Pat Gohn, musing in an essay about human dignity:
Q: What are the only man-made things in heaven? Take you time. Puzzle it out. We can wait…
Answer: The nail prints on the hands and feet of Jesus, and the scar in his side.
Why?
Jesus still has a human body. The omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent almighty Savior of the World still has a human body, albeit a glorified one. [...] Even now, that mystical Body is united with the Trinity. The body of Jesus was not some kind of disposable earthly transport vehicle. No. Jesus completely united himself to humanity in a permanent way.
After that Gohn harks to Genesis 1: 26-27. It's good stuff.
Elsewhere in the theology corner, I should have mentioned this yesterday. And if you're in the mood for a longish but gripping biography of a good man too-little understood, go read Eric Metaxas' sympathetic, inspiring treatment of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, which is easily the best biography I've read in years.
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