Yes — Jesus ate food in His resurrected body, and believers will be able to eat in their resurrected bodies as well.
In Luke 24, the risen Jesus asked for food and ate broiled fish and honeycomb in front of His disciples. Les Feldick explains this shows that the resurrected body is capable of eating, and we will enjoy food in eternity without the health concerns of this life.
Luke 24:39-43 — Jesus showed His hands and feet, emphasized that He had flesh and bones, and then ate broiled fish and honeycomb in His resurrected body.
Revelation 22:2 — The tree of life bears fruit every month in the eternal city, indicating that eating is part of the restored creation.
Luke 24 records that after His resurrection, Jesus stood among His disciples and said, "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." When they still wondered and disbelieved for joy, He asked, "Have ye here any meat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish and of a honeycomb, and "He took it, and did eat before them." Revelation 22:2 also speaks of the tree of life in the eternal city: "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." This presents fruit as something present and available in eternity.
Les Feldick teaches that the resurrected body will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood, and that believers will not spend eternity in an ethereal, invisible soul state. He points to the Lord Jesus during His forty days after resurrection as the clearest illustration of our future bodies. Jesus appeared bodily, was tangible, could be touched, and yet could vanish and appear elsewhere. Most importantly, He ate broiled fish and honeycomb in front of the disciples. Les says that this proves eating is one of the pleasures we will enjoy in eternity. We will not have to worry about a weight problem, diabetic problems, or high blood pressure. The resurrected body's chemistry will be totally different, so food will be completely and pleasantly consumed. He also notes that Revelation 22's tree of life provides fruit to be eaten, showing that eating is a normal part of the eternal state.
Yes. After Jesus appeared to the eleven, they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and a honeycomb, and He took it and ate before them. Les emphasizes that this happened in His resurrected, glorified body. He did not merely appear to eat; He truly ate, and this was visible to the disciples.
Les Feldick teaches that we will not be invisible spirits or angelic beings forever. We will have a body on the same order as the Lord Jesus' post-resurrection body. It will be a flesh and bone body, not a flesh and blood body, yet it will not have the same limitations. It will be tangible and able to eat, drink, and converse, while also able to move instantly from one place to another.
Revelation 22 describes the tree of life yielding fruit every month, and Les says this fruit is for eating. He also uses Jesus eating after the resurrection and the angels eating with Abraham in Genesis 18 to show that eating is not foreign to the spiritual realm. In eternity, food will still be enjoyed, but without the physical concerns we deal with now.
Les assures that in our new resurrected bodies we will not have to worry about weight problems, diabetic problems, or high blood pressure. The chemistry of the new body will be totally different from the present flesh and blood body, and food will be totally consumed rather than creating health difficulties.
Jesus Appeared Bodily, Not as a Spirit
Les shows that Jesus' resurrected body was physical flesh and bone, not a spirit, and that He could pass into a room without coming through the door.
Flesh and Bone, Not Flesh and Blood
Les emphasizes that the eternal body will be flesh and bone, and that Jesus ate broiled fish and honeycomb before His disciples with that glorified body.
We Are Not Ethereal Souls
Les explains we will not spend eternity in an invisible soul state; we will be bodily involved and enjoy good things such as eating.
Eating Without Health Concerns
Les declares that in the resurrected body we will have pleasures like eating, with no weight problems, diabetes, or high blood pressure, and he connects this to Revelation 22's fruit.
Resurrected Body: Tangible Yet Instantly Mobile
Les shows that the resurrected body can eat, drink, be seen, and be touched, yet can also be present one moment and miles away the next.
Jesus Ate Before Them
Les highlights the detail that Jesus asked for food and ate broiled fish and honeycomb before His disciples, proving that eating belongs to the resurrected state.
Christ's Body Is the Pattern
Les points to the Lord Jesus' forty days after resurrection as the best illustration of our own resurrected body, which is not an angelic or spirit body.
Feasting in the Spiritual Realm
Les notes that spirit beings in human form feasted with Abraham in Genesis 18, and Jesus ate on the shore of Galilee, showing eating is not an unusual thought for eternity.
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 proved that His resurrected body was real physical flesh and bone, not a mere spirit.
Luke 24:41-43: And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them.
The risen Jesus ate physical food in His resurrected body, showing that eating is possible after 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.
In the eternal city, the tree of life provides fruit, implying that eating remains part of eternal life.
Genesis 18:8: And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
In the Old Testament, spirit beings in human form ate a meal prepared by Abraham, showing that eating is not foreign to the spiritual realm.
Yes. Les Feldick teaches that we will not spend eternity as invisible spirit beings. Our resurrected body will be on the order of Christ's post-resurrection body—flesh and bone, tangible, and capable of eating.
Not in the same way it is needed now, but food will still be enjoyed. Jesus ate after His resurrection, and Revelation 22 describes tree-of-life fruit for eating. Les says there will be no weight or health concerns.
Yes. Luke 24 records that He asked for food, and they gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, and He ate it before them in His resurrected body.
No, not the same flesh and blood body. Les says it will be on the same order, but not dependent on blood. The best illustration is Christ's resurrected body.
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