John says: "It doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as he is".--1 John 3:2.
[292]St. Paul was given a miraculous view of the Lord in glory. As he
was journeying to Damascus suddenly there shone about him a light from
heaven. He did not see the body of Jesus but only the light from his
glorious body. He heard a voice saying unto him: "I am Jesus". So
brilliant was this light that for three days he was blind; and the Lord
performed a miracle by removing his blindness. "And immediately there
fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight
forthwith and arose, and was baptized." (Acts 9:1-19) The apostle Paul
afterward relating this incident said: "And last of all he [Jesus] was
seen of me also, as one born out of due time". (1 Corinthians 15:8) Here
we have a little glimpse of what the glorious body of the Lord is. These
facts show that the bodies in which Jesus appeared after his resurrection
were not the body that was crucified nor his glorious spiritual body,
but bodies created expressly for the purpose of appearing unto his
disciples. Our Lord's human body, the one crucified, was removed from
the tomb by the power of God. Had it remained there it would have been
an obstacle in the way of the faith of his disciples, who were not yet
instructed in spiritual things.
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