Immortality or Resurrection (Updated), William West [black female authors .txt] 📗

raised a spiritual body” not “sown and raised a
natural body then changed to spiritual body.” It is a SPIRITUAL BODY that is
raised, not an “immaterial invisible no substance SPIRIT” that has no body.
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• “It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory” not “sown and raised in dishonor
then changed to honor.”
A CHANGED BODY versus AN IMMORTAL SOUL: Paul says “How are the dead
raised? And with what manner of BODY to they come?...you sow not the BODY that shall
be, but a bare grain...but God gives it a BODY...to each seed a BODY of its own...So also
is the resurrection...it is sown a NATURAL BODY; it is raised a SPIRITUAL BODY. If
there is a NATURAL BODY, there is also a SPIRITUAL BODY...howbeit that is not first
which is SPIRITUAL, but that which is NATURAL; then that which is SPIRITUAL...and
as we HAVE borne the image of the earthly, we SHALL also bear the image of the
heavenly...We all shall not 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” [1 Corinthians
15:35-54]. It is this mortal body or person that will put on immortality, not a immortal
soul that will put on immortality.
The image of Christ is not just a glorified earthly image of Adam. The body made
for this earth that is put in the ground will be raised a spiritual body suitable for life in
Heaven. The immortal soul doctrine says not so, (1) the “immaterial invisible no
substance souls” that are now exist and are immortal while we are living and cannot be
changed that will be in Heaven (2) and these “souls” are in Heaven from the moment of
death; (3) these “souls” are not dead, therefore, they cannot be raised from the dead. Who
is wrong, Paul or today's theology?
THE BODY CHANGED, NOT AN IMMORTAL SOUL CHANGED "For our
citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who
SHALL FASHION ANEW THE BODY OF OUR HUMILIATION, THAT IT MAY BE
CONFORMED TO THE BODY OF HIS GLORY" [Philippians 3:20-21]. "The body of our
humiliation" is not an "immaterial, invisible, no substance" soul that will be remade
("fashion anew") into another "immaterial, invisible, no substance" soul, but it is us that
will be changed from an earthly body to a body like Christ now has, changed from a body
that is suitable for life on this earth to a body that will be suitable for life in Heaven. It is
our body that will be changed, not an immaterial something in us that is now just as it
will be in Heaven and cannot ever be changed. I do not know how I can be raised without
this earthly body and still be me, but I believe God when He says that it will be me with a
spiritual body. Those who believe a person now have an immortal immaterial soul now
living in them believe this invisible something in them is now "conformed to the body of
His glory."
WHAT BODY WILL BE RESURRECED? Many believe that without the
resurrection of the earthly body it would not be us but a new creation. Are they saying
God could not make this change without first resurrecting the earthly body?
• Some say the dead in Christ will be, "raised an earthly body, then changed to a
spiritual body"
• Others say it will be “raised an earthly body and restored to be like the
earthly body of Adam before he sinned”
o Both are adding to and changing what the Bible says, “raised a spiritual
body”? [1 Corinthians 15:44]
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IMAGE OF ADAM versus IMAGE OF CHRIST: We are now a soul in the image of
Adam. We will be raised in the image of Christ [1 Corinthians 15:45-49]. THE "LIVING
SOUL," THE PHYSICAL BODY IN THE IMAGE OF ADAM WE NOW HAVE
[Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:44-45] IS NOT THE "SPIRITUAL BODY" [1 Corinthians
15:44] IN THE IMAGE OF CHRIST THAT WE WILL HAVE. An immortal soul, which
many believe we need to save so that it will live in Heaven is not the "spiritual body,"
which we will have after the resurrection. We do not now have the "spiritual body,"
which is in the image of Christ, and will not have it unto we put on immortality at the
resurrection [1 Corinthians 15:54]. We will be the same person we now are, but our
bodies will be changed from the image of Adam to the image of Christ, from earthly
bodies to spiritual bodies. All of us, our whole person, will be in Heaven; not just some
thin air, immaterial, invisible part of us that has no body.
“If there is a natural [psuchikos – soulish] body there is also a spiritual body” [1
Corinthians 15:44-45]. Paul is quoting Genesis 2:7, The first man, Adam became a living
soul [psuche]. Terms Paul used of the natural soulish body.
• It is “a living soul [psuche]” [1 Corinthians 15:44]
• It is “of the earth, earthy” [1 Corinthians 15:47]
• It is the “image of the earthy” (Adam) [1 Corinthians 15:47]
• It is “flesh and blood” [1 Corinthians 15:50]
When God made the earth He give fish bodies that are appropriate to live in water and
birds bodies that are appropriate to fly. He gives Adam a body that was appropriate for
life on this earth, a body of flesh and blood. Where will we be after the judgment day; if
on earth we will need to have earthly body suitable for life on this earth, if in Heaven we
will need to have a spiritual body suitable for life in Heaven? Flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God, but the earthly body in the image of Adam both before and
after he sinned, was flesh and blood. If the earthly body is to be resurrected then it is the
natural body of flesh and blood that sinned that is to be resurrected, but in the
resurrection we will be like angels who are in Heaven [Matthew 22:30]. Is there anyone
who believes angels have earthly bodies of flesh and blood in the image of Adam either
before or after he sinned? After the resurrection Christians will have spiritual bodies in
the image of Christ, not earthly bodies in the image of Adam that CAN NOT INHERIT
the kingdom of God [1 Corinthians 15:50].
