As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. (Luke 24:15, 16 NIV)
He is risen!
We had a beautiful infant baptism at church yesterday. Appropriately, Cecelia (my 4-year-old granddaughter) pronounces "baptized" as "bath-tized." I just love baptisms, and how much more beautiful when they are on Easter Sunday. Talk about new life! It's all around us... Spring, ressurection, baptism!
When we read about the period of Jesus' ressurection time on earth, it can be confusing. Sometimes it seems he is in a real, solid earthly body... he eats, he has his scars, he is able to be touched. But then other times, not so much... he passes through locked doors, his followers don't immediately recognize him. So what's up with that?
I'm no theologian, so I could be really off base. But my opinion is, it is all about this "new life" thing. It is something we can't fully grasp until we ourselves our ressurected. We will be "real" but we will be "more real" than we are now. Jesus' ressurected body was "real" but it was "more real" than we can understand. It was better. It was perfect. It was what new life is all about.
I think even the witnesses... those who actually saw and interacted with the risen Jesus... were confused and weren't quite sure WHAT they were seeing, but they certainly knew WHO they were seeing, and that is what really matters. New life. We have it in bath-tism, but we will have it differently and perfectly in ressurection.
Lord Jesus,
There is so much that we don't - and can't possibly - understand. Help us in our need to know to realize that some things just need to be accepted in faith. One day we will know. Amen.
Joys: Some time off after a busy Lent and Holy Week; "bath-tisms"; Getting the whole family together even after it seemed like it wasn't going to happen.
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