29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David,
***that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. ***
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
The physical flesh is the kernel, the spirit is the seed inside. When a person “dies” the kernel strips away and decays as the spirit ascends and produces glorified flesh. That flesh is of the same essence as your spirit and previous flesh, but is a transformed and perfected state.
The husk of old flesh (like cut hair and toe nail clippings) is not resurrected, but the soul takes on a physical body thus “resurrecting” a person’s being to a previous state that is more glorified than before.
This isnt Gnostic, but a synthesis of your two positions. When I pitched this to Gary a few years ago, unfortunately he didnt respond enough to know if he agreed with this.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David,
***that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. ***
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
What of this?
The physical flesh is the kernel, the spirit is the seed inside. When a person “dies” the kernel strips away and decays as the spirit ascends and produces glorified flesh. That flesh is of the same essence as your spirit and previous flesh, but is a transformed and perfected state.
The husk of old flesh (like cut hair and toe nail clippings) is not resurrected, but the soul takes on a physical body thus “resurrecting” a person’s being to a previous state that is more glorified than before.
This isnt Gnostic, but a synthesis of your two positions. When I pitched this to Gary a few years ago, unfortunately he didnt respond enough to know if he agreed with this.
Excellent exegetical responses!