Question Of The Day Q. Youve written that Christ didnt appear in His glorified body after the resurrection. If thats true how did He appear in the upper room whilst the doors were bolted shut? Didnt He ascend to heaven and sprinkle His blood on the Mercy Seat before coming back to earth for forty days? I always figured that once He was raised He was in His glorified body. I never even entertained the notion that He was in His regular human body after he arose. Is there scripture I can use to reference this idea? A. Heres Matthews description of what Jesus looked like in His glorified body on the Mt. of Transfiguration. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light (Matt. 17:2). Mark 9:2 says his clothes were a dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. Luke 9:29 says the appearance of His face changed and His clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. John saw Jesus on the Isle of Patmos and described Him this way . His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance (Rev. 1:14-16). In the 40 days between His resurrection and ascension, the New Testament records 12 appearances by Jesus to individuals and groups of various sizes, the largest being about 500 in number. Theres no indication that He looked like this in any of them. He could appear and disappear at will, whether in a room with locked doors (John 20:19) or walking along a road (Luke 24:15). But He didnt look like he did in the descriptions of His transfiguration, which the dictionary defines as the supernatural and glorified change in the appearance of Jesus on the mountain. He looked like other people on Earth. This tells us that resurrection bodies have the ability to appear in different ways, and can do other things natural bodies cant do. 1 John 3:2 says after the rapture well be Him. To me that means well have similar capabilities. I can hardly wait.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:00:00 +0000
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