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Originally Posted by Steve Epley
What happened to this permanent body?
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Originally Posted by Steve Epley
Splain that please how did the BODY become flesh? 
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Originally Posted by berkeley
LOL. They shoulda said it was a temp body that vaporized.
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I'm not sure I understand what your question is.
But based on what I think you're asking:
God appeared to men of the old testament as
a man temporarily (Abraham, Jacob, etc)
He did not become one of us until the incarnation, at which time he tabernacled among us in flesh.
And now, the visible expression of the invisible God is the person of Jesus Christ.
Remember: No man hath seen God at any time, but the only begotten of the Father,
he hath declared him.
Who did Paul see on his way to damascus? Was it not Jesus
Who did Steven see when he was being stoned? Was it not Jesus
The very WORD of God, who appeared visibly in the OT was made flesh in the NT.
1 Tim 6
13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of
our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times
he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality,
dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
So I'm not exactly sure what body you guys keep referring to...
1 John 1
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
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For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you
that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us
1 John 5
11 And this is the record,
that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.