Monday, July 30, 2007

Luke 24

Christ was resurrected physically. That was hard for the disciples to understand, and hard still for us to understand. It is an important point, though. It's not enough for Christ to remain dead and return simply as a Spirit. If that were the case, then He would not be as powerful as death. He had to come completely back to life to prove His authority as God over creation.

When He first appeared, though, the disciples believed that He might simply be a ghost. After all, He had entered a locked room without anyone noticing. To prove His identity, though, He asked them all to see His crucifixion scars and to touch His flesh. And to remove any lingering doubt, He told them that He was hungry and asked for food. Eating in front of them, He dispels any notion that He was not physically alive since ghosts do not eat.

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