| Does Jesus Christ live in heaven today in the flesh as | | | | the event that this same Jesus will "come back in the |
| a man? | | | | same way" |
| And if so, how does His living in the flesh relate to the | | | | they saw Him leave. How did they see Him leave? |
| physical reality of spiritual healing today?Christians live | | | | As a man!What all of these verses say is that Jesus |
| in faith that Jesus Christ is the Word that became a | | | | Christ, the Son of God and son of man, is alive in the |
| human being (John1:1,14). We believe that just as death | | | | flesh in heaven as "the man" Paul tells us He is.When |
| came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also | | | | we read John's Gospel account we learn "The Word |
| comes through a man (I Corinthians 15:21)...Jesus | | | | became |
| Christ.As the Son of God, Jesus many times referred | | | | flesh." (John 1:14).The original language transliterated |
| to himself as being | | | | reads, "The Word flesh was made." The Greek word |
| "The son of man." We intellectually understand Jesus | | | | for "was made," ginomai (pronounced ghin'-om-ahee), is |
| as being both man and God, but do we really grasp its | | | | a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary |
| full implication?Jesus Christ Lives in the Flesh:II John 7 | | | | verb; to cause to be or to become. In other words, |
| speaks of Jesus "as coming" in the flesh. The word in | | | | When God became man, it was for eternity. He did |
| Greek, erchomai (pronounced er'-khom-ahee), is in the | | | | not merely take on a human form as a temporary |
| middle voice of a primary verb written in present | | | | act, but rather fused his being to human flesh forever |
| tense. I Timothy 2:5 speaks of Jesus as being "the | | | | (Colossians 2:9) God incarnate!Side Note: The Question |
| man" who is our mediator. The word in Greek, | | | | of Flesh and BloodI Corinthians 15:51 states that "flesh |
| anthropos (pronounced anth'-ro-pos), is written in | | | | and blood" cannot inherit |
| present tense form.When Jesus ascended into | | | | the kingdom of God. |
| heaven, Angels told those witnessing | | | | |