Recognize Jesus!
Then [Jesus] said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here,
and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put
it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
John 20: 27
More than one person was raised to new life in the Bible, but not
permanent new life. Their earthly bodies were reanimated (they
were resuscitated) they were immediately recognized by people
who had known them before their death. This was not the case
with Jesus and His resurrection body.
After His resurrection, the two disciples Jesus joined on the
Emmaus road didn’t recognize Him. His resurrection body must
have looked human to the two travelers, but somehow different.
After His resurrection, Jesus appeared in a locked room
where all the disciples were gathered. In other words, He
“materialized” in the room rather than opening the door.
There was one thing about His resurrection body that
was the same: the wounds in His hands, feet, and side.
Those wounds will eternally mark Him as the Lamb who
was slain for us.
Worship Jesus Christ today as the Lamb slain for your
eternal redemption, and prepare to recognize Him by
His wounds.
"The Divine glory shone more out of his
wounds than out of all his life before."
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
