It is interesting that Jesus was able to appear after the resurrection as a perfectly normal person on the road to Emmaus even though His disciples didn’t recognize him. “While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him” (Luke 24:15-16). Then after entering their home He was able to disappear in an instant. “And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight” ( Luke 24:31). He didn't walk out of the house in Emmaus, he just vanished!
Later, He then suddenly appeared in the midst of the disciples in a room in Jerusalem. “As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, ‘Peace to you!’” (Luke 24:36). He didn't walk through a doorway or through a wall but just appeared in the room in Jerusalem (he did that twice by the way). I ponder what it will be like for us after our resurrection.
“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). Look at that, it says we will be like him.
What will our body be like? “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body” (1 Cor 15:44).
We will have a spiritual body, and I assume it will be like Jesus’ body. Since it is spiritual, it will be able to appear and disappear in the physical realm even though it will also have attributes of a physical body. Will we want to beam around like that? Probably not, since we will be with Jesus. But I do ponder if in the Millennium we will be doing that as we rule and reign with Christ.
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