THE GREATEST FALLACIES AND BOO-BOOS OF ELI SORIANO ON POPE FRANCIS’ HOMILY SAYING JESUS IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN

August 27, 2014 by Aquino Bayani

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Eli Soriano – the fugitive same-sex rape suspect and founding father of the local man-made cult Members Church of God International (Ang Dating Daan).

THE MALICIOUS AND WICKED ACCUSATIONS OF ELI SORIANO AGAINST POPE FRANCIS:

In his blog, The Greatest Fallacy of the Roman Catholic Church Ever, Eli Soriano, the founding father of a newly invented man-made cult called the Member Church of God International, is again spreading his lies and deceptions as is the wont of effeminate busybody.

The false and malicious accusation of Eli Soriano and other anti-Catholics against Pope Francis and the Catholic Church stems from this 124 seconds video published by Romereports.com in YouTube on October 28, 2013:

 

In his article, Eli Soriano did not use the original lengthier 124 seconds video as shown above, but he instead cherry-picked the shortest 9 seconds video as shown below to hoax people into his evil ulterior motives:

 

Obviously, Eli Soriano and the other anti-Catholics malevolently selected the abridged video of Pope Francis’ homily so that they can quote it out of context to distort its intended meaning and thereby mislead gullible idiots like them into believing their lies and deceptions.

Can you imagine their barbarity in deleting 93% of the original video so that they can push their diabolical demolition job on Pope Francis and the Catholic Church at large at all cost?

Here is the transcription of the original 124 seconds video:

Start of video.

Commentator:

“During his daily morning mass, Pope Francis talks about the humanity of Jesus.  He encouraged people to see Jesus as a Man who still prays for us.  The Pope explained that through His wounds reminds the Father that He paid the ultimate price to save humanity.”

Pope Francis:

“He is the intercessor, the One who prays and prays to God with us and before us.  Jesus has saved us, He gave us this great prayer, His sacrifice, His life, to save us, to justify us: we are righteous through Him.  Now He’s gone, but He still prays.  Some ask, is Jesus is a spirit?  Jesus is not a spirit!  Jesus is a person, a man, with flesh like ours, but full of glory.  Jesus has the wounds on His hands, feet, sides, and when He prays to the Father He shows the price of justification, praying for us, as if to say: But, Father, let this not be lost!”

Commentator:

“Pope Francis is known for asking others to pray for him.  During his homily he encourages others to do the same explaining that it is based on a Christian attitude that turns people into brothers and sisters.”

End of video.

And here is the transcription of the scanty 9 seconds video presented by the deceitful Eli Soriano, et al:

Start of video.

Pope Francis:

“Some ask, is Jesus is a spirit?  Jesus is not a spirit!  Jesus is a person, a man,”

End of video.

The shrunken 9 seconds video even has this heading to further bolster the deception of their unwary victims:

Breaking NEWS: Present Pope now believes that Christ is a man!

It is very obvious from the unabridged video of Pope Francis that he was talking about the Humanity of Jesus Christ and not His Divinity that is why he is correct in saying, “Jesus is not a spirit!  Jesus is a person, a man…” among others.

On the other hand, being true to his deceitful nature, Eli Soriano craftily made it appear that Pope Francis was talking about the Divinity of Jesus Christ, instead of His Humanity, which constitutes a red herring fallacy.

In his blog, Eli Soriano lambasted Pope Francis profusely with his tirades:

“We have members in Argentina who are former Catholics. I am thanking God that after the so-called ascension of the present Pope to the alleged throne of Peter, Argentines still strove to leave the Catholic Church and join us to be members of the Church of God International! I am happy for them in the sense that Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina caused the greatest collapse in the history of the Catholic Church when as present pope he pronounced that Jesus Christ is not a spirit but human!”

“Strictly biblically speaking, a spirit begets a spirit!

JOHN 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

It is clear that the present pope is against this truth! He even said that Jesus is not a spirit but a person!”

