What kind of body? A spiritual body.
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that when God has words recorded for us in the Bible that we are going to get a more accurate interpretation of what God is revealing to us, by using the specific definitions of those specific words.
On the other hand, you might say that by specifically using a meaning that is the opposite of the actual definition of a word that God reveals to us in the Bible, will give a false interpretation of that word and, therefore, a misinterpretation of the entire passage as a result.
That is what takes place when one defines a
solid as a
liquid.
Are they the same? No difference in those two? Could they both be said to be exactly equal in essence? Every solid thing is really in the form of a liquid?
Is that true?
Is there an example from the Bible where the proper and correct interpretation of a passage can be shown to be arrived at, by selecting a specific word spoken by God and applying a definition to that word that expresses a meaning that is the opposite of itself?
Using our two words above for example and applying meaning to one of the words in these lyrics that is the opposite of itself, does it sound to you like it makes perfect sense to say, "on Christ the liquid rock I stand"? Would that be right? Just the same as saying, " on Christ the solid rock I stand"?
Right or wrong?
If that's a cool thing for us to do, is there an example from the Bible we can bring out, where that is done, or what we need to do, to arrive at a proper interpretation?
A verse where God intends for us to use the meaning of a word that is the opposite of the normal definition of that word, for us to have the correct understanding of what He is saying to us about it?
Do you know of anywhere that is done, or where we need to really do that in that way? To know for sure what we think about that verse is right on?
Where is one at?
Where a word means the opposite of itself, "as defined in the Eyes of God"?
Each person is part of the body, just as the “lively” (living) stones Peter wrote about that comprise the Temple of God, prefigured by Solomon’s Temple,
the Temple of God, prefigured by Solomon’s Temple, which represents Christ
The local people that are the members of an assembling local Temple of God, were prefigured by the local people that assembled in Solomon's Temple, which was an actual building,
...but those members who assembled as a local Temple of God, do not represent Jesus Christ. Those members as individuals are His children that have been organized into local assembly that have agreed together to congregate and worship God, as one of the bodies of Christ, which each recognizes Jesus Christ as their Head.
For Jesus to have identified Himself as the Temple that would be torn down and rebuilt in three days, for example, He was speaking of His Personal physical body, using an anatomical metaphor.
The individual members of an assembling local Temple of God are one of Jesus' local church bodies that make it one of Jesus' local Temples, or local Tabernacles, or local households of God, or local habitations of God through the Spirit, etc., that have been 'built' (using an Architectural metaphor) with an assembling collection of Spiritually saved souls and, therefore, Eternally "lively stones", being those members of them.
Individual saved people's physical bodies are said to be "the Temple of the Holy Ghost", using an anatomical metaphor, also, which is what makes them "lively", Spiritual, "stones", that when built together locally make a spiritual house.
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" I Corinthians 6:19.
Christ builds the spiritual temple.
Why didn't you just come up with and try to say, "Christ builds dry water"?
Dryness and wetness are opposites.
Otherworldly, psychological, intangible, non material, ethereal phenomena are the opposite in meaning to the solid local bodies of individuals gathering together as one of Jesus' local Temples, or one of Jesus' local church assemblies, or local Tabernacles, or local households of God, or local habitations of God through the Spirit, etc., that have been 'built' (using an Architectural metaphor) with an assembling collection of Spiritually saved souls and, therefore, Eternally "lively stones", being those members of them.
We just probably want to remember that adding to the scriptures is not our job and nothing anyone has any business doing. Trying to invent a new meaning to the word 'Temple', by adding a modifyier that changes its connotation into the opposite of what God actually says, should be a known taboo.
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." I Peter 2:5.
When Peter has 'spiritual' modifying the word 'house', here, the lively stones, again, are local Spiritually Born Again individuals who are said to constitute a solid local 'house', when they assemble together, who each also make up a Holy priesthood, together.
To construct some new entity out of the word, 'house', and try to make it be an otherworldly, psychological, intangible, non material, ethereal phenomena would have to have the word 'spiritual' be given the opposite in meaning to the word, 'house', as it is used there, to describe one of the solid local bodies of saved individuals gathering together as one of Jesus' local churches, or solid local bodies, or local Temples.
If someone is so happy about adding to the Bible and making up new inventions that never existed in reality in any way, why don't they write about a "Universal Invisible House"? Don't they want to be consistent in their bending around of words in the Bible 180 degrees?
There has never been, nor will ever be an otherworldly, psychological, intangible, non material, ethereal 'house', talked about in the Bible, because that is the opposite in meaning to the solid local bodies of individuals gathering together as one of Jesus' local houses, made up of and built out of lively, Spiritual, stones, who are God's children He has saved congregating as that regenerated membership, which he is calling a spiritual house.
There has never been, nor will ever be an otherworldly, psychological, intangible, non material, ethereal 'church', or 'body'', or "Temple", talked about in the Bible, because those would make them have the opposite meaning to the solid local churches or solid local bodies, or Temples, of individuals gathering together as Jesus' solid local churches or solid local bodies, or Temples, that are the only kinds of churches, or bodies, congregations called a Temple, the Bible ever talks about.
Biblically speaking a church of Christ, or body of Christ, or congregating Temple, are always made up of and built out of lively, Spiritual, stones, who are God's children He has saved congregating as that regenerated membership, which Jesus called "My church", speaking of His first solid local church assembly, and "the body of Christ and members in particular", or 'Temple' that is an assembly, in which they all have particular members, and as we saw one of Jesus' solid local organizations that assembled called a spiritual house.
Local. Every time.
Unless, you are a Catholic, or Protestant, or Protestant 'baptist'.
I am a Baptist.
A Bible Baptist.
BAPTIST, btw.
Everything the Bible teaches about the phenomena attempting to use the opposite of the New Testament meanings of the words 'church', or 'body', or 'Temple', which would morph them into what men have created in their minds, when imagining the heretical teachings of a 'universal church' or 'universal body', or 'spiritual Temple', is right here:
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in our churches. "Together, we can do More"
