Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 149
? 142 physical body and ascended the heaven or, according to other versions, disappeared from the summit of the mountain with the same body. In other words, as the New Testament would have us believe, the Messiah not only rose from the sepulchre with his physical body but that he ascended into heavens with the same while his physical form had no significance any more. So long as he had not come into the world, he had no body. He assumed a physical form as a temporary measure for the sole purpose of taking upon himself the sins of mankind. Once the object was served there was logically no need to support the body any further. But the New Testament holds that he rose from the dead with his physical body and went to heaven with it. Thus the entire edifice of his divinity topples to the ground, and the fact emerges that the Messiah whom the Christians believe to be the equal of God the Father, is still imprisoned in his physical human form in the heavens. Again, the New Testament does when he will part with this body; in fact it says that he will be coming with it when he makes his second advent; as it is mentioned that when he will come next "And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. ” (Mark 13: 26), (i. e. , his claim will not be readily accepted; that there will arise many doubts and misgivings). not say The New Testament thus clearly says that people will see the Messiah the second time also in the same body.