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When the word ‘holy’ is used to describe the seed of Israel, the people, priests and
Levites (Ezra 9:2), this is not referring to Christians.

All men (Isaiah 53:6), and all Christians (1 John 1:8), are sinners. A person is
either completely righteous before God (Rom 8:1, 1 John 3:6) or completely
unrighteous (Jam 2:10). For those under sin and the Law however the sins of the
person will vary by both degree of sin (John 19:11) and number of sins (Luke
7:47). This however is of no consequence as the current state of a man and his
eternal destiny is a binary and mutually exclusive choice between two absolutes:
either under and in sin (John 8:21, 24) or free from all sin (Rom 3:22, Rev 20:15).
All non-Christians, in all time, that have died have died in their sins (John 8:21,
Rev 20:15) and the default position for these is eternal death (Mark 16:16, Rom
1:20, Rev 20:15).

Even sins we might regard as ‘lesser’ such as coming near a menstrous women or
charging interest (Ezek 18:6, 8, 13) are singled out by God as abominations (Ezek
18:6, 13).

The Body and Blood of Christ

Whenever Christians eat or drink and whatever it is they eat or drink, that is the
perfect, risen and actual, Body and Blood of the Lord (Deut 32:14, Isaiah 51:12-14,
Mat 26:26, 28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:19-20, John 4:14, 1 Cor 10:16-17, 11:21,
24-26, 29, Heb 2:14). Whilst it is good to bless the cup (1 Cor 10:16) this does not
detract from the fact that all food and drink consumed by Christians is the body
and blood of the Lord whether they are aware of this fact or not (John 4:14, 34,
6:35, 48, 51, 53-56, 1 Cor 10:16 - the bread was not blessed -, 1 Cor 11:20-21, 25,
29, 1 John 5:8). Thus we are one body by all having the same food from the same
body (1 Cor 10:17). The Last (and therefore given the above, First) Supper which
instituted this is the precise start of the New Testament (Mat 26:28, Mark 14:24,
Luke 22:20).

Christians in this life can have a perfect body without imperfection, this is effective
appropriation (Job 33:25, Luke 20:36, 21:18, John 8:51, 17:2, Rom 6:4 'should', 6
'destroyed', 14 'dominion', 8:10-11 'quicken' & 'mortal', 19-22 'manifestation' &
'delivered', 36-39, 9:23 'vessels of mercy', 1 Cor 1:18, 2:7-8, 11:30, 2 Cor 3:5-18,
6:9, 13:11, Eph 4:13-16, Phil 4:13, Col 1:27-28, 2:9-15, 3:1, Heb 2:14, 5:6, 9-10,
7:16-17, 28, 1 Pet 2:5, 9, 2 Pet 1:3), but not the absolute appropriation which
occurs at the changing or resurrection (Eph 5: 27-32, 2 Peter 3:14). It is therefore
not God’s primary will that we grow old and die but should instead be changed