Why was Jesus' resurrected body flesh and bone and not flesh and blood?
Scripture states that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption. Jesus' blood had to be shed, so His resurrected body is flesh and bone, devoid of blood. Even the Lord could not enter eternity with blood; believers' future bodies will likewise be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood.
Les explains that the key is in 1 Corinthians 15:50: flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and corruption cannot inherit incorruption. In His resurrection appearance Jesus said, "Handle me, look at me, you see me physically in flesh and bone." He deliberately left out blood. Les says 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. Philippians says that when we are brought into the eternal state, we will have a body fashioned after His glorious body, so it will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. Les adds that this makes all the difference in the world. He also raises Genesis' statement that life is in the blood and points to 1 Corinthians 15:45, where the first Adam was made a living soul.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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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.