The women went to the tomb and they did find the body. "while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing;and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, 'Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen'." v. 4-6
Only Luke mentions that there were two angels. Scripture describes at least ten distinct appearances of Christ between the resurrection and ascension.
"He Himself stood in their midst and said to them, 'Peace be to you.'" v. 36"Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See My hands My feet, that is Myself, touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." ...He showed them..."While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said, 'Have you anything to eat?' They gave Him a piece of broiled fish; and He took it and ate it before them." v.36-43
The latter passage gives me such hope/peace that we remain who we are after we die, which is a deep concern of mine...in the next paragraph I am going to quote John MacArthur. I really like what he says here and brings some thought.
"His resurrection body, though real and tangible and even capable of ingesting earthly food, nonetheless possessed certain properties that indicate it was glorified, altered in a mysterious way. Christ could appear and disappear bodily, as seen in this text. His body could pass though solid objects - such as the grave clothes or the walls and doors of a closed room. He could apparently travel great distances in a moment, for by the time these disciples returned to Jerusalem, Christ had already appeared to Peter. 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. he was no ghost or phantom."
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