Although difficult to understand in many versions of the Bible, 1 Pet 3:18 states Jesus was raised a spirit. Paul tried to explain it as well in 1 Cor 15:44-50. Now on a common sense examination, was Jesus physical when he resided in heaven prior to coming? Was Jesus statement about flesh and blood not being able to inherit the heavenly Kingdom true or false? Did Jesus give his flesh and blood in behalf of the world? What was sacrificed, Jesus' life as a human which corresponded exactly to what Adam lost, or his infinitely superior life as a spirit being in heaven? Do you understand Brake? He did not come here to sacrifice his perfect heavenly life as God's son, rather he was sent here as a human to give his human life in behalf of mankind, and then he went back to his own life. In fact, because he was willing to do that, God placed him in the #2 position in heaven, he sit at God' own right hand sir.
Jesus did appear to his disciples in a real physical body as every recorded angel has done in the past, why? Simply put spirit beings are not discernable to fleshly humans. Was it his body? NO! Never was he recognized by any of his close friends, and while many do not find that to be strange, how can 11 intimate associates forget in less than 3 days what their best friend looked like. It is preposterous sir.
There is a whole farm of straw men here which you have resorted to in order to defend just one point of belief. They are unnecessary and superfluous to the discussion. For example, no-one is arguing about the nature of Christ before the incarnation. No-one of arguing that He gave his life to redeem man. No-one is arguing that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. But does it ever occur to you that there are explanations beyond what the Watchtower have taught you? Have you ever asked yourself why JWs aren't allowed to accept literature from those they visit? Have you ever considered that truth is deeper and more precious than anything you have heretofore encountered? Have you ever considered that what you think is deep understanding (compared to the world) is in reality only superficial? Have you ever considered that
none of us understand the real deep things of God, and that we will h have all eternity to learn and never reach the end of knowledge?
Do you understand the relation of the spirit and mind, and how people experience out-of-body events, particularly at death, even though scripture declares death is a sleep?
Do you understand the occult, and how people can travel spiritually to distant realms and speak with demons and Satan himself?
Do you understand all there is to know of metaphysics, and how doing one seemingly simple act on one side of the planet has an effect on unrelated events the other side of the planet?
Do you understand how Jesus was able to walk through walls, yet could be touched, handled, and yet two disciples not recognize him, their eyes being 'holden that they couldn't recognize Him', (Luke 24:16) yet the disciples knew him on the beach when He cooked them a barbecue? (John 21)
Do you understand the difference between a glorified body, a body such as we have now, and a spirit? Do angels have bodies? Yes, yet they are spirits are they not? How does a spirit take Lot by the hand of he doesn't have a body?
There are questions and realities we don't understand. We ought not pontificate on subjects we do not, and cannot fathom. What we do know is that we will be resurrected, we will partake of food and wine in heaven, we will live in houses and triste to physical real life creatures in the new earth, yet be able to travel between stars and galaxies beyond our imagination. How? Well, the exciting thing will be discovering that, and many other things that our minds aren't up to understanding at present.
Will we have blood in our new glorified bodies? Maybe. I'm not sure. But when Jesus spoke of flesh and blood inheriting the kingdom, I don't think He was necessarily referring to actual physical flesh and blood, but rather the carnal nature. He was saying that sinners, except they repent and be born again, will die and not be resurrected to life, but to damnation.