“To say that Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man is a big lie, displaying an unparalleled ignorance of the Bible; and worse is that such ignorance comes from a leader claiming authority over more than a billion souls! Tsk! Tsk!

This is a very serious mistake, which when believed upon may cause the perdition of almost one fourth of the present world population. False beliefs are reasons enough to lose salvation.”

“Even after His death and resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ was believed to be a spirit by the real authorities of the Christian faith: the Apostles. So, why not now with the present Pope?

I CORINTHIANS 15:45

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

The Bible says the last Adam is the Lord Jesus Christ, a quickening spirit! In contrast, the Pope said Christ is not a spirit!

His declaration that Jesus Christ is not a spirit is due to the fact that the spirit of the Lord did not remove the veil of darkness in his mind!”

“To my Catholic friends, believe on what was written and you will not be victims of ignorance and fallacies. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. The truth of the word of God will set us at liberty, will free us as captives of religious leaders whose only aim is to enrich themselves and attain power and glory!”

Thus, from the horse’s mouth, Eli Soriano is clearly preaching that Jesus Christ is a spirit and not a human, not a person, or not a man.

WHO HAS THE TRUTH OF GOD OR THE LIES OF SATAN, POPE FRANCIS OR ELI SORIANO?

To recap, here are their differing beliefs:

Pope Francis:

“Some ask, is Jesus is a spirit?  Jesus is not a spirit!  Jesus is a person, a man, with flesh like ours, but full of glory.”

Eli Soriano:

“I am happy for them in the sense that Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina caused the greatest collapse in the history of the Catholic Church when as present pope he pronounced that Jesus Christ is not a spirit but human!”

“It is clear that the present pope is against this truth! He even said that Jesus is not a spirit but a person!”

“To say that Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man is a big lie, displaying an unparalleled ignorance of the Bible.”

“Even after His death and resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ was believed to be a spirit by the real authorities of the Christian faith: the Apostles.”

“The Bible says the last Adam is the Lord Jesus Christ, a quickening spirit! In contrast, the Pope said Christ is not a spirit!”

“His declaration that Jesus Christ is not a spirit is due to the fact that the spirit of the Lord did not remove the veil of darkness in his mind!”

To find out who has the truth of God or the lies of Satan, let us consult the Bible whether Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man as Pope Francis believes and preaches, or Jesus Christ is a spirit and not a human being as Eli Soriano believes and preaches.

According to the Bible, Christ is God and Spirit who became man:

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.  (Jn 4:24, KJV)

Before anything else existed, there was Christ, with God. He has always been alive and is himself God.  (Jn 1:1-2, The Living Bible)

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (Gal 4:4, KJV)

And Christ became a human being and lived here on earth among us and was full of loving forgiveness and truth. And some of us have seen his glory—the glory of the only Son of the heavenly Father!  (Jn 1:14, TLB)

It is quite true that the way to live a godly life is not an easy matter. But the answer lies in Christ, who came to earth as a man, was proved spotless and pure in his Spirit, was served by angels, was preached among the nations, was accepted by men everywhere, and was received up again to his glory in heaven.  (1 Tm 3:16, TLB)

Another rendition of 1 Timothy 3:16:

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.  (! Tm 3:16, KJV)

At the moment when Christ who is God and Spirit becomes a human being, He remains God and Spirit who becomes a human being forever, as it was written:

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  (Heb 13:8, KJV)

If Christ came to earth as a man (and not a spirit), then Christ is to remain a man forever (and not a spirit forever), as it was also written in the Hebraic Law that Christ is to remain forever as both Christ and the Son of Man (that is, a human being):

At this the people answered Him, We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; how then can You say, The Son of Man must be lifted up [on the cross]? Who is this Son of Man?  (Jn 12:34, AMP)

It is very clear from the foregoing that Christ who is God and Spirit in the beginning before all time became a human being when the right time came from His conception and remained a human being in appearance forever.

