As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
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At the dawn of the millennial kingdom on earth, our Lord Jesus Christ will reveal Himself in bodily form to all glorified and non-glorified believers. Just as He revealed Himself and His true identity to His astonished disciples for 40 days after His resurrection, often at mealtimes, so also will be His self-revelation at the inaugural kingdom banquet.
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The greatest banquet in the history of the world will occur at the beginning of Christ’s 1,000-year kingdom in the Holy Land. The menu was announced 2,700 years ago (Isa. 25:6), and our Lord confirmed that the beverage would be the “fruit of the vine” (Matt. 26:29).
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In the early years of church history, there were men who denied the true humanity of Jesus. They were the Docetists, a significant branch of Gnosticism. They considered it blasphemous to imagine an infinite, holy, transcendent God contaminating Himself by assuming human flesh. This attitude reflected Greek philosophy, which held that matter is evil and that only the mind and spirit are good.
Reposted from 2011.
The Lord Jesus Christ, the second person of the triune God, who became the God-man by virtue of His virgin conception and incarnation, is the only human being in the universe who possesses a glorified body.
Consider for a moment the raising of Lazarus from the dead. This was one of the most spectacular sign miracles that the Lord Jesus performed at His first coming. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Jews were astounded by what Jesus did that day in Bethany near Jerusalem.
“…we desire it precisely because God intends for us to be raised to new life on the New Earth. It is God who created us to desire what we are made for.” - Randy Alcorn
“What are the facts that require explanation? Which explanation best accounts for these facts?
These two videos from William Lane Craig’s ministry, Reasonable Faith, provide an overview of answers to each.” - TGC
“his most controversial strip was published on Easter of 2001…. The final panel portrays a trail of blood from the cross to the empty tomb, with the stone rolled away revealing the Lord’s table arranged inside.” - Breakpoint
“Two-thirds of U.S. adults (66%) … believe this event actually occurred…. Fewer than a quarter (23%) disagree, and 11% say they’re not sure.” - Lifeway
“When you lay your head on your pillow every night, it’s as if you become ‘dead to the world.’ …you’re even lying flat and still on your back, eyes closed in a corpse-like posture. Then comes the morning.” - TGC
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