Blainer wrote: > BUT there must be more than one level of heaven, > Glenn, because Paul talks about various kinds of > flesh in the resurrection, one likened to the sun, > one to the moon and one to the stars. Maybe you > have never noticed this scripture because most > Protestant ministers do not understand it so do not > talk about it much, maybe huh?
We are very much aware of the passage in 1 Cor. 15 that discusses this subject. I am so well aware of it that I know what chapter it is in without having to ask you and without having to look it up. Why do you PRESUME that Protestants are ignorant of this passage? Why do you PRESUME that there is little teaching on this chapter? What I'm concerned about is what kind of erroneous teaching you have received on this passage. Anyone can read the passage for themselves and see that Paul is not talking about the various kinds of flesh in the resurrection, but simply that the flesh of the spiritual body differs from the flesh of the physical body. He uses creation to explain how God has already given us hints about the difference between earthly and spiritual. Paul makes use of the analogy of a seed dying in the ground and transforming into something more glorious. Many Protestant teachers, when teaching from this passage, give a similar example of a catepillar changing into a butterfly, to augment what is taught here in this very familiar passage. Following is a quote from the Bible so all can see that it does not say what you claim that it says: **** 1 Cor. 15:35-54 **** But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It 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, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1Co 15:35-54) **** Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
