Is the flesh of Jesus Christ the body of the Father?

Answer 1

ROMANS 1:20

In simple terms this scripture tells that GOD uses the physical to show the spiritual

the entire Bible scriptures are just a parable and we all know what a parable means, it is a short story with a hidden meaning

the blood and body Jesus is not what we people think

it refers to something else

i refer us to Zion Mission Center for proper and correct understanding of The Bible scriptures

neither does bread represent the body of Jesus nor does wine the blood of Jesus

Answer 2

Although there has been much discussion on this point between Christian denominations going back as early as the 2nd Century, a simple answer can be drawn from the New Testament itself.

Matthew 3:16:17 describes what happened at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan at the hands of John the Baptist: "...And lo, the heavens were opened unto Jesus, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

The same details are given in Mark 1:10-11, Luke 5:22, and with slight variation in John 1:32-41. Those who were there to see and hear were perfectly clear that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God.

The plain meaning of this is that Jesus descended into his mortal body and lived among us on this earth. On this occasion, the Holy Spirit was manifest in the sign of a dove, and the voice of the Father was heard declaring that he was well pleased in his son Jesus.

This is the message consistently taught in the New Testament by the Twelve Apostles and by the early Christian Fathers of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd centuries. For example, read the testimony of Stephen in Acts 7:55-56. There is certainly no confusion on his part that Jesus Christ is one individual and God the Father is another individual. This was his dying testimony.

Not until the Nicene Creed, brokered as a political compromise by Emperor Constantine in 325 AD, does the notion of the Trinity enter Christian belief. Modern Bible dictionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, acknowledge that the idea of the Trinity dates no earlier than this time.

Beginning about the 5th century BC, the most educated Greeks believed that One God made a lot more rational sense than a pantheon of Gods. Although the Old Testament clearly references God the Father and a future Messiah, the Son of God (sometimes referred to as the Son of Man), Greek learning greatly influenced the popular idea of what made sense in religion. Throughout the time of the early Christian Fathers, it was a heresy to believe that Jesus and God the Father were a single individual. The Nicene Council defined the idea of the Trinity and made it the orthodox belief of Christianity.

Those of us who rely on reading the plain sense of the Bible can't help but notice that the first Christians did not preach or believe in the Trinitarian God. For us the proof is summed up in the words of Jesus, which make up the entire chapter 17 of the Book of John. For example, in verse 21 he prays: "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."

It is certain that Jesus was not confused. His body was his own; his Father had his own body; and the ideal was for all Christian believers to have unity of faith and purpose, just as he had unity with his Father. Throughout this chapter, Jesus refers to his existence with the Father, prior to his mortal life, and looks forward to returning to life with his Father.

How grateful we are to have the Bible to read for ourselves, and not to be dependent on the interpretations of any preachers. The words of Jesus speak for themselves, carefully preserved from the first centuries of the Church down to today!

ANSWER: JOHN 4: 24, "God is a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in the spirit and truth". God is invisable, He has no body as we know it.