Some people today say they have seen God. Preachers teach that people in the Bible saw God. Is this true? What does the Bible say?
“The Son is the image of the invisible God”—Colossians 1:15 NIV
“To the King eternal, immortal, invisible“—1 Timothy 1:17 NIV
The Bible says that Almighty God is invisible. What is invisible cannot be seen by human eyes. He has always been “invisible”. “I, Yahweh, do not change” (Malachi 3:6 NJB)
“Yahweh said, ‘ . . . no human being can see me and survive.”—Exodus 33:20 NJBread more
Was Jesus resurrected as a spirit or with a fleshly body?
It is widely preached and believed that Jesus was resurrected with a physical body. It is even asserted that if one doesn’t believe Jesus was resurrected with a physical body, then that person denies that Jesus was resurrected. According to the Bible, was Jesus resurrected as a spirit or with a fleshly body? Let’s examine the scriptures to find out.
Hebrews 10:10 – “We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ.” (NIV) Jesus’ physical body was consumed by God as a whole burnt offering.
1 Corinthians 15:35 – “How are the dead raised? With what body will they come?” (NIV)
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 – “It is sown in a natural body, it is raised in a spiritual body.” (NIV) Jesus was resurrected with a spiritual body
1 Corinthians 15:50 – Fleshly bodies can’t go to heaven. Jesus went heaven. He could not have had a physical body since he went to heaven.
1 Peter 3:18 – “Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit” (NAB). read more