If Christians are to be reunited with their earthly bodies at the resurrection no mater
where the kingdom of God will be after the resurrection it cannot be inherited by “flesh
and blood” [1 Corinthians 15:50].
1. If, as the Bible teaches, the kingdom of Heaven will be in Heaven after the
resurrection, the “flesh and blood” earthly bodies we now have “cannot inherit
the kingdom of God.”
2. Or if, as some teach, the kingdom of Heaven is to be on this earth, “flesh and
blood” bodies that are in the image of Adam could not inherit it [1 Corinthians
15:50]. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh” [John 3:6]. “It is sown a natural
body [It is the body of “flesh and blood” that is put in the grave]; it is raised a
spiritual body” [1 Corinthians 15:44]; this passage IS NOT COMPLICATED,
the body is put in the ground is a natural body and resurrected a spiritual
body. An “incorruptible physical body” would still be a body of “flesh and
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blood,” not a spiritual body and it could not “inherit the kingdom of God.” The
spiritual body is not just a glorified earthly body.
• The natural body is sown in the ground in corruption, dishonor, and
weakness.
• The spiritual body is raised with incorruption, glory, and power.
3. Or if, as others teach that the “soul,” the “immaterial, invisible, no substance”
something is to be is to be reunited with the body of “flesh and blood” at the
resurrection, neither the body nor the “soul” could inherit the kingdom of Heaven
as long as the “soul” is reunited to the “flesh and blood” body.
HOW COULD IT BE SAID ANY MORE CLEARLY THAT THIS EARTHLY
BODY WILL NOT BE RAISED, OR THAT WE DO NOT NOW HAVE THE BODY
WE SHALL HAVE AFTER THE RESURRECTION? (1) Or that it is not an inter
immortal part of us, which we now have, which needs no change, which will never be
dead to be raised? (2) Nor any more clearly that we are now "mortal," but will be raised
"immortal"? We could not put on immortality if we have it on, if we now have an
immortal (undying) soul that is not subject to corruption (death). It is this mortal person
that must put on immortality, not an immortal soul that is now in this mortal person that
must be freed. If a person did have a soul that is now immortal, that immortal soul could
not "put on immorality."
1. Those asleep: Their physical bodies sowed will be raised spiritual bodies. “It is
sown a natural body” but it is not the natural body (the body of flesh and blood)
that will be raised but “it is raised a spiritual body.”
2. Those living: Their physical bodies will be changed to spiritual bodies. The
change to both those asleep and those who will be living will be identical and at
the same time, both at the resurrection. On this side of the coming of Christ we
have only physical bodies. On the other side of the coming of Christ we will have
spiritual bodies. It will be an alteration of the whole person from being physical in
the image of Adam to being spiritual in the image of Christ, not just an immaterial
part of us forever being unchanged.
3. "But now has Christ been raised from the DEAD, the first fruit of them that are
ASLEEP. For since by man came DEATH, by man came also the resurrection of
the DEAD. For in Adam all DIE, so also in Christ shall all be made ALIVE. But
each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then they that are Christ's at his
coming" [1 Corinthians 15:20-23]. The term "dead" or "die" means the same
every time it is used in this passage. It is the person that is dead and will be made
alive at the resurrection, not just some part of the person that is alive and cannot
be dead. Death is death and cannot be made to mean alive.
THE BIBLE TEACHES ---------- BUT MAN TEACHES
WE PUT ON IMMORTALITY AT THE |WE ARE IMMORTAL FROM BIRTH
JUDGMENT 1 CORINTHIANS 15:53 |(ALSO WE "SEEK" IT ROMANS 2:7)
WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH ROM 6:23 |HUMAN SOUL CAN NEVER DIE
THE "END" OF THE LOST IS TO BE |LOST WILL BE BURNED,
BURNED HEBREWS 6:8 |BUT WILL HAVE NO "END"
THE WORD THE OR IDEA OF "HELL" |"HELL" IS TAUGHT AS THOUGH IT IS
IS NOT IN BIBLE |ON MOST EVERY PAGE OF THE BIBLE
"RAISE UP EVEN FROM THE DEAD" |LIVING SOULS TO BE BROUGHT BACK FROM
HEBREWS 11:19 |SOMEWHERE, NOT RAISED FROM DEATH
THE EVIL SHALL PERISH |THE EVIL CAN NEVER PERISH,
BE DESTROYED |OR BE DESTROYED, OR DIE
DEATH TO BE ABOLISHED |DEATH IS "SEPARATED FROM GOD"
1 CORINTHIANS 15:26 AND 15:55 |AND CAN NEVER BE ABOLISHED
LOST WILL BE DEVOURED HEB 10:2 |THE LOST CAN NEVER BE DEVOURED OR
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CONSUMED HEBREWS 12:29 |CONSUMED, THEY MUST BURN FOREVER
GOD CAN DESTROY SOUL IN |GOD CAN TORMENT THE SOUL,
GEHENNA MATTHEW 10:28 |BUT HE CANNOT DESTROY IT
CHRIST DIED (GIVE HIS LIFE) |HIS SOUL DID NOT DIE: