Prototypes , Jesus resurrected from the dead in the flesh and afterward he transfigured at ascension.

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What does this mean if we are to follow Christ as a member of His body?
 

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Scripture tells us that we are baptized into to his body.

Rom 6:4  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 
Rom 6:5  For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

If we have been planted in the likeness of His death then we have assuredly already been resurrected from the dead with Him. Therefore death has no dominion over us for we were circumcised from this fleshly body of sin by an operation of God (Col 2:11-13). If you believe God’s operation is true you are no longer in the flesh because God cut it away, why would you want it resurrected? 
 
Rom 6:6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 
Rom 6:7  For he that is dead is freed from sin. 
Rom 6:8  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 
Rom 6:9  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 
Rom 6:10  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 
Rom 6:11  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Recon yourselves resurrected from the dead and walking this earth alive in Christ. Your flesh was cut away and in God's eyes it is not part of you  anymore (Col 2:1-13). You are a new creature looking for a new creation to live in and are no longer mindful of earthly things but we need to continue to follow the path of our resurrected Christ as our prototype.

After Christ’s resurrection he ascended back to the Father and His resurrected body began to transform into a different or another body that could enter the presence of the Father who is a consuming fire. Transfiguring Christ began to shine with divine glory (Mat 17:2) burning away the body of sin and it is in that same glory that Christ appeared to Paul (Acts 22:11).

John’s account of the ascended Christ…
Rev 1:14  His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 
Rev 1:15  And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 
Rev 1:16  And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 

The image of the resurrected Christ in the flesh pales in comparison to the image of the ascended Christ who sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in us. Christ is the Light and that Spirit (1 Pet 1:11). 

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 
Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 
Rom 8:30  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

If we follow Christ and walk worthy of our calling then our hope is to be where He is in heavenly places not on this earth (Eph2:6) in a resurrected body of flesh. 

 

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On 4/8/2023 at 8:13 PM, Cntrysner said:

What does this mean if we are to follow Christ as a member of His body?
 

 

What does Paul tell us in Corinthians about the earthly body and the spiritual body?