We are the flesh and bones of Christ

[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!

Makes sense (but God doesn't always make sense to us). I think there's more; you think there's less. So be it.

Not really sure what you mean by "doesn't always make sense to us". I guess this could be true for some, but what I would also say is that God and his Word can never be nonsensical, and this is what happens when we take a metaphor too far, or even worse, when we transpose something metaphorical into something literal.

You think there's more? More of what? You contend that I think there's less. Less of what? Sometimes we just have to let a metaphor be a metaphor. There is no need to embellish or try to get something "deeper" out of the plain words that God has given us - most of us aren't qualified or equipped to embellish or get something deeper anyway.

So is everyone now OK with this verse, which is obviously in the Bible?

Well I'm not OK with considering this verse as anything more, or anything less than a metaphor. It cannot be taken literally in any way, shape or form. It cannot be taken literally, if for no other reason than the plain words of the Lord Jesus in Luke 24:39.
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[Sons to Glory!]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

Not really sure what you mean by "doesn't always make sense to us". I guess this could be true for some, but what I would also say is that God and his Word can never be nonsensical, and this is what happens when we take a metaphor too far, or even worse, when we transpose something metaphorical into something literal.

You think there's more? More of what? You contend that I think there's less. Less of what? Sometimes we just have to let a metaphor be a metaphor. There is no need to embellish or try to get something "deeper" out of the plain words that God has given us - most of us aren't qualified or equipped to embellish or get something deeper anyway.


Well I'm not OK with considering this verse as anything more, or anything less than a metaphor. It cannot be taken literally in any way, shape or form. It cannot be taken literally, if for no other reason than the plain words of the Lord Jesus in Luke 24:39.
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(OK, I retrieved my PW! Sorry about that Mr Moderator . . .)

You choose to hang everything, it seems, on Luke 24:39. I don't. Way too many other verses showing we are the body of Christ. Can we understand this? Can we understand that we are in Him in the heavenlies, yet still on earth?

So some may label me a Christian Mystic for such reasonings, and if so - so be it!