Even in the old covenant, God required faith in His strength. The Hebrews had to have courage to even enter into the promised land. Both to work and to rest with God always required faith in His work. The Hebrews provoked God in the wilderness, by their lack of trust in His supernatural ability. They could’t see it. They believed they had to inherit the promised land by the strength of their flesh. That is why they didn’t enter. The people who were occupying the promised land were obviously too big to conquer with their own strength. The promised land could only be entered by faith in the enablement coming from Yahweh. They had to trust in His deliverance. The unfaithful Hebrews delayed their inheritance for 40 years, because they believed in reigning the kingdom in superior flesh. The next generation body would enter the typical promised land as a type of rebirth from above. Caleb and Yeshua had the faith to take the nation into the land, but the majority of the 12 representatives were too fixed on the flesh. God did not eliminate the two faithful Hebrews, God disqualified and removed the 10 Hebrews who could only see in the flesh. They provoked Him to anger.

Like many of us today, the Hebrews in the wilderness could only imagine ruling the land in the strength of the flesh. God became angry with His people for 40 years for not having faith to enter into their 1000 years of land occupation. They correctly saw their weakness in the flesh. So why didn’t God just give them superhuman flesh bodies? Why did they have to trust in a realm they couldn’t see? It really was physically impossible to occupy and rule in the kingdom? It didn’t just look that way. It was that way.

Will God’s people always be asked to reign by faith in Him or will we get some glorified flesh that we can really count on someday? Should we expect a millennial fulfillment in the strength of resurrected super-flesh after all? Seeing Jesus flex His muscles on earth should help us to increase our faith in Him. Then we will rule in the kingdom here on earth, in the flesh. Will Jesus return to earth to reign in God’s kingdom with His glorified flesh body? Will Jesus rule in the flesh like a Sampson, yet without sin? That was never His example to us. He never even hinted at that.

Jesus ruled over all His creation while He was in His old covenant body, by faith in God, not by flexing His superhuman flesh muscles. Even typically, God did not expect His people to inherit the kingdom by the strength of flesh and blood. The Hebrews expected it to be in the flesh. That is why they initially failed to take it. They would have needed superhuman strength like Sampson to take the promised land in their flesh. They at least needed superior weapons. There were giants in the land. Why would God promise something they couldn’t do in the flesh? Why did God repeat that typical lesson so many times? When will He give us superior flesh so we can rule with Him? Did David take out Goliath with superior weaponry or superior flesh or was it by faith?

The Hebrews didn’t fail to enter the land because they needed some glorified flesh to reign with. Are we provoking God today by insisting on reigning in the flesh, again? Where does the Bible talk about glorified flesh as a requirement to reign in the kingdom or the millennium? To be strong in the flesh is not our hope biblically. Jesus returned to the glory He had before He humbled Himself by taking on a mortal flesh body. Is He living in heaven in glorified flesh now? He returned to the glory He had before He humbled Himself and took on a flesh body. Angels don’t have glorified flesh bodies in heaven. Angel bodies are so superior to our flesh bodies, they can come down to earth and appear like we do. Will we see the angels through glorified eyes of flesh in heaven? That doesn’t make sense. There’s no superior flesh in the spirit realm of heaven.

Born again earthen bodies become greater than the angels in heaven, not lesser or lower. You have to be born from below in the flesh before being born again from above. Not the other way around. The angels and their bodies were created to live forever in heaven. They don’t have to be born again to get immortal bodies of flesh? They can appear to us in a flesh body because their body is supernatural already. You don’t have to be born again into supernatural flesh to go to heaven or to reign in the kingdom on earth. You have to be supernaturally born again, not in the flesh, or you will perish.

Jesus humbled Himself by taking on an earthly body. He overcame His old covenant death by way of the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t Jesus’ glorified flesh that overcame their death. It wasn’t superhuman or immortal flesh that Jesus took to the real temple in heaven as the final sacrifice. Jesus sacrificed His old covenant body on purpose. Our battle is not against flesh and blood. If it were then glorified flesh would be required to reign in the kingdom.

What if God still expects us to rule in His kingdom by faith? Then what are we waiting to see? Why do we silence those who say we can rule God’s kingdom by faith, rather than wait for military strength in the flesh? Do we have to see ourselves in supernatural flesh bodies before we believe we can rule God’s kingdom with His Son. Joshua and Caleb even believed the typical kingdom rule was by faith, not by flesh. Will the fulfillment of types be in the flesh? On earth as it is in heaven means born again people rule in the Holy Spirit realm, like the angels in heaven do. Unless it means heaven will rule in the flesh mode someday. Did Jesus really come to earth so heaven could rule in the flesh? Even Paul tells us not to focus on or fear the flesh. Ruling with God requires great faith not great flesh. Jesus (Yeshua) had the faith to take His chosen people into His new covenant. He gave up His old covenant flesh and blood life to do exactly that. Like all born again Jews, Jesus left the flesh and blood covenant before it finally failed. He uniquely walked with the Holy Spirit, even in the old covenant.

