A Body Prepared
“5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—In the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.’ ” 8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), “Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me” (Heb. 10:5-8).
We hear of a body that was prepared for the Messiah, for Jesus, and with purpose. But we must understand that there were actually three bodies throughout the history of man. In this lesson we will consider these three bodies, their purpose and timing.
- Is the body of Man himself…
- The Lord’s physical body…
- And three the “body of Christ”, the church…
We begin in the beginning with the first body that was prepared…