> Here are my thoughts on this: I don't think that Jesus' physical body existed somewhere in limbo any more than you or I or any other person exists prior to our conception. Christ was conceived in the body of Mary, a virgin, by the Holy Spirit--the miracle of the Incarnation. He was 100% man, and he lived as a man, with all the trials and temptations that mankind goes through, but without sin. He died...and when he was resurrected, his old body was changed into the new, resurrection body.
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> You see, I don't believe that when you and I are resurrected, our old bodies will be discarded...but that they will be *changed*. I Corinthians 15:51-52 supports this view. Christ set the pattern for resurrection.

Not that I was asked, but my view on this is something I was told only a few months ago. On the day of Pentecost, God will raise those dead in Him. He will have the souls, already with Him in Heaven, reunite with their previous host bodies on Earth and then transform them into a new body. In this way he is taking *everything* from satan. There will be nothing for satan to be able to say that he was able to defeat God in any way. Then He will take those alive in Him and transform them as well.


> Gri"Jesus loves me, this I know"shny