and you Sells hold leadership in the 'church'. Dear oh dear.

//I await his second coming in majesty and glory, Revelation 19:1-21//

Of course you do. Although it should be noted that this will occur after the talking eagles and the giant locusts with human faces.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+8%3A13&version=NRSVA
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+9%3A7&version=NRSVA

That's just the tip of the iceberg... yep, ya gotta love Biblical literalism. Those guys are a hoot.

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That's just the tip of the iceberg... yep, ya gotta love Biblical literalism. Those guys are a hoot.'

yep Toni usually a 6 year old can determine when something is written as allegory and something literal. Takes a lot of ignorance or deceit to see things the way you do.

I am still waiting for an answer. Where are the bones of Jesus?

To Sells.

The bones of Jesus would be where Jesus is. The text on the crucification and reserection show that Jesus's body wasn't in the tomb, and that Jesus was physically there when he ate with His desciples, and let them examine His wounds.

If there are any other ways of looking at it it would be that Jesus's body changed after he went to heaven as His description in the first chapters of Revelation describe Jesus in quite a different way. Though this could just be how Jesus represented Himself in John's vision, and how Jesus looks or if he's been healed in heaven are things just not known.

That said, since is a repeated question to Runner, I assume you have an answer of your own. So what are your conclusions on Jesus's bones, and Jesus's body?

I think that the only answer is that Jesus' bones lie in Palestine. We must remember that Paul, the earliest NT writer knew nothing of the empty tomb. 30 years after Paul Mark wrote a gospel that had no resurrection appearance. The legend was then embellished by the later gospel writers who gave conflicting accounts. Bodies do not just vanish from view as in Emmaus or in the locked room of John. Spirits do not eat fish by the sea. Luke is the only writer who tells us of the ascension (twice) which is a complete puzzle if we cling to a literal reading. Are the bones in low orbit around the earth? Any mature theology has to come from a metaphorical reading of the texts. It is obvious that this was they way they were meant to be read. It is out of that reading that theology flowers. A literalist reading is an unnecessary block to modern belief and one of the main reasons that so many congregations are in decline. I just think we need to grow up and read the bible as it was written, not with our positivistic historicism.
Pete