Yes — believers will have real, tangible, resurrected bodies like Christ's own, made of flesh and bone rather than flesh and blood.
Les Feldick teaches that we will not spend eternity as invisible spirits or angelic beings. Instead, the risen Christ's forty-day body is the pattern: a body of flesh and bone that could be seen, touched, handled, and could eat. It was also able to appear suddenly and move from one place to another in an instant.
Luke 24:39 — The risen Christ's own description of His resurrection body as having flesh and bones sets the pattern for the believer's eternal body.
Philippians 3:21 — Paul directly states that our lowly body will be changed to be fashioned like Christ's glorious body.
1 Corinthians 15:44 — Paul answers the very question of what body the dead are raised with: a natural body is raised a spiritual body.
According to the Gospel of Luke, after His resurrection the Lord Jesus appeared bodily among His disciples. He invited them to handle Him, saying, "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" (Luke 24:39). He then asked for food, and "they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them" (Luke 24:42-43). The Apostle Paul answers the question "with what body do they come?" by explaining that "it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body" (1 Corinthians 15:44). He also writes that the Lord "shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body" (Philippians 3:21). Scripture further records that "the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit" (1 Corinthians 15:45), and Genesis states that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Genesis 9:4). Finally, Revelation describes the tree of life in the eternal city bearing twelve manner of fruits and yielding her fruit every month (Revelation 22:2).
Les Feldick answers this question by pointing to the Lord Jesus in His forty days after the resurrection as the clearest picture of what our resurrected body will be like [Clip 1][Clip 2]. He insists that believers will not spend eternity as invisible, ethereal spirits or as angelic beings — we will have real, bodily existence. He says the body will be "on the same order" as our present body, but not the same flesh-and-blood body [Clip 1]. The key difference, Les teaches, is that the eternal body is flesh and bone, not flesh and blood [Clip 3][Clip 5][Clip 7]. He shows this from the risen Christ, who told the disciples to handle Him and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones. Les also emphasizes that the risen Jesus ate broiled fish and honeycomb, proving the glorified body can eat, and he connects this to Revelation 22's tree of life, which bears fruit to be eaten [Clip 3][Clip 6]. Les also teaches that the eternal body will have capabilities beyond present physical laws. He notes the space within the atom to suggest that in the eternal state matter will not have trouble slipping through a wall, and he observes that Jesus could be present in one place and miles away the next without entering through a door [Clip 0][Clip 4][Clip 7]. Finally, since Scripture says life is in the blood, Les raises the question of what gives life to a bloodless, eternal body. He points to 1 Corinthians 15:45 — the last Adam was made a quickening spirit — indicating the Spirit is the life-giving aspect of the new body [Clip 5][Clip 7].
Les Feldick is emphatic that believers will not spend eternity in an ethereal, invisible soul state or as angelic spirit beings. He says we will be "eternally existing in a body" on the same order as the Lord Jesus in His forty days after the resurrection, and that we will be "bodily involved" in the good things God provides [Clip 1][Clip 2].
According to Les, no — today we speak of our makeup as flesh and blood, but in the eternal state we will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood [Clip 3][Clip 5]. He bases this on the risen Christ, who declared, "for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have" and showed His hands and feet (Luke 24:39) [Clip 3][Clip 7].
Yes. The risen Jesus asked for food, and the disciples gave Him a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb, and He ate it before them (Luke 24:42-43). Les says this proves the resurrected body can ingest food, and he points to Revelation 22's tree of life, whose fruit is provided to be eaten. He adds that eating in eternity will be a pleasure without weight, diabetic, or high blood pressure concerns [Clip 3][Clip 6][Clip 7].
Les suggests yes, based on two lines of evidence. First, he notes that all material things are made of atoms with vast empty space between their particles, so when God brings matter into the eternal state, "we're not going to have any trouble slipping through a wall" [Clip 0]. Second, he observes that the risen Jesus appeared suddenly in the upper room without coming through a door, and could be at the seashore in Galilee the next moment — tangible, yet able to be "here one second and miles away the next" [Clip 4][Clip 7].
Les raises this question because Scripture says life is in the blood (Genesis 9:4), yet the eternal body is flesh and bone without blood. He turns to 1 Corinthians 15:45, where the first man Adam was made a living soul, but the last Adam was made a quickening spirit — and he identifies the Spirit as the life-giving aspect of the new body [Clip 5][Clip 7].
The Physics of the Eternal Body
Les explains that the vast empty space within atoms means a material body could pass through a wall in the eternal state.
Resurrected, Not Spirit Beings
Les teaches that we will not be invisible spirit beings or like angels, but will eternally exist in a body like Christ's resurrection body.
Bodily Existence and Eating
Les says we will not spend eternity in an ethereal soul state but will be bodily involved, and will enjoy eating among the good things God provides.
Flesh and Bone, and Eating
Les contrasts our present flesh-and-blood makeup with the eternal flesh-and-bone body and shows Jesus eating broiled fish and honeycomb.
Tangible Yet Instantaneous Movement
Les notes the resurrection body could eat, be seen, be touched, and yet be here one second and miles away the next.
Fashioned Like His Glorious Body
Les connects Philippians' promise of a body fashioned like Christ's glorious body with the flesh-and-bone resurrection body and raises the question of its life source.
The Pleasure of Eating
Les teaches that eating in eternity will be a pleasure with no weight, diabetic, or blood-pressure problems, and cites the tree of life in Revelation 22.
The Spirit as Life-Giver
Les shows Jesus appearing in the upper room and on the seashore and identifies the Spirit as the life-giving aspect of the new flesh-and-bone body.
Luke 24:39: 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.
Jesus' own description of His resurrection body as having flesh and bones is the foundational picture of the believer's eternal body.
Luke 24:42-43: And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them.
This shows the risen Lord eating food before His disciples, demonstrating that the resurrected body can eat.
Philippians 3:21: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Paul directly states that believers' bodies will be fashioned after Christ's glorious body.
1 Corinthians 15:44: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Paul answers the question of what body the dead are raised with — a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:45: And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Les uses this verse to show the Spirit as the life-giving aspect of the new eternal body.
Revelation 22:2: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
This shows fruit in the eternal city provided for eating, supporting the idea that eating continues in eternity.
Genesis 9:4: But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
The scriptural basis for life being in the blood, which Les contrasts with the bloodless eternal body.
No. Les Feldick teaches that we will not spend eternity as invisible, ethereal spirits or as angelic beings. We will exist eternally in a body like the Lord Jesus in His forty days after the resurrection — a body that could be seen, heard, touched, and handled.
Les teaches it is flesh and bone, not flesh and blood. Jesus told His disciples that a spirit does not have flesh and bones, and He showed them His hands and feet to prove His resurrection body was tangible and real.
Yes. The risen Jesus took a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb and ate it before His disciples. Les says eating will be one of the pleasures of eternity — without weight problems, diabetes, or high blood pressure — and he points to the tree of life in Revelation 22 whose fruit is for eating.
Les suggests yes. He points to the vast empty space within atoms and to the risen Jesus suddenly appearing in the upper room without coming through a door, explaining that in the eternal state God's physics will be totally beyond what we know today.
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