Yes—Jesus Himself ate in His resurrected body, and Les Feldick teaches that we will likewise enjoy food with our glorified bodies.
In Luke 24, the risen Christ asked the disciples for food and ate broiled fish and honeycomb before them in His resurrection body. Les presents this as direct proof that a resurrected body can ingest and enjoy food. He also points to the Tree of Life in Revelation 22 bearing fruit for eating in the eternal state.
Luke 24:42-43 — Jesus ate fish and honeycomb before His disciples in His resurrected body, directly demonstrating that a glorified body can eat.
Revelation 22:2 — The tree of life yields twelve kinds of fruit monthly in the New Jerusalem, indicating food for the eternal state.
Luke 24 records that after His resurrection Jesus appeared to His disciples, showed them His hands and His feet, and asked whether they had any meat. They gave Him a piece of broiled fish and of an honeycomb, and he took it, and did eat before them. This is the central scriptural evidence that a resurrected body is capable of eating. Revelation 22:2 also describes the eternal New Jerusalem, where the tree of life 'bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month.' In Genesis 18, Abraham set butter, milk, and dressed calf before the Lord and two angels who appeared in human form, and they did eat.
Les Feldick repeatedly uses the post-resurrection meal in Luke 24 as proof that our eternal bodies will be able to enjoy food. He states that Jesus 'took it, and did eat before them in that resurrected body' and calls this a demonstration that 'for all eternity we're going to have a body that can still enjoy food.' He adds that those who love to eat can take heart because we will not have to worry about pounds, cholesterol, or health problems. He also references the Tree of Life in Revelation 22, noting that its fruit is for eating and for our pleasure. Les emphasizes that we will not spend eternity as ethereal, invisible souls but as bodily beings. He points out that Jesus showed His hands and feet and ate broiled fish and honeycomb with His glorified body. He also connects this to Genesis 18, where spirit beings in human form ate with Abraham, showing that eating is not unusual for bodily, eternal existence.
Yes. In Luke 24 the risen Lord asked the disciples, 'Have ye here any meat?' They gave Him broiled fish and honeycomb, and Luke writes, 'And he took it, and did eat before them.' Les calls this 'amazing' and says Jesus 'ate with that glorified body.'
Les teaches that in the eternal state we will be 'flesh and bone, not flesh and blood.' He points to Jesus showing His hands and feet, and to Jesus eating fish and honeycomb, as evidence that a glorified body can still be fully physical and can eat. He also says we will have 'that glorious body that won't be contained by walls or ceilings or space' yet eating will still be possible.
In Revelation 22 the tree of life bears 'twelve manner of fruits' and yields fruit every month. Les asks, 'Now what's fruit for? Eating!' He says the fruits are for our pleasure and to 'enhance our eternalness.' He also notes the use of the word 'month' implies time in the eternal state.
Les says no. He points to Genesis 18, where the Lord and two angels appeared in human form and sat down to feast with Abraham. He comments, 'There's nothing unusual about that.' This is another indication that food and eating are part of God's eternal purposes.
Les reassures those who love to eat: 'You're not going to have to worry about those pounds, you're going to be able to enjoy all these things without health problems, cholesterol, and what have you.' Eating will be pleasurable without the negative effects of present physical life.
Why the Twelve Apostles Stayed in Jerusalem — Acts 1 & 8
Not a word of it. It went off of them like water off a duck's back. It never registered. "...and they understood none of these things, and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things that were spoken." Now that's kind of hard to swallow. I know it is. But the book says it. And consequently, when the crucifixion came on the scene, were they expecting it? No.
Eating in the Resurrection Body
Les points to Jesus eating fish and honeycomb and says this proves we will have bodies that can still enjoy food in eternity, without the health concerns of today.
Tree of Life Fruit and Eternal Pleasure
Les explains that Jesus ate in His resurrection body and that we will too, and he describes the Tree of Life fruit as being for our pleasure and to enhance our eternalness.
Bodily Existence in Eternity
Les teaches that we will not be ethereal souls in eternity but will be bodily involved, and he uses Jesus' post-resurrection eating to show that food is one of the good things we will enjoy.
Tree of Life Fruit Is for Eating
Les notes that the Tree of Life will bear twelve kinds of fruit and asks what fruit is for, answering 'Eating!' He connects this to our resurrected bodies enjoying food.
Spirit Beings Feasting
Les reminds us that Jesus ate after His resurrection and that the Lord and two angels also ate with Abraham in Genesis 18, showing that eating is not unusual for bodily spiritual beings.
Glorified Body and Eating Possible
Les teaches that our glorious resurrection body will not be contained by walls or space, yet eating will still be possible because the risen Jesus ate as plain as day.
Jesus Ate in His Glorified Body
Les highlights that in the eternal state we will be flesh and bone, not flesh and blood, and that Jesus showed His hands and feet and then ate fish and honeycomb in that glorified 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 showed His physical resurrected body, which had flesh and bones, before He ate.
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 direct scriptural record that Jesus ate in His resurrected 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.
The tree of life in the New Jerusalem bears fruit, which Les identifies as being for eating in the eternal state.
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.
The Lord and two angels in human form ate a meal with Abraham, showing that spirit beings in human form can eat.
Yes. Jesus ate fish and honeycomb in His resurrected body, and Les Feldick teaches that believers will also enjoy food in their glorified bodies.
Yes. In Luke 24, the disciples gave the risen Jesus a piece of broiled fish and a honeycomb, and He took it and ate before them.
Les says no. He teaches that we will be able to enjoy food without worrying about pounds, cholesterol, or other health problems in our resurrected bodies.
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