Belief in glorified flesh is the disinformation that weakens God’s people. 10 out of 12 scouts brought back disinformation when they said, we cant rule because we don’t have the greater flesh. The ten all thought they were right. Yet the modern day church scouts say I am the one spreading disinformation, by not teaching faith in the greater flesh. The Bible speaks of a better covenant not a better flesh. Who is doing the manipulations in order to censor my faith and propagandize their belief in glorified flesh? Jesus absolutely did not tell the Jews that they must have faith that they will be born again into better flesh, in order to rule in His kingdom for a thousand years – John 3:16. That is what dispensationalism pushes. Jesus told the teacher of the Jews that he must be born again by the Holy Spirit in order to live to the age (of 1000) and not perish. He said nothing about ruling in the millennium in nonperishable flesh bodies.

Flesh is associated with corruptibility and mortality in 1 Corinthians 15. Why can’t you see that? It is so obvious to our natural eyes that every body dies. Like 10 out of the 12 spies, Nicodemus could only see the kingdom in the flesh. Jesus told him he could only see the kingdom by way of the Holy Spirit rebirth (He needed new covenant eyes). Who had eyes to see? Jesus or Nicodemus? So why was God so angry with the Hebrews again? Because the Hebrews could only see the superiority of the enemy’s flesh. Even when they demanded flesh to eat God was angered. The bread He already supplied from heaven was enough to take them into the kingdom. Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the Hebrews remained miraculously healthy on a vegetarian diet. Even at the half-time of their thousand years and in a foreign land, Daniel and his friends had faith in God.

Jesus didn’t need a glorified body of flesh to rule in the millennium with His people. He ruled over all creation in His old covenant mortal body. He wasn’t more powerful in His new covenant. He ruled by faith not by muscle, both before and after His resurrection. He moved into the new covenant so all His chosen people could be born again. Not so He could rule, but so we could rule with Him. He alone would have arrived alive in the typical old covenant. God’s chosen people needed Yeshua’s faith to reign in God’s kingdom. So He sent it to them in Jerusalem on Pentecost. His Holy Spirit in us is faithful. We don’t need to have the great flesh of Jesus to rule the kingdom by faith. We need the great faith of Jesus, not the glorified in the flesh belief/faith of the dispys.

Ephesians 6:12

ECB ¹² For we quiver not against flesh and blood, but against hierarchies, against authorities, against the cosmic powers of the darkness of this eon, against spiritual evil in the heavenlies [The battles are still in the spirit realm, not the flesh. Faith is the victory, not glorified flesh].

1 Corinthians 15:50

YLT ⁵⁰ And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption; [Flesh and blood can’t see it or enter it. You must be born again to have the faith of Jesus].

Churches with the largest congregations tend to appeal to the flesh. Biblically, God always has a remnant of faithful believers, not a majority. True church growth is not in the flesh. It is other worldly. There is a natural world attraction to ruling in the flesh, as taught by dispensationalists. We should be able to pack the pews with their promise of greater flesh bodies. The gyms are full. I used to love the idea that I would someday become superhuman in my flesh. Who in this competitive world wouldn’t? Loving something doesn’t make it true. It might make it a false idol. The typical temple on earth was only a copy of the real one in heaven. Loving it didn’t make it everlasting. It became an idol that had to go. Those who believe in glorified flesh say the typical temple must come back.

God’s people are the new covenant temple. The temple is where the Holy Spirit lives on earth today. The Holy Spirit gives true life to our mortal bodies before we die, not after we die. If our new covenant body on earth is a copy of the everlasting one in heaven, then we don’t have to worry about keeping a record of our DNA for some future flesh resurrection. Even if we can’t see it, the real one is already living in heaven’s realm. Did the angels give up their heavenly body when they temporarily took on a body of flesh? Did the angels on earth only exist in the flesh body they briefly appeared in? The copies are all temporary. We already have immortality by being born again into our everlasting body.

Trust Jesus. He made a better covenant. He said His people will never die. Then He went to prepare a place for His people to live with Him in the realm of heaven. Flesh bodies always die and always will. They are inferior copies of the temple we now have in heaven. Jesus didn’t trust the Jews. The true Jews trusted His view. He sent them His view of the kingdom on Pentecost. The majority didn’t believe it. They actually accused the true Jews of being drunk early in the morning, on the feast of Pentecost. The ones who couldn’t see past the flesh became the accusers of the faithful brethren. The true Jews entered the kingdom by being born again from above, not born again from below. Those who trusted in their second flesh and blood resurrection, failed to rule in the millennium with their Messiah. They were DOA.

