or to justify their interpretations which seem to favour their positions. Such is the case with 1 Pet. 3:18:

"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit." (1 Pet. 3:18).

The point that they try to make in this verse is that Jesus did not rise in the flesh but "in the spirit." Some even say that Jesus ceased to exist and then was made alive" in the spirit. However, because Jesus is the Word made flesh (John 1:1, 14), His spirit is immortal and does not need to be made alive. Nevertheless, they assert that Jesus was not speaking literally in John 2:19-21, otherwise, it would contradict their doctrine that Jesus did not rise physically. Of course, they are incorrect. Here is why.

Let's look at the context of 1 Pet. 3:18. Here is 1 Pet. 3:17-20,

"For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water." (1 Pet. 3:17-20).

We must acknowledge right away that these verses have different interpretations among scholars. It says Jesus was in the spirit when He went and made a proclamation. But what does that mean? Did Jesus, between the time of his death and resurrection, go and make a proclamation to spirits in prison, or was it after His resurrection? Also, the Greek word used is "proclaim" (karuso) not "preach" (evangelizo), so it was not a message of salvation to those spirits in prison. Also, who are the spirits–angels or men? In the spirit realm, angels are said to be in prison (Revelation 20:7; 2 Peter 2:4) but never people. What was the proclamation? Most probably, it was the proclamation of Christ's victory at the cross, according to scripture, which was proclaimed to spirits of old who were disobedient in the time of Noah and who were being held in bonds (See also, 2 Peter 2:4-5).

In my opinion, between His death and resurrection, Jesus went and made a proclamation of His victory on the cross to those fallen angels who were being held in prison. But since there is no definitive answer on this, I am open to further discussion on it.

Verse 18 does not require the interpretation that Jesus did not rise physically. In fact, logically speaking, if we held to the "spirit only" idea of His resurrection, we would have a contradiction with other verses in the Bible, namely, John 2:19-21 and Luke 24:39 cited above. Since John 2:19 clearly teaches that the temple of Christ's body was raised, 1 Pet. 3:18, which has different interpretations among scholars, it cannot be held in a way that would contradict other, clearer scriptures such as John 2:19-21 and Luke 24:39.

Furthermore, different Bibles translate verse 18 differently. Some say Jesus was "made alive by the Spirit" (KJV, NKJV, NIV, MLB) while others say " . . . made alive in the spirit" (NASB, NEB, RSV, JB, and the 1901 ASV). It is certainly possible that Jesus was made alive by the Holy Spirit which is consistent with the Trinitarian aspect of Jesus' resurrection where God raised Jesus (1 Thessalonians 1:10), the Father raised Jesus (Galatians 1:1), and Jesus raised Himself (John 2:19-21), and the Holy Spirit was also involved in His resurrection (Romans 8:11). It is also accurate to say that Jesus was raised in the spirit in that His spiritual body, which is His physical glorified body, was quickened, made alive, became real as the first fruits of all creation (1 Corinthians 15:20).

Finally, it is our bodies that are redeemed as well–not just our spirits. "And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body." (Rom. 8:23). The body here spoken of is the physical one–not a "spiritual" non-flesh body.

To summarize about this verse: 1 Pet. 3:18 does not say that Jesus was raised a spirit creature. It says that He was "made alive in the spirit." What does that mean? Quite simply, it means that Jesus was raised in an imperishable body. This is what 1 Cor. 15:35-45 says when it refers to the body as being sown perishable but raised imperishable, sown in dishonour and raised in glory, sown a natural body, and raised a spiritual body, etc. Jesus was the "Last Adam"–a life-giving spirit. Paul is typifying the resurrection body. In this passage, Paul is talking about the resurrection of all people. All Christians will be raised in physical bodies. It was the same with Jesus.

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Objection 2: The Bible says that "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 15:50); therefore, Jesus could not have been raised from the dead in the same body in which He died.

The problem with this objection is that it fails to recognize the fact that after the resurrection, Jesus said, "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" (Luke 24:39)–not "flesh and blood." This is not simply a play on words. Every word in the Bible is inspired, and this phrase was used by Jesus on purpose.

The term "flesh and blood" is a phrase used in scripture in different contexts but denotes the natural order.

"And Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven." (Matt. 16:17).

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Eph. 6:12).

"Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil," (Heb. 2:14).

Jesus had shed His blood on the cross. It quite literally had drained out of His body. We see that when Jesus rose from the dead, He still had the holes in His hands and feet (Luke 24:39). Since He retained the characteristics of His bodily ordeal, it is logical to state that His blood, which was literally drained from His body, was likewise still shed. Therefore, His body could be raised, and the blood remained shed as the thing that "makes atonement": "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement." (Leviticus 17:11).

That is why after the resurrection, to prove that He had risen in the same body He died in, Jesus told people to touch His hands and feet because it was the hands and feet that had the holes in them. What more proof do you need to but see and touch the very same hands and feet that had the holes in them from the nails on the cross! Furthermore, in the same statement, Jesus said that He possessed flesh and bones–not flesh and blood. He had risen!

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Objection 2: The Bible says that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Cor. 15:50); therefore, Jesus could not have been raised from the dead in the same body in which He died.

The problem with this objection is that it fails to recognize the fact that after the resurrection, Jesus said, "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" (Luke 24:39)–not "flesh and blood." This is not simply a play on words. Every word in the Bible is inspired, and this phrase was used by Jesus on purpose.

The term "flesh and blood" is a phrase used in scripture in different contexts but denotes the natural order.

"And Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven." (Matt. 16:17).
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Eph. 6:12).
"Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil," (Heb. 2:14).

Jesus had shed His blood on the cross. It quite literally had drained out of His body. We see that when Jesus rose from the dead, He still had the holes in His hands and feet (Luke 24:39). Since He retained the characteristics of His bodily ordeal, it is logical to state that His blood, which was literally drained from His body, was likewise still shed. Therefore, His body could be raised, and the blood remained shed as the thing that "makes atonement": "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement." (Lev. 17:11).

That is why after the resurrection, to prove that He had risen in the same body He died in, Jesus told people to touch His hands and feet because it was the hands and feet that had the holes in them. What more proof do you need to but see and touch the very same hands and feet that had the holes in them from the nails on the cross! Furthermore, in the same statement, Jesus said that He possessed flesh and bones–not flesh and blood. He had risen!

Continue arguing with yourself, without VISIBLE WORKS of FAITH all your argument is useless and worthless! James 2:18-26

For your information there has been series of arguments by different sects asserting they know better. Muslims, Philosophers, Atheists, Agnostics, Traditionalists, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and thousands of other religions claiming CHRISTIANS.

Do you know why all of you are talking about Jehovah's Witnesses? Matthew 5:14-16
Well it's because that's the only group WORKING OUT POSITIVITY throughout the world! Matthew 7:16-18

So your arguments is of no benefit without something to show for your FAITH!

MaxInDHouse:
Continue arguing with yourself, without VISIBLE WORKS of FAITH all your argument is useless and worthless! James 2:18-26

For your information there has been series of arguments by different sects asserting they know better. Muslims, Philosophers, Atheists, Agnostics, Traditionalists, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and thousands of other religions claiming CHRISTIANS.

Do you know why all of you are talking about Jehovah's Witnesses? Matthew 5:14-16
Well it's because that's the only group WORKING OUT POSITIVITY throughout the world! Matthew 7:16-18

So your arguments is of no benefit without something to show for your FAITH!

War games!

OLAADEGBU:


War games!

War games!