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V. The Resurrection, Part 2.

1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 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.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 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.

Now I understand. "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God". "Behold I shew you a mystery, We shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed".

So Death and Resurrection is not a physical reality, it is a spiritual one, we are all changed. Resurrection means the change from corruptible to incorruptible, from mortal to immortal (eternal life). Death is swalled in victory because to be immortal is to have eternal life.

If flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God then Christ's physical body could not have ascended to heaven, but his Spiritual body (see last page) did. As for the resurrection of the dead, thank you Paul, my friend, for explaining it.

Isn't it also probable that since scripture continually emphasizes the power of the spirit and the profitlessness of the flesh, that the stories of Jesus physical Resurrection, and it's references to Jesus being "flesh and bones", and also participating in physical acts such as eating, be understood spritually rather then literally? To me, it is the only way they can be understood. Because I believe Jesus ascended unto heaven. and Paul's letter to the Corinthians says: