What happened to the body of Jesus

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by SeekingOne

That is very confusing. Where in scripture do you get this? Is it because of your theology, not scripture, that you assume he didn't look up and SEE Jesus at the right hand of the Father?

Stephen sees Jesus, and instead of just saying he sees Jesus, he assumes Jesus is in "the place of power" and assumes that the pharisees will understand the seeing Jesus and saying he sees him at the right hand of God they will KNOW that Jesus is in the place of power?

The entirety of scripture uses the phrase RIGHT HAND pover and over again. God's right hand opened the Red Sea and drowned the Egyptians. Do you think God physically had a right hand that reached down and divided the water?

Ex 15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.

Of course not. The wind blew and the water opened. But it said HIS RIGHT HAND did it. It is a cultural thing much like cultural metaphors we have. We say a person who is faulty and always points the finger at someone else is like "someone who lives in a glass house should nto throw stones." Does that literally mean they live in a glass house? No. But it culturally is understood to say what we know it means.

Do you think there were not cultural metaphors like that in the bible that are outside our awareness? I guess Stephen saw a giant right hand and Jesus standing in the palm.

Acts 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God