Differences between the human body and of Christ

Is There a Difference Between the Human Body and the Body of Christ?
At birth, a human being receives a body (flesh), a soul, and a (human) spirit. At the time of the Fall, the human spirit became sinful; it acquired a diabolical spirit—a spirit of temptation in all things. After the Fall of mankind, the body became mortal (not sinful, but mortal—that is to say, possessing an altered program for human life). Such a body does not, in itself, contain sin. The purpose of the human body lies in its existence and survival. However, the human body serves as a source of sin, and for this reason, people often refer to it as "sinful." When creating mankind, God embedded within humans a survival program; this program inevitably gives rise to bodily desires—impulses to act in ways that benefit the body's needs, though such actions are not always pleasing to God. Following the Fall, man received a conscience, which aids him in making the right choice—namely, to refrain from sinning.

On this basis, it may be stated that when God became incarnate in the body born of Mary, Christ received a body identical to that which all human beings receive at birth: a body devoid of any inherent sin, yet one that—by virtue of its needs and desires, in accordance with the survival program established by God—serves as a potential source of sin. However—unlike other human beings—Christ did not receive a human spirit from His mother, Mary; for He Himself was the Spirit of God, dwelling within the Infant born of Mary. Despite facing every manner of temptation, Christ withstood them all and committed not a single sin. Jesus Christ never committed a sin, nor did He harbor sin within Himself or within His body; consequently, there was absolutely no need for Him to heal His human body. The Son of God—whom people know as Jesus Christ—never truly died, for God is not subject to death; rather, He died upon the Cross of Calvary within a mortal human body, having endured all the suffering of the Cross—and more—during His brief sojourn in Hell for the sins of humanity, at the moment when God tAre there differences between the human body and ohe Father forsook Him.

The resurrection of Christ’s flesh should be understood as a transition into a *memory repository*—a storehouse of informational data regarding His earthly body—to facilitate its reconstitution whenever a meeting with human beings becomes necessary. God cannot permanently inhabit a human body, for doing so would render impossible His existence throughout the entire infinity of all things, as well as the existence of that infinity within Him. The human body is limited not only in its physical capacity to exist within the boundlessness of space but also in the scope of its perception and comprehension—restricted by its organs of sight, sensation, and numerous other faculties that a human being simply does not possess. Yet, many people harbor a misconception—rooted in a childlike, self-gratifying fantasy—that the Lord perpetually resides within a human form.


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