JESUS CHRIST: GOD-MAN - Vital Christianity

2. Matthew declares that the women who met Christ on the resurrection morning held
Him by the feet (Mt 28:9).
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3. The tomb was empty and the grave clothes were in order when the disciples examined
the tomb (Mk 16:6; Jn 20:5-7).
4. Christ partook of food in the presence of His disciples after He had arisen.
(Lk 24:41-45)
5. He was recognized by His own after the resurrection, even the nailprints.
(Lk 24:34,37-40; Jn 20:25,27-28; 21:7)
6. Christ predicted that He would rise bodily (Mt 12:40; Jn 2:19-21).
7. The angels in the tomb declared that He had risen as He had said (Lk 24:6-8).
8. Many Scriptures would be unintelligible on the theory that His was a spiritual
resurrection (Jn 5:28-29, 1 Co 15:20; Eph 1:19-20).
9. David declared before-hand by the Spirit that Christ's flesh should not see corruption.
(Ps 16:10; Ac 2:31)
Although this may not "prove" the resurrection it does show a "prophetic" inkling in the
Hebrew Scriptures.
A Unique Resurrection
Jesus' resurrection was a unique resurrection. The Shunamite's son, Jairus' daughter, the
young man of Nain, Lazarus, and Tabitha undoubtedly all died again. Thus they did not receive
a resurrection body, as Christ did. Christ's body, however, was characterized by the following:
1. It was a real body. It could be and was touched (Mt 28:9); it had flesh and bones.
(Lk 24:39-40)
2. It was recognized as the same body, not another. Christ Himself mentions His opened
side (Jn 20:27). It appears that these marks of His passion will be visible even at His second
coming (Rev 1:7; Zec 12:20). At different times we are told that His own recognized Him after
the resurrection (Lk 24:41-43; Jn 20:16,20; 21:7).
3. Yet His body was in some respects different after the resurrection. He passed through
closed doors (Jn 20:19), and undoubtedly did not need to eat and sleep after that time.
4. He is now alive forevermore (Ro 6:9-10; 2 Ti 1:10; Rev 1:18).