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1 Peter 2:24 ("by his wounds you have been healed") does refer to physical healing in Mike's view, but the TIMING is the issue. Many benefits of the cross aren't received now — we still die, still have corruptible bodies. Full physical healing comes in the resurrection. It's theologically inconsistent to demand healing for the common cold while accepting death from old age. The "healing in the atonement" teaching overreaches on timing, not content.

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Healing in the atonement — timing issue

1 Peter 2:24: "by his wounds you have been healed." Mike agrees this includes physical healing but says the fulfillment is eschatological (resurrection body). Problem with the "name it and claim it" version: Jesus purchased resurrection bodies too, but we don't have them yet. If you rebuke the common cold but accept dying of old age, there's a double standard. Sickness and suffering are expected in the Christian life — 1 Corinthians 15 describes our current bodies as still corruptible.

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