Hello, TWeb, I was speaking with a friend last night and we had a disagreement about the Incarnation. I firmly believe that Jesus is currently human, and has been human since He was born of Mary, I argued that because He was resurrected in a body that Thomas could touch the holes in, that Jesus remained human, and is not significantly different comparing Him post ressurection and Him post Ascension. My friend argued that because in 1 Corinthians 15 Paul distinguishes between earthly bodies and heavenly bodies that earthly body is roughly synonymous for human body (because He is the first fruits of heavenly bodies) and therefore Jesus no longer has a human body, and human is a descriptor for things of this Earth, irrelevant to Heaven or the New Creation.
In sum, I believe the Incarnation is forever, and he claimed it lasted only until the Ascension. He is not a heretic, he is thoroughly orthodox and can affirm the Nicene Creed as well as I (and has experienced saving grace and life change) but I wanted to know if this was a view ever encountered by others. I hadn't heard any teachings on it, and I assumed everyone who believed in the Incarnation thought it was continuous like I do, but you know what they say about assuming.
Do any of you share this view?
In sum, I believe the Incarnation is forever, and he claimed it lasted only until the Ascension. He is not a heretic, he is thoroughly orthodox and can affirm the Nicene Creed as well as I (and has experienced saving grace and life change) but I wanted to know if this was a view ever encountered by others. I hadn't heard any teachings on it, and I assumed everyone who believed in the Incarnation thought it was continuous like I do, but you know what they say about assuming.
Do any of you share this view?
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