As revealed to St. Paul by the Lord Jesus Christ, a human being is composed wholly of spirit, soul, and body.  St. Paul wrote:

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  (1 Thes 5:23, KJV)

When the eternal Word (Christ) who is God and Spirit united to Himself, assumed it, and made it His own a holy body animated by a rational soul, He became a human being and was named Jesus Christ.

Thus, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man composed wholly of Spirit, Soul and Body.  It was the eternal Word (Christ) who is God and Spirit in the beginning before all time before He became a human being (Spirit, Soul, and Body) when the right time came.

At this point of the discussion, it is very clear that Pope Francis is correct and Eli Soriano is dead wrong.  Nevertheless, let’s move on:

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.  Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.  (1 Jn 4:1-3, KJV)

For many imposters (seducers, deceivers, and false leaders) have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge (confess, admit) the coming of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) in bodily form.  Such a one is the imposter (the seducer, the deceiver, the false leader, the antagonist of Christ) and the antichrist. (2 Jn 1:7, Amplified Bible)

Here is another rendition of the same verse:

Many liars have gone out into the world.  These deceitful liars are saying that Jesus Christ did not have a truly human body. But they are liars and the enemies of Christ.  (2 Jn 1:7 Contemporary English Version)

There you are, God has spoken through St. John.  It was Eli Soriano and the others like him who are the liars and the enemies of Christ and the children of Satan, and not Pope Francis who has the truth of God and truly belongs to the children of God!

The false doctrine of Eli Soriano’s Member Church of God International, that Jesus Christ is a spirit and not a human, is definitely the lie of Satan and never the truth of God.

St. John has also appended a warning in the aforementioned verse for all people to undertake against the likes of Eli Soriano:

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.  Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: for he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.  (2 Jn 1:7-11, KJV)

Even the Lord Jesus Christ has this stern warning to all people against the likes of Eli Soriano:

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  (Mt 7:15-20, KJV)

False prophets like Eli Soriano who is an alleged practicing homosexual are the biblical “tree that bringeth not forth good fruit that is hewn down, and cast into the fire” because his kinds are not welcome in the kingdom of God:

Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.  (1 Cor 6:9-10, New American Bible)

Therefore people, beware of the corrupt tree that is Eli Soriano et al as they are the liars, the antichrists, and the false prophets!

Now that the fallacies and boo-boos of Eli Soriano are exposed, let us educate him and those idiots he duped into his assembly of Satan in the hope of salvaging their souls from eternal damnation.

IN HIS 33 YEARS OF LIFE ON EARTH JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN:

In His 33 years of life on earth, Jesus Christ is the eternal Word made a human being or the God who was manifested in the flesh or the man who is in the form of God or the man in whom the fullness of God dwells.  Here are the pertinent verses:

Jesus Christ is the eternal Word made a human being (Spirit made man):

Before anything else existed, there was Christ, with God. He has always been alive and is himself God.

And Christ became a human being and lived here on earth among us and was full of loving forgiveness and truth. And some of us have seen his glory—the glory of the only Son of the heavenly Father!  (Jn 1:1-2, 14)

Jesus Christ is the God who was manifested in the flesh (God manifest in man):

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.  (1 Tm 3:16, KJV)

Jesus Christ is the man who is in the form of God (man in the form of God):

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.  (Phil 2:5-8, KJV)

Jesus Christ is the man in whom the fullness of God dwells (man with fullness of God):

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.  For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.  (Col 2:8-9, KJV)

The Bible is replete with testimonies that during His 33 short years of life on earth, Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man; Jesus Christ is not a spirit but the Son of God and the Son of Man; and Jesus Christ is not a spirit but God in the flesh, that is, Spirit in the flesh.

• Jesus Christ is not a spirit but is a man.

