Originally Posted by Relztrah
OK. But didn't Christ take on a glorified, immortal body after the resurrection, which he still has? This glorified body is not like our mortal bodies, is it? I still don't see how Christ has "our[mortal] nature" even though I understand how he took on and retains human nature though without sin.

Thank you for your help in explaining what is for me a difficult concept.
Yes, Christ's "mortal" body was transformed into an "immortal" body. But that doesn't diminish nor negate the human nature which He has and shall ever have. The Heidelberg doesn't say mortal nature, only our nature. The saints will likewise be given an immortal body when they are glorified but that doesn't mean they will have a different nature. grin

The apostle Paul explains this transformation which Christ has already had and which we shall have:

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1 Corinthians 15:53-54 (ASV) "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."
See also: Rom 8:11; Lk 20:36; Phil 3:21.

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