Saint Victor by Ermes Dovico

GOSPEL PEARLS

Jesus’s divine nature

Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead (Luke 24: 46)

Gospel Pearls 16_04_2020

Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.  As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”  But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.  And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”  And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marvelling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”  They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them. Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,  and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,  and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.  You are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24: 35-48)
 

The reality of the resurrection of Jesus’s flesh clarifies, once and for all, His divine nature. It also clarifies our destiny: the final resurrection of our own bodies. Furthermore, for those who have faith in Him, Jesus promises His peace now and forever. To enjoy His peace, it is necessary to understand that our life rests in the hands of Jesus, who is our almighty and good Lord.