Yes — eating will be part of our resurrected body experience, as Jesus Himself ate after rising.
In Luke 24, the risen Jesus took broiled fish and honeycomb and ate before His disciples. Les Feldick points to this, along with the breakfast on the Sea of Galilee in John 21, as evidence that glorified bodies can enjoy food. He also cites Revelation 22's tree of life, which yields fruit every month to be eaten.
Luke 24:42-43 — Jesus ate broiled fish and honeycomb in His resurrected body — the clearest proof that eating continues after resurrection.
John 21:12-13 — Jesus shared bread and fish with His disciples on the shore of Galilee after His resurrection.
In Luke 24, after His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples and asked, 'Have ye any meat?' They gave Him a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb, and He took it and ate before them. This is a direct record of the risen Lord consuming food in His resurrected body. In John 21, Jesus prepared breakfast on the shore of Galilee, telling His disciples to 'Come and dine,' and He took bread and fish and gave them to them. Revelation 22 describes the tree of life bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding fruit every month, indicating that fruit is provided for eating in the eternal city.
Les Feldick teaches that the resurrected body will not be an invisible spirit existence but a tangible body on the same order as Jesus's resurrected body. Since Jesus ate broiled fish and honeycomb before His disciples, Les says that for all eternity we will have a body that can still enjoy food. He encourages those who love to eat to take heart: no weight problems, no cholesterol, no health worries. He also points to Revelation 22's tree of life as an example of eating in the eternal state, and to the breakfast on the Sea of Galilee in John 21. He notes that while our present bodies need food daily, the resurrected body will not need to eat three meals a day; eating will be a pleasure, not a necessity, and the body will totally consume what it ingests without the need for elimination.
Yes. In Luke 24, Jesus asked for meat, and the disciples gave Him a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb. He took it and ate before them. The same event is recounted in John 21 when Jesus prepared breakfast on the shore of Galilee and shared bread and fish with His disciples.
Les Feldick assures us that in the eternal state, we will enjoy food without health concerns. He says we won't have to worry about weight problems, diabetic issues, cholesterol, or high blood pressure. The resurrected body will be able to fully consume what we eat.
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:13 that God will destroy both food and the stomach. Les applies this by saying we won't need to eat three meals a day in our resurrected bodies; eating will become a pleasure, not a physical necessity.
Jesus's resurrection body was flesh and bone, tangible to touch, and yet not limited by space. Les points out that our glorified bodies will be on the same order — able to eat and drink, converse, and move from place to place in an instant.
Resurrected Jesus Ate Before His Disciples
Les introduces the fact that Jesus ate a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb in His resurrected body, and connects it to the disciples' fishing trip in John 21.
Eating Is an Eternal Pleasure
Les directly answers the question: in our glorified bodies we will still enjoy food, without weight or health problems, because Jesus ate in His resurrected body.
The Tree of Life and a New Body Chemistry
Les explains that the tree of life in Revelation 22 produces fruit to be eaten, and that our resurrected bodies will consume food completely, without the need for sanitation.
The Resurrected Body Mirrors Jesus
Les says our eternal body will be like Jesus's resurrection body — tangible and physical, not an angelic spirit existence.
Pleasures of Eating After Resurrection
Les tells listeners that eating will still be possible in glory, because Jesus ate plainly on the shore of Galilee.
Eating and Drinking in the Resurrection Body
Les notes that Jesus's resurrection body could eat and drink, converse, and be touched, yet could also appear and disappear instantly.
He Ate With His Glorified Body
Les emphasizes that Jesus took the broiled fish and honeycomb and ate with His glorified body, showing most people miss this detail.
No Need for Three Meals a Day
Les says in the new body we won't have to eat for survival, but the Lord will still give us the pleasure of eating, as He did at the Sea of Galilee.
Luke 24:42-43: And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them.
This is the key passage showing Jesus eating in His resurrected body.
John 21:12-13: Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
Jesus shared a breakfast of bread and fish with His disciples after His resurrection.
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.
Les cites this verse as evidence that fruit will be available to eat in the eternal state.
1 Corinthians 6:13: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Paul shows that food and the stomach belong to our temporal existence, which Les applies to the resurrection 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's resurrected body was tangible — flesh and bones, not merely spirit.
Yes. In Luke 24:42-43, the disciples gave the risen Jesus a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb, and He took it and ate before them. Les Feldick calls this a clear demonstration that the resurrected body can eat.
No. Les Feldick teaches that we will enjoy food without weight gain, diabetes, cholesterol, or high blood pressure. Our resurrected bodies will have a totally different chemistry.
No. Our current bodies need food daily, but in the eternal state we will not have to eat to survive. Eating will be a pleasure, not a necessity.
Revelation 22:2 describes the tree of life bearing fruit every month on both sides of the river. Les says this fruit is for eating, showing that food will be part of the eternal state.
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