Luke 24:31-32 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? “Their eyes were opened”: I.e., by God. They had been sovereignly kept from recognizing Him until this point (verse 16). His resurrection body was glorified and altered from its previous appearance and this surely explains why even Mary did not recognize Him at first (John 20:14-16). But in this case God actively intervened to keep them from recognizing Him until it was time for Him to depart. He vanished out of their sight”: His resurrection body, though real and tangible (John 20:27) – and even capable of ingesting earthly food (verses 42-43) – nonetheless possessed certain properties that indicate it was glorified, altered in a mysterious way (1 Cor. 15:35-54; Phil. 3:21). Christ could appear and disappear bodily, as seen in this text. His body could pass through solid objects – such as the grave clothes, or the walls and doors of a closed room (John 20:19, 26). He could apparently travel great distances in a moment, for by the time these disciples returned to Jerusalem, Christ had already appeared to Peter (verse 34). The fact that He ascended into heaven bodily demonstrated that His resurrection body was already fit for heaven. Yet it was His body, the same one that was missing from the tomb, even retaining identifying features such as the nail-wounds (John 20:25-27). He was no ghost or phantom. Jesus must be our companion, and we must commune with Him to truly have our eyes opened, that we might see Him for who He really is. They had been with Him, and yet did not know Him, until they took of His body. To truly know Jesus, we must partake of His body and His blood. He must live within us. This is the way His word should affect us. It should make our heart leap within us.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 07:47:14 +0000
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