Here are some passages testifying that Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man:

He is despised and rejected of men; A MAN OF SORROWS, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  (Is 53:3, KJV, emphasis mine)

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I KNOW NOT THE MAN. And immediately the cock crew.  And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.  (Mt 26:74-75, KJV, emphasis mine)

And again Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with THE MAN WHOM YOU CALL THE KING OF THE JEWS?  (Mk 15:12, AMP, emphasis mine)

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether THE MAN WERE A GALILAEAN.  (Lk 23:6, KJV, emphasis mine)

Then asked they him, WHAT MAN IS THAT WHICH SAID UNTO THEE, Take up thy bed, and walk?  And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.  (Jn 5:12-13, KJV, emphasis mine)

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father.  Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.  But now ye seek to kill me, A MAN THAT HATH TOLD YOU THE TRUTH, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.  (Jn 8:39-40, KJV, emphasis mine)

He answered and said, A MAN THAT IS CALLED JESUS made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.  (Jn 9:11, KJV, emphasis mine)

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?  The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that THOU, BEING A MAN, makest thyself God.  (Jn 10:32-33, KJV, emphasis mine)

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, BEHOLD THE MAN!  (Jn 19:5, KJV, emphasis mine)

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, A MAN APPROVED OF GOD among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (Act 2:22, KJV, emphasis mine)

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST, hath abounded unto many.  (Rom 5:15, KJV, emphasis mine)

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS; (1 Tm 2:5, KJV, emphasis mine)

The Lord Jesus Christ though He is not a spirit but a man is the true God and Life eternal:

And we [have seen and] know [positively] that the Son of God has [actually] come to this world and has given us understanding and insight [progressively] to perceive (recognize) and come to know better and more clearly Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah). This [Man] is the true God and Life eternal.  (1 Jn 5:20, AMP) 

• Jesus Christ is not a spirit but is the Son of God and the Son of Man.

Jesus Christ Himself said He is the Son of God and the Son of Man:

When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.  He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.  And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.  (Mt 16:13-17, KJV)

Being the only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ is God; and being the Son of Man, Jesus Christ is Man, as it was written:

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  (Jn 3:6, KJV)

In the New Testament of the New American Bible, there are 42 verses that say Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and there are 79 verses that say He is the Son of Man.

Before the eternal Word, which is Christ, became flesh, He is God and Spirit as He was begotten and came out from God who is Spirit (cf Heb 1:5; Jn 16:27, 4:24, KJV).

But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son (the eternal Word, which is Christ, who was God and Spirit) made of a woman (Mary), made under the law (cf Gal 4:4), in order to partake of her (Mary’s) flesh and blood so that by the grace of God the Son of God should become the Son of Man who can taste death for every man (cf Heb 1:14, 9).

And the Word was made flesh, that is, the Son of God was made the Son of Man, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (cf Jn 1:14, KJV).

Thus, Jesus Christ is the Son of God (the eternal Word aka Christ who was God and Spirit) in the flesh, that is, Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the Son of Man. 

• Jesus Christ is not a spirit but is God in the flesh, that is, Spirit in the flesh.

Here are some passages testifying that Jesus Christ is not a spirit but God in the flesh or Spirit in the flesh:

In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.

AND THE WORD (CHRIST) BECAME FLESH (HUMAN, INCARNATE) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.  (Jn 1:1-3, 14, AMP, emphasis mine)

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.  (1 Tm 3:16, KJV, emphasis mine)

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, GOD SENDING HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: (Rom 8:3, KJV, emphasis mine)

WHO IN THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (Heb 5:7, KJV, emphasis mine)

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, BEING PUT TO DEATH IN THE FLESH, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Pt 3:18, KJV, emphasis mine)

Forasmuch then as CHRIST HATH SUFFERED FOR US IN THE FLESH, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; (1 Pt 4:1, KJV, emphasis mine)

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH is of God: (1 Jn 4:2, KJV, emphasis mine)

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. (2 Jn 1:7, KJV, emphasis mine)

AFTER HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN:

The Bible is abundant with testimonies that after His death and resurrection, Jesus Christ is not a spirit but is a man, ie, the visible God in a glorious Body.

When He was risen, Jesus Christ Himself explained to His disciples that He is not a spirit but a man:

And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.  And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.  But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.  And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?  Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.  And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.  And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?  And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.  And he took it, and did eat before them.  (Lk 24:33-43, KJV)

To stress His point that He is not a spirit but a man, Jesus Christ craved for a meat!  How on earth can a spirit masticate, shallow, digest, and defecates excrement out of a solid meal?

