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rather than resurrected (Job 33:25, Luke 20:36, 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). The nearest appropriative episodes of this to
date are those of Abraham and Sarah who returned to the youth of their
reproductive flesh at least temporarily (Gen 17:17, 18:12) and Naaman whose flesh
returned to that of a 'little child' (2 Kings 5:14). A sense of what it is to eat and
drink as a Christian is an important enabler for appropriation in this matter (1 Cor
11:29-30). The Christian’s flesh is part of Christ’s risen and perfect flesh as part of
His body (Eph 5:27, 30).

Christians have at their disposal the power of God and can live as such (Psalm
56:4, Rom 1:16, 8:30-39, 1 Cor 1:18 'unto us', 2 Cor 6:7, 13:4, Col 2:10, 2 Tim
1:7) and the Melchisedec priesthood of all believers has 'the power of an endless
life' (Psalm 56:4, 103:4-5, 10-12, 104:30, Rom 8:30-39, Heb 5:10, 7:16, 1 Peter
2:9). This does not make us God or to be God (Num 23:19).

Christ is our Passover as the lamb of God (1 Cor 5:7) and as such whatever we eat
or drink is His body and blood ( 1 Cor 11:29) as the Passover lamb was to be
completely eaten as far as possible (Exodus 12:10).

The fact that all eating and drinking is referred to is shown by the two verses from
1 Corinthians 11:20-21. The Word says that meeting together is not for the
purpose of eating the Lord’s supper (1 Cor 11:20) as this is better accomplished by
eating at home (1 Cor 11:21-22). Eating in a special building in a ceremony in
order to eat the Lord’s supper simply causes logistical problems whereby some
have eaten and others have not and some can afford more and different food than
others (1 Cor 11:21-22). The ceremony of eating a token amount of food and
drinking a token amount of liquid is a distortion of what was intended as the whole
context is eating proper (1 Cor 11:23-26). The Last Supper was a meal (Mat 26:21,
Mark 14:18, Luke 22:8) and all eating and drinking is included for the Christian for
the purpose of partaking of Christ’s body and blood (1 Cor 11:26). All drinking is
again emphasised as the practise in 1 Corinthians 11:25.

The flesh is mortal in that it must either die and be resurrected or be changed (1
Cor 15:50-54, 1 Thes 4:16-17). A Christian can remain in the perfect flesh of
youth (Luke 20:36, John 8:51) until the coming of the Lord at which point the
bodies of all alive Christians will be changed (1 Cor 15:51-52). It is a sin for those
under the Law to age and die (Gen 2:17, 6:3). Meanwhile for Christians it is not