Please explain why it says flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom in 1 Corinthians 15.
Yes, that is true for the heavenly part of His kingdom, and that is the context of what Paul (the Apostle who tells us about God's heavenly kingdom) is talking about.
Yes, that is true for the heavenly part of His kingdom, and that is the context of what Paul (the Apostle who tells us about God's heavenly kingdom) is talking about.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). This is how God divides up His kingdom (a king's domain) in the bible.
Moses, the Lord Jesus, and the 12 Apostles all deal with the earthly part of that coming kingdom. But when you rightly divide the Word of Truth, God raised up our Apostle Paul to explain the part. That is what Paul is doing in 1 Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 15:50
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the [heavenly portion of the] kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the [heavenly portion of the] kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Notice that this is something that Paul says! And the portion of the kingdom is the heavenly portion given to the church, the Body of Christ!
Ephesians 1:3; 2:6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
It is this heavenly kingdom that Paul is referencing in 1 Corinthians 15. It is this portion of God's kingdom that "flesh and blood" cannot inherit. That is why we get new bodies! Bodies that are not "flesh and blood" like these present earthly bodies, but one's that are "flesh and bones" like our Lord's!
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 [no blood, as blood is only needed for human life on earth...Leviticus 17:11], as ye see me have.
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones [no blood, as blood is only needed for human life on earth...Leviticus 17:11], as ye see me have.
And although Paul says that the heavenly portion will not allow "flesh and blood," the earthly portion will!
Matthew 25:31-34
When the Son of man shall come in his glory [2nd coming], and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory [on the earth]: And before him shall be gathered all nations [flesh and blood]: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
When the Son of man shall come in his glory [2nd coming], and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory [on the earth]: And before him shall be gathered all nations [flesh and blood]: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Hopefully this helps!
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