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even to the moon, and it shineth no^yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?" (Job25:4-6).
7.8 Celestial Bodies
"All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another." (I Corinthians 15:39,40)
Thispassageofscriptureindicatesthatnotallfleshisthesame. DrTreece MD has this to say concerning the literal interpretation of I Corinthians 15:39 and celestial bodies: "Translation - And there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one (other glory), and the
(glory) of the earthly bodies another. Commentary; Heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies. This is not the sun, moon and stars. Heavenly bodies are noted as different than earthly bodies. "The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven" (1 Corinthians 15:47).
Dr Treece goes on to interpret 1Corinthians 15:47:
Translation - The first man is dust out of the earth; the second man is out ofheaven.Commentary:Thefirstmanisdustoutoftheearth. Theword
(dust) is literally dirt that is heaped up, and appears here only in the New Testament(comparetoGenesis2:7).Thesecondmanisoutofheaven. The first man is described by his basic element, and such basic components gov ern his capabilities; likewise the second man, represented by Christ, is
described by his basic element and those components govern his exis tence." (Treece, 404,405,412,413.)
TheGreektranslationofICorinthians15:40-49 trulyindicatesthatChrist is not made of the dirt xoIk6s . He indeed is the word that became flesh Kai 6 x6y69 aip5 i yivzTo, when he comes back. He shall change us into
His heavenly nature (Romans 8:1-3,29,30; 1John 3:1-3; Philippians 3:20-21; Ephesians 1:4-11; II Peter 1:2-4).
Christ is indeed a genuine heavenly Man, the Word became flesh, and is therealsonofGod,inessenceequaltoGod. Christistheexpressimageof God s person. God does not have two personalities, but one. If we say Chnst is the earthly human person in nature, then we are denying the one-