When the Lord Jesus Christ arose from His borrowed grave, His badly mutilated corpus did neither healed completely and restored to its pristine condition naturally nor was it transformed into a spirit, but rather, it was made into a glorious body supernaturally, a body nonetheless and not a spirit, but it retained the piercings that were inflicted in it for posterity to see as evidence of His sacrifice for our sins (cf Heb 10:12; 1 Pt 2:24) in His second coming:

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.  (Phil 3:20-21, KJV)

Even in heaven where He is now, Jesus Christ is not a spirit, but a man with a glorious body.  Before ascending into heaven, Jesus Christ let His disciples behold, touch, and even poke at His glorious body and its impalements:

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.  And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.  Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.  And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.  But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.  The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.  And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.  Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.  And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.  Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.  (Jn 20:19-29, KJV)

Apparently, the only discernible vestige that Jesus Christ’s resurrection body is a glorious body, aside from its supernaturalness as outlined below, was that it can pass through solid objects like closed doors as mentioned in the two different occasions above:

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.  And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.  The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.  As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.  And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.  (1 Cor 15:42-49, KJV)

Like the Lord Jesus Christ, our natural body shall be transformed into a spiritual body, that is, a glorious body, after the final judgment, so we can enter Paradise, as it was written:

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.  O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  (1 Cor 15:50-57, KJV)

Thus, the spiritual body aka the glorious body of the Lord Jesus Christ is not only incorruptible but most importantly it is immortal.  This means Jesus Christ will never be a spirit but remains a man with a glorious body that is both incorruptible and immortal forever!

Eli Soriano is not only the deceiver, the antichrist, and the false prophet  that he is, but he is also the false teacher who is bringing in the damnable heresy that Jesus Christ is a spirit and not a man in glorious body to his idiotic unwary captive followers financing his religious cash cow:

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.  And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.  And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.  (2 Pt 2:1-3, KJV)

Here are more irrefutable proofs that after His death and resurrection, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a spirit but a man.

If the Lord Jesus Christ is a spirit and not a person, a man, after His death and resurrection, then, He would have been invisible to the human eye.  But the fact that He was seen by numerous people proves that after His death and resurrection, Jesus Christ is not a spirit, but a person, a man, as Pope Francis preaches correctly.

God the Father is Spirit (cf Jn 4:24), and as such He is invisible:

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.  (1 Tm 1:17, KJV)

The Son who is God Himself who became man (cf Jn 1:1, 18, 14; 1 Tm 3:16, AMP) is the image of the invisible God the Father:

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Col 1:12-15, KJV)

Thus, after His death and resurrection the Lord Jesus Christ was seen alive again not as a spirit but as a person, a man:

• Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene:

Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.  And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.  And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.  (Mark 16:9-11, KJV)

• Jesus appears to two believers traveling on the road:

After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.  And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.  (Mark 16:12-13, KJV)

• Jesus appears to the disciples including St. Thomas:

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.  (Mark 16:14, KJV)

• Jesus appears to his five hundred brethren and to St. Paul:

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.  After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.  And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.  For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.  (1 Corinthians 15:3-9, KJV)

• Jesus appears to the Apostles and gives them their Great Commission and then ascends into heaven in the full view of the Apostles:

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.  So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.  (Mark 16:15-19, KJV)

• Jesus appears to His disciples and joined them in their meals:

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.  (Lk 24:30-31, KJV)

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?  And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.  And he took it, and did eat before them.  (Lk 24:41-43, KJV)

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.  Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.  Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.  Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.  This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.  (Jn 21:9-14, KJV)

AFTER HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN, JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN, IE, HE IS THE VISIBLE GOD IN A GLORIOUS BODY:

When the Lord Jesus Christ had accomplished purification from sins, He took His seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high in Heaven (cf Heb 1:3), from whence, as a man in a glorious body and not as spirit, He mediates for us men on earth:

