 Welcome to class. We will begin continuing to study chapter 11. We began studying chapter 11 on Tuesday where we looked at Christ's resurrection and his exaltation. So we looked at various scripture references where scripture mentions to us that Christ foretells his resurrection and also we see Christ himself talking about his death and his resurrection. And then we saw some scripture passages. We read some scripture passages where we see that Christ died and he resurrected and he showed himself alive. And then we looked at some scripture passages about Christ's exaltation. So now we also began looking at the nature of Christ's resurrection and we are looking at a few doctrinal significance of the resurrection of Christ. The first doctrinal significance of the resurrection of Christ we saw was that Christ's resurrection ensures our regeneration. So we will begin looking at the doctrinal significance of the resurrection. Before that we will just pause for a word of prayer. So can one of you please lead us in prayer please. Anyone can lead us in prayer? Viksha can you lead us in prayer please. Yes please. Lord I will be proud to thank you Jesus for this new morning. Before we stand that we are here to learn your word. Lord keep us your guidance, God keep us your knowledge and wisdom. God take away in your mighty hand to say amen and God that she will teach us your word. Lord open our hearts Lord. We will be looking to your word and proper when we will learn your word Jesus. Lord all glory all honor I give in Jesus name I pray. Amen. Okay so we are looking at the doctrinal significance