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25/04/24

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Originally posted by kambiz999: ↑

Aoologies I forgot to talk about your last points about me taking things too far with the spiritual aspects. Well I don't think there is any room to go less with the spiritual given what St Paul says in 1 Cor 15:50.
".....flesh and blood CANNOT inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable"

This to me is very clear and you can't go spiritual enough. It's never too much. The spirit is ALL that matters. This, from Bahai teachings, extends to clouds, rocks, trees, trumpets etc. None of these things are spiritual. They are all perishable things.

The Bahai Writings teach that when it comes to matters of the Kingdom, and God Himself, even the word "exist" belittles the truth around God and His Kingdom, since the word "exist" is often a reference to the perishable realities found in the universe. God and spirit are imperishable realities, so we use the word "exist" to assist us with our limitations to appreciate a reality we call "God" "spirit" and "Kingdom"

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".flesh and blood CANNOT inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable"

First up you could say, Jesus's blood was shed.
Currently life is in the blood, so in Jesus's case, did life then become in the Spirit (spirit effectively replacing the blood) ??? (just some thoughts there).
End plan, God (the Holy Spirit) to be all in all.

What does Jesus tell us about the flesh aspect.
John 6:63 - It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh -> (words) profits nothing. The words that I speak (Fathers) to you are spirit, and they are life.

1 Cor 15:53 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Peter 1:23 - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God = (Spirit), which liveth and abideth for ever.

By the mortal putting on the incorruptible = putting on immortality, imperishable.

Hence, is that (words of the flesh and all that that means), the meaning of the flesh aspect that cannot enter heaven ???
Let thy Kingdom (word) come on earth as in heaven.

I'm not suggesting we will be living in heaven, the Bible suggests, we're to meet Jesus in the clouds, greet and continue with him to his destination, to earth.
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