Why did Jesus' resurrected body have no blood?
Jesus’ resurrected body was flesh and bone without blood because flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God or enter eternity. Even the Lord Himself could not go into eternity with blood; His blood was shed, and His resurrected body is devoid of blood, fitting the future body fashioned after His glorious body.
Les explains from 1 Corinthians 15:50 that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption. At His resurrection appearance, Jesus said, “handle me, look at me, you see me physically in flesh and bone.” What does He leave out? The blood. Les teaches that Jesus had to be only flesh and bone in His resurrected body because flesh and blood as we are now cannot go into eternity. Even the Lord Himself could not go into eternity with blood, so His blood was shed, and His resurrected body is devoid of blood—it is flesh and bone. Les then connects this to Philippians, which says that when believers are brought into the eternal state, they will have a body fashioned after His glorious body, so it will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. That, Les says, will make all the difference in the world. He also raises the thought that if we go into eternity with flesh and bone and no blood, yet Genesis tells us life is in the blood, then what will be the source of life in that eternal, resurrected body? He points to verse 45 and the first man Adam being made a living soul.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
More Questions
What is Jesus' resurrected body made of?
Jesus' blood was shed, so His resurrected body is devoid of blood and consists of flesh and bone.
What did Jesus leave out when He said His resurrected body was flesh and bone?
In His resurrection appearance Jesus presented Himself as physically flesh and bone and deliberately omitted blood, showing His resurrected body was devoid of blood.
How could Jesus' resurrected body be recognizable after He was so disfigured on the cross?
The disciples' resurrection disbelief was partly because, while they yet believed not for joy and wondered, their last view of Christ on the cross was so disfigured and marred that it did not even appear human, yet now He stood before them seemingly whole except for the wounds.