Phinehas: His Perpetual Legacy. - Comments (3)

Category: Articles,Doctrine
Author: John Malone
Date: 4th August, 2005 @ 12:23:46 AM

Numbers 25

1 ¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

2 And they (the Moabite women) called the people (Israel) unto the (sexually decadent) sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3 And Israel joined himself (through sexual misconduct) unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang (crucify) them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
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With What Body Do “They” Come? - Comments (0)

Category: Articles,Doctrine
Author: John Malone
Date: 2nd August, 2005 @ 01:18:44 AM

This question is one of the scoffingly facetious ones cited at the end of 1st Corinthians , in the marvelous passage explaining the glorious future body of the resurrected/raptured believer.

The apostle explains – in the face of those arguing there is no resurrection – that there is a “natural” body, and there is a “spiritual” body. In fact, he is here pinpointing a distinction more subtle than common knowledge affords.

Stoic (asectic) influenced Greek thinking discussed the material world as distinct from and inferior to the spiritual world. Paul, on the other hand, brings more perfect knowledge to bear, and notes that there is a difference between the two natures of the Christian – the Adamic (soulish)and the Christic (spiritual) – and there is a corresponding difference between this body – the “body of this death” – and the glorious one.
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