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Our salvation is spiritual, not physical.
It's both. A "spiritual only" salvation is just Gnosticism.
We first need the Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit before we are born again (saved). It happens now, in this body. After we physically die and are resurrected, we will then receive a spiritual body to match our spiritual condition.
So is there a resurrection of the body? Yes or no?
You should understand that "salvation" is a restored relationship with the Father and a life free from ever sinning again. In other words, we will be like Christ. Our salvation occurs now in this life. The Old Man (who is the one who sins) begins to die when we are born again. The New Man which is Christ in us never sins. From God perspective, the New Man is who we are once we are born again. The Old Man is being destroyed and the New Man is maturing to produce spiritual fruits. John the Baptist, who is a "type" of our Old Man said this:
John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Salvation comes to us in the twinkling of an eye when Christ comes to us a second time. That is the time when we receive the Latter Rain.
Joe
You must understand, as far as I'm concerned this is easily dismissable heretical nonsense. But it is important that heresy such as this does not fester and then spread to others, it is bad enough that you would wish to shipwreck your own faith, but as St. Paul says in his epistle to Timothy, if left unchecked heresy spreads like an infectious disease.
So I think it's safe to say that you deny the resurrection of the body. Correct?
-CryptoLutheran
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