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261Jesus on Earth as "Flesh andBlood"Heb . 2 :14, Dy "Therefore becausethe children are partakersof flesh and blood, he also himselfin like manner hath beenpartaker of the same : that,through death, he might destroyhim who had the empire ofdeath, that is to say, the devil ."Jesus Not in Heaven as "Fleshand Blood"1 Cor . 15 :50, Dy "Now this Isay, brethren, that flesh andblood cannot possess the kingdomof God : neither shall corruptionpossess incorruption."Gal. 1 :15, 16, Dy "But whenit pleased him who separated mefrom my mother's womb andcalled me by his grace, to revealhis Son in me, that I mightpreach him among the Gentiles :immediately I condescended notto flesh and blood."Jesus Spoke of Flesh as "Manna",Not "Unleavened Bread" ofPassoverJohn 6 :49-52, 59, Dy "Yourfathers did eat manna in thedesert : and are dead . This isthe bread which cometh downfrom heaven : that if any maneat of it, he may not die. I amthe living bread which camedown from heaven. If any maneat of this bread, he shall livefor ever : and the bread that Iwill give is my flesh, for thelife of the world. This is thebread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eatmanna and are dead . He thateateth this bread shall live forever."His Humanity Given for Life ofSinful MankindJohn 6 :54-57, Dy "Then Jesussaid to them : Amen, amen, I sayunto you : except you eat theflesh of the Son of man anddrink his blood, you shall nothave life in you . He that eatethmy flesh and drinketh my bloodMasshath everlasting life : and I willraise him up in the last day .For my flesh is meat indeed : andmy blood is drink indeed . He thateateth my flesh and drinketh myblood abideth in me : and I inhim .""Flesh" and "Body" Not AlwaysUsed SynonymouslyCol. 1 :23, 24, Dy "I Paul ammade a minister . Who now rejoicein my sufferings for youand fill up those things that arewanting of the sufferings ofChrist, in my flesh, for his body,which is the church ."Col. 1 :18, 22, Dy "And he isthe head of the body, the church :. yet now he hath reconciledin the body of his flesh throughdeath .""Body of Christ" Is His ChurchEph. 1 :22, 23, Dy "Hath madehim head over all the church,which is his body ."Eph. 5 :23, Dy "Because the husbandis the head of the wife, asChrist is the head of the church .He is the saviour of his body ."Eph. 4:12, Dy "For the perfectingof the saints, for the workof the ministry, for the edifyingof the body of Christ ."Rom . 12 :5, Dy "So we, beingmany, are one body in Christ ;and every one members one ofanother."Jesus Referred to Church withWords, "This Is My Body"Matt . 26 :26, Dy "And whilstthey were at supper, Jesus tookbread and blessed and broke andgave to his disciples and said :Take ye and eat . This is mybody ."1 Cor . 12 :12-14, 27, Dy "For asthe body is one and hath manymembers ; and all the membersof the body, whereas they aremany, yet are one body : so alsois Christ . For in one spirit werewe all baptized into one body,whether Jews or Gentiles, whetherbond or free : and in one spiritwe have all been made to drink .