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5, KJV)

Thus, the Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven was visibly seen as a man in glorious body and not as an invisible spirit according to the following accounts and testimonies of the men of God:

• From heaven, Jesus appears to St. Stephen who was martyred by stoning:

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.  But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.   Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.  And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.  And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.  (Acts 7:54-60, KJV)

• From heaven, Jesus appears to St. Paul who was persecuting His church:

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.  And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?  And he said, Who art thou, Lord?  And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.  And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?  And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.  And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.  And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.  And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.  (Acts 9:1-9, KJV)

Before getting temporarily blind, St. Paul admits he saw the Lord Jesus Christ:

And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.  For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.  (1 Corinthians 15:8-9, KJV)

• From heaven, Jesus appears to St. John who was exiled in the island of Patmos:

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.  I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.  And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.  His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.  And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.  (Revelation 1:9-16, KJV)

The face of Jesus shines as the sun in its brightest whenever He is in communion with God the Father like in His transfiguration in Mt. Tabor:

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.  And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.  Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.  While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.  And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.  And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.  And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.  (Matthew 17:1-7, KJV)

• In heaven, when the spirit of St. John was brought there he saw Jesus Christ as a Lamb:

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.  And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.  (Revelation 4:1-2, KJV)

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.  And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.  (Revelation 5:4-6, KJV)

Earlier on earth, another St. John, the Baptizer, also saw Jesus as a lamb:

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.  (John 1:29, KJV)

 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!  (John 1:35-36, KJV)

IN HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN AS WELL AS IN HIS RETURN FROM HEAVEN JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN, IE, HE IS THE VISIBLE GOD IN A GLORIOUS BODY:

When Jesus ascends into Heaven, He is not a spirit but a man for a spirit has no hands while a man has a hand like He has:

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.  And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.  (Lk 24:50-51, KJV)

The Lord Jesus Christ was taken up to heaven not a spirit but a man, and He will return again not a spirit but a man:

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.  (Act 1:6-11, KJV)

Even Jesus Christ Himself affirms that He shall be seen seated at the right hand of God and coming again in the clouds of heaven:

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.  Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.  (Matthew 26:63-64, KJV)

Indeed, the Lord Jesus Christ is not an invisible spirit but a visible man in His coming with the clouds because every eye shall see him even the perforation marks of His crucifixion and stabbing in His body:

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.  (Rv 1:7, KJV)

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly.  Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  (Rv 22:20, KJV)

When the Lord Jesus Christ comes again not as a spirit but as a man in a glorious body, He remains the Almighty God in a spiritual flesh:

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).  (Rv 1:7-8, AMP)

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.  Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.  For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.  I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.  (Rv 22:12-16, KJV)

EVEN IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN, IE, HE IS THE VISIBLE GOD IN A GLORIOUS BODY:

The Day of Judgment:

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.  (2 Pt 3:5-7, KJV)

The judgment seat of Christ:

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.  (2 Cor 5:10, KJV)

God will judge the world by that man Jesus Christ and not by that spirit Jesus Christ:

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.  (Act 17:30-31, KJV)

EVEN BEYOND THE DAY OF JUDGMENT JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A SPIRIT BUT IS A MAN, IE, HE IS THE VISIBLE GOD IN A GLORIOUS BODY:

After His resurrection but before His ascension into Heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a spirit but is a man for He is the visible God in a glorious body, even unto the end of the world:

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.  (Mt 28:18-20, KJV)

This is so because the Lord Jesus Christ is not a spirit but remains a man starting from His conception in the immaculate womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary until forever.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.  Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.  (Heb 13:8-9, KJV)

THEREFORE, ANY WHICH WAY WE LOOK AT ELI SORIANO, WE SEE: A DECEIVER; AN ANTICHRIST; A FALSE PROPHET; A FALSE TEACHER; A CHARLATAN; A BRAGGART; AND A FALSE SELF-CLAIMED STEWARD OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD.

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