Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom?
June 16th, 2013 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
Revisiting Flesh and Blood
The statement "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God" appears to be problematic in the study of eschatology. Especially for those who believe resurrection is yet future involving the rising of biological bodies from the ground or some post 70 A.D. ongoing individual body resurrection.
Once it is granted that "flesh and blood" refers to biology, it is easy to continue such reasoning and impose it upon the text. Readers should be reminded that Paul does not cite physical death as the starting point of his resurrection thesis. His starting point is Hosea 6, an Old ...
Flesh and Blood Enters the Kingdom of God?
December 26th, 2012 | Eschatology | No Comment
Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom
Flesh and Blood in the Kingdom?
It is true that the Bible teaches that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. However, we find the kingdom being inherited by those who “biologically speaking” are flesh and blood!
How is this possible?
It is a blatant contradiction, if and only if, by "flesh and blood" in 1 Corinthians 15:50, we mean biological cells and DNA. However, that is not what is meant. But before we address that point, let us note that some were inheriting the kingdom.
Flesh and Blood Does in Fact Receive the Kingdom
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