John 2:16-25

KJV ¹⁶ And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. ¹⁷ And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. ¹⁸ Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? ¹⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. ²⁰ Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? ²¹ But he spake of the temple of his body. ²² When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. ²³ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. ²⁴ But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, ²⁵ And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

Most of the Jews, like Nicodemus, were expecting to rule in the kingdom in the flesh. The Jews still in the flesh persecuted the Jews who were now ruling on earth like Jesus did, in the power of the Holy Spirit, no longer ruling in the flesh. Even some believing Pharisees kept trying to rule in the flesh. Evidently these born again Pharisees were quenching the Holy Spirit when they kept focusing on the flesh, like typical dicks. They kept on being the legalistic detectives they were in their old covenant hypocritical focus on others. They were still addicted to being the critics of the flesh and blood covenant that was about to disappear. They were however in their new covenant now, no longer in the flesh. If you have the gift of Holy Spirit you should not keep trying to rule God’s kingdom in the flesh. Jesus didn’t.

Romans 8

CLV ¹ Nothing, consequently, is now condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. Not according to flesh are they walking, but according to spirit, ² for the spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus frees you from the law of sin and death. ³ For what was impossible to the law, in which it was infirm through the flesh, did God, sending His own Son in the likeness of sin’s flesh and concerning sin, He condemns sin in the flesh, ⁴ that the just requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who are not walking in accord with flesh, but in accord with spirit.” ⁵ For those who are in accord with flesh are disposed to that which is of the flesh, yet those who are in accord with spirit to that which is of the spirit.” ⁶ For the disposition of the flesh is death, yet the disposition of the spirit is life and peace, ⁷ because the disposition of the flesh is enmity to God, for it is not subject to the law of God, for neither is it able.” ⁸ Now those who are in flesh are not able to please God. ⁹ Yet you are not in flesh, but in spirit, if so be that God’s spirit is making its home in you. Now if anyone has not Christ’s spirit, this one is not His.” ¹⁰ Now if Christ is in you, the body, indeed, is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is life because of righteousness.” ¹¹ Now if the spirit of Him Who rouses Jesus from among the dead is making its home in you, He Who rouses Christ Jesus from among the dead will also be vivifying your mortal bodies because of His spirit making its home in you.” ¹² Consequently, then, brethren, debtors are we, not to the flesh, to be living in accord with flesh, ¹³ for if you are living in accord with flesh, you are about to be dying. Yet if, in spirit, you are putting the practices of the body to death, you will be living.” ¹⁴ For whoever are being led by God’s spirit, these are sons of God.” ¹⁵ For you did not get slavery’s spirit to fear again, but you got the spirit of sonship, in which we are crying, “Abba, Father!” ¹⁶ The spirit itself is testifying together with our spirit that we are children of God. ¹⁷ Yet if children, enjoyers also of an allotment, enjoyers, indeed, of an allotment from God, yet joint enjoyers of Christ’s allotment, if so be that we are suffering together, that we should be glorified together also.” ¹⁸ For I am reckoning that the sufferings of the current era do not deserve the glory about to be revealed for us. ¹⁹ For the premonition of the creation is awaiting the unveiling of the sons of God. ²⁰ For to vanity was the creation subjected, not voluntarily, but because of Him Who subjects it, in expectation” ²¹ that the creation itself, also, shall be freed from the slavery of corruption into the glorious freedom of the children of God.” ²² For we are aware that the entire creation is groaning and travailing together until now. ²³ Yet not only so, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruit of the spirit, we ourselves also, are groaning in ourselves, awaiting the sonship, the deliverance of our body.” ²⁴ For to expectation were we saved. Now expectation, being observed, is not expectation, for what anyone is observing, why is he expecting it also? ²⁵ Now, if we are expecting what we are not observing, we are awaiting it with endurance.” ²⁶ Now, similarly, the spirit also is aiding our infirmity, for what we should be praying for, to accord with what must be, we are not aware, but the spirit itself is pleading for us with inarticulate groanings.” ²⁷ Now He Who is searching the hearts is aware what is the disposition of the spirit, for in accord with God is it pleading for the saints.” ²⁸ Now we are aware that God is working all together for the good of those who are loving God, who are called according to the purpose” ²⁹ that, whom He foreknew, He designates beforehand, also, to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be Firstborn among many brethren.” ³⁰ Now whom He designates beforehand, these He calls also, and whom He calls, these He justifies also; now whom He justifies, these He glorifies also.” ³¹ What then, shall we declare to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? ³² Surely, He Who spares not His own Son, but gives Him up for us all, how shall He not, together with Him, also, be graciously granting us all? ³³ Who will be indicting God’s chosen ones? God, the Justifier? ³⁴ Who is the Condemner? Christ Jesus, the One dying, yet rather being roused, Who is also at God’s right hand, Who is pleading also for our sakes? ³⁵ What shall be separating us from the love of God in Christ Jesus? Affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶ According as it is written that “On Thy account we are being put to death the whole day, We are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.” ³⁷ Nay! in all these we are more than conquering through Him Who loves us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor messengers, nor sovereignties, nor the present, nor what is impending, nor powers, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord.”