""it is sown a natural body and raised a spiritual body"
Natural Spiritual, could simply be referring to natural/fleshly thinking, thoughts to transforming to only Spiritually thinking thoughts - Ref Rom Ch 8.
That which is born of Spirit (God) is spirit = The Son at His baptism, but that doesn't make him a literal spirit.
""it is sown a natural body and raised a spiritual body"
If you look at the surrounds of this verse, the Change is putting on the incorruptible and that is shown to be 'the word of God' the Seed - 1 Peter 1:23.
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Re the Son after he rose, touch me, feel me etc - Perhaps a case could be put forward, considering the power of God as well, that what they saw was actually flesh and what you might say, is or was a transitional stage, from the past literal/physical stage to the all spiritual stage.
As in, the timeline at the time, they would be ready to accept, an all out straight jump spiritual phase, as in not being able to accept it = Just a thought (lol, if it makes sense).
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On another matter, Paul speaks in the lingo of some form of literal bodily raising, of some from a literal grave - what is you answer to that???
(I don't really have any clear answers to that).
I think you follow, that after someone dies, that their spirit or whatever is immediately raised = Paul was comforting some whose loved ones had died = Why did he not just say - hey guys, don't worry as they have already risen in some form and are having a happy time ?????????? LOL.
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