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Old 07-26-2008, 04:29 AM   #23
YP0534
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Default A further word on context.

I just wanted to additionally mention, since it has not been expressly mentioned yet in this discussion, that the section is clearly mainly concerned with Paul's teachings regarding resurrection of the mortal body in apparent refutation of those who might deny physical resurrection.

Thus, the discourse focuses on the fact we should know that our spiritual bodies in resurrection are to be far different from our soulish bodies in death.

Please note that the contrast is not between spiritual and physical bodies, but between spiritual and soulish.

Thus, we know that God formed the physical body out of the earth, breathed into the nostrils of that, and Adam became a living soul, which is obviously something distinct from, although connected with, the now-animated pile of dirt.

So, to the extent that there is a parallel structure here, how can we handle all these elements with proper care?

The suggestion, according to the whole context, is not only that our spiritual bodies will be different in kind from the soulish bodies in resurrection, but indeed that we are the now-animated pile of dirt as the Body of Christ by the operation of the life-giving Spirit.

We surely cannot ignore that He breathed into the disciples after resurrection and told them to receive the Holy Spirit in John 20:22...
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