“And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, 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.” – Luke 24:41-43
Have you ever considered why this odd little detail was written down forever in the gospel account of Christ’s resurrection? To prove that Jesus was physically resurrected! In a world that generally believed in ghosts and spirits, it was widely understood that they couldn’t eat. Spirits didn’t have bodies to chew or digest food, but Jesus did. He was no longer dead, but completely alive, fully resurrected, spirit and body!
This little detail was as much proof of His resurrection as inviting His disciples to touch His hands and side. The resurrection of Christ was a resurrection of His total being. His victory over death was all-encompassing. We are on solid ground when we trust in the resurrected Jesus who crushed sin and death!
Likewise, our resurrection as His followers will one day be complete – soul and body. The Bible makes clear that our bodies aren’t some unfortunate afterthought or necessary evil. We were made to be bodies with souls. One day, when Christ returns, our bodies will be raised, restored, perfected, and glorified. Our bodies will be like that of Jesus after His resurrection. Our resurrected bodies will be distinctly us, and yet also different and better.
1 John 3:2 says, “Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.” The weaknesses, brokenness, indignities, aches, and pains that may accompany our present bodies will be gloriously gone on that day. Now that’s a promise to look forward to!