Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

And so that would be ancient Platonic philosophy that gets mixed in with like the Gnosticism that develops in the second century, where the physical is bad and the spiritual is good. And so when you have the early Christians arguing against the Gnostics, they're doubling down, not that Jesus is God. They don't have a problem with that. It's that Jesus is a human.

And so that would be ancient Platonic philosophy that gets mixed in with like the Gnosticism that develops in the second century, where the physical is bad and the spiritual is good. And so when you have the early Christians arguing against the Gnostics, they're doubling down, not that Jesus is God. They don't have a problem with that. It's that Jesus is a human.

And so that would be ancient Platonic philosophy that gets mixed in with like the Gnosticism that develops in the second century, where the physical is bad and the spiritual is good. And so when you have the early Christians arguing against the Gnostics, they're doubling down, not that Jesus is God. They don't have a problem with that. It's that Jesus is a human.

Because they believe if you're human, you can't be God. You can't mix it. You're in a meat prison, and your spirit's trying to get out of there. But Jews and Christians have the inherent belief of the resurrection. So we are embodied. You're not a spirit that has a body. You're a spirit embodied. Those two things are mixed. And heaven is a layover. It's not the final goal.

Because they believe if you're human, you can't be God. You can't mix it. You're in a meat prison, and your spirit's trying to get out of there. But Jews and Christians have the inherent belief of the resurrection. So we are embodied. You're not a spirit that has a body. You're a spirit embodied. Those two things are mixed. And heaven is a layover. It's not the final goal.

Because they believe if you're human, you can't be God. You can't mix it. You're in a meat prison, and your spirit's trying to get out of there. But Jews and Christians have the inherent belief of the resurrection. So we are embodied. You're not a spirit that has a body. You're a spirit embodied. Those two things are mixed. And heaven is a layover. It's not the final goal.

Heaven is the place you go to wait for the final resurrection, when we will all be given new resurrected bodies. And that's why Jesus is called the firstfruits, is because everybody believed in the resurrection. So when Jesus keeps saying, you know, I'm going to die and I'm going to rise again, they're like, yeah, all of us, Jesus.

Heaven is the place you go to wait for the final resurrection, when we will all be given new resurrected bodies. And that's why Jesus is called the firstfruits, is because everybody believed in the resurrection. So when Jesus keeps saying, you know, I'm going to die and I'm going to rise again, they're like, yeah, all of us, Jesus.

Heaven is the place you go to wait for the final resurrection, when we will all be given new resurrected bodies. And that's why Jesus is called the firstfruits, is because everybody believed in the resurrection. So when Jesus keeps saying, you know, I'm going to die and I'm going to rise again, they're like, yeah, all of us, Jesus.

They don't understand that he's talking about something that's unique and that he's going to do it now as like a preview of what everyone's going to get in the afterlife. Like you have heaven and then the resurrection where heaven and earth meet and all things are restored.

They don't understand that he's talking about something that's unique and that he's going to do it now as like a preview of what everyone's going to get in the afterlife. Like you have heaven and then the resurrection where heaven and earth meet and all things are restored.

They don't understand that he's talking about something that's unique and that he's going to do it now as like a preview of what everyone's going to get in the afterlife. Like you have heaven and then the resurrection where heaven and earth meet and all things are restored.

I didn't know that this current one is.

I didn't know that this current one is.

I didn't know that this current one is.

I don't want to be disrespectful. You got to the part with the sore, with the white hair.

I don't want to be disrespectful. You got to the part with the sore, with the white hair.

I don't want to be disrespectful. You got to the part with the sore, with the white hair.

It went up. It's 15 now. That's Old Testament. You don't got to give 10%. You can at least give as much as you want.

It went up. It's 15 now. That's Old Testament. You don't got to give 10%. You can at least give as much as you want.