Hmmm..... I'm not sure how to handle this. If I use the New
International Translation, it uses the term "ghost" in the relevant
scriptures, but the King James says "spirit." Let me say it this way:
Ghost and spirit are the same, but Jesus' spirit body is not the same as
a ghost or spirit. Is that confusing enough?
In Luke 24:36-43, resurrected Jesus zapped Himself into a group of
gathered disciples, they were scared because they thought He was a spirit
(King James) / ghost (NIV). He told them to touch Him, then He ate some
food. He asked them if a spirit / ghost has flesh and bones, to show that
He was there in body. The thing to understand is that the resurrected
body is a spiritual body unlike the natural bodies which we now have (1
Cor 15:44). That's hard to grasp intellectually, because, imho, it's very
counterintuitive, but, if we put together the previous scriptures, that's
what we get. I believe John 3:8 describes a spiritual body which comes
and goes, but, like the wind, us mortals cannot see it. Note that it says
we will all be like that.
In summary, we will be like Jesus; we will have immortal, spiritual
bodies that can fly about (transport, zap themselves, teleport,
whatever), appear, disappear, etc., but we will not be spirits. God the
Father is spirit; He doesn't have a body. God the Son has a spiritual
body. We will have spiritual bodies.
Alright, that's enough for now. There are other scriptures that tie
in with this, but I have no desire to spend a couple of hours looking for
them. Those who are interested might want to use a concordance to look up
"body," "spirit," etc.
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:19:28 -0700 "Blaine Borrowman"
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> I have always assumed spirits and ghosts were synonymous.
> Blaine
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> > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:21:31 -0700 "Blaine Borrowman"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > The LDS Church tries to emphasize
> > > the eternal nature of marriage.
> >
> > You say eternal marriage, and Jesus plainly says there is not
> / will
> > not be marriage in the kingdom. It's obvious that lds doctrine is
> in
> > direct conflict with Jesus.
> >
> > > When Christians die, they will live in the
> > > presence of God in a resurrected body.
> > > A body of flesh, or a spirit body--a ghost?
> >
> > It will be a spirit body like the one that Jesus now has. He
> entered
> > and exited locked rooms without difficulty, he ate fish in the
> presence
> > of his disciples, Thomas touched His wounds to verify that it
> really was
> > the resurrected Jesus and not a ghost.
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