Good morning Everyone,
We sure covered a lot of territory in one verse, 1 Corinthians 15:39, discussing the different types of terrestrial flesh in this world. There is human flesh, animal flesh, fish flesh, and bird flesh. The one flesh Paul did not discuss is angelic flesh. As we walked through the scriptures, starting in Job 38:4-7, Job 1:6, 2:1; Genesis 6:1-5; 1 Peter 3:18-20; 2 Peter 2:4-10; Jude 6-7. All these verses help us to understand that the sons of God in the Old Testament were direct creations of God / angelic beings who glorified God at creation, and then followed Lucifer in his rebellion, chronicled in Isaiah 14:12-20, Ezekiel 28:12-19; Revelation 12:3-4. Job 41 is a description of Lucifer’s fallen condition as Satan, the devil, the dragon, Leviathan. He is the king of all the children of pride.
The angels / stars that the dragon drew out of heaven with him were still in their first estate, their celestial bodies as part of Satan’s government described in Ephesians 6:10-12: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
They are the principalities, powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world, and the spiritual wickedness in high places. As we discovered, when some of these fallen angels / sons of God committed an abomination against Creator God by going after “strange flesh” mingling their angelic flesh with human flesh and animal flesh, they became mortal, and were trapped in time and space, and were subject to all the scientific laws like gravity, etc. This is how they were able to be destroyed in the Genesis flood, and placed in everlasting chains under darkness. This group of angels were the ones Jesus went and preached to, when he went to hell after his crucifixion. He had a job to do even while his body lay in the grave for three days and three nights. He comforted the thief on the cross, by telling him that he would be with him in paradise “today.” Luke 23:42-43
We finished the study by reading Romans 1:18-32, seeing the downward spiral of society and culture, by worshiping and serving the creature rather than the creator. Man has made idols of all the kinds of flesh Paul described in V.39.
Romans 1:20-23: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Because of this idolatry, God has given mankind over to uncleanness, inordinate affection, and a reprobate mind. This is the condition of the culture and society of our world system in which we live. Strange flesh is defined as that which goes against the natural design and use designed by God. All of the works of the flesh described in Romans 1 condemn man, revealing his need of redemption through the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ!