Jim Parker
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That is in direct contradiction to what scripture says.Man is made in Gods image. And mans image is in weakness, corruption, dishonor, made so by God Himself.
Gen 1:31(RSV) And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
Weakness, corruption and dishonor are NOT "good."
God did not create man in weakness, corruption and dishonor. Man did that to himself.
That is NOT the meaning of the word "image." (Unless you're Alice in Wonderland.) It is a visual representation. So, when Paul said of Jesus "He is the image of the invisible God," (Col 1:15 RSV) he did not mean that mean Jesus was a "PRECURSOR" of the final product. Jesus is NOT some kind of a precursor; he is the exact representation of God's nature, (Heb 1:3 NASB)That's why it's an "image" that was made as a PRECURSOR to the final product...
That's what God did to destroy the work of the devil.That's exactly what God is saying. The natural body comes first. It is proceeded by the final product. That's the way God does things. 1 Cor. 15:46.
God did not make any defective junk as you assert.
He wasn't born a man so He could be resurrected with a glorified body. He was born a man who was perfectly without sin so He could destroy the work of the devil. He has a "glorified spiritual" and physical body because He is God incarnate.Even Jesus was born a man and resurrected a Glorified Spiritual Body.
When mankind is raised from the grave, both the good and the evil, all will have incorruptible and immortal bodies. That is the way God created Adam; immortal and incorruptible. Adam caused that immortal and incorruptible body to be subject to weakness, corruption and dishonor by his sin.
God doesn't make junk as you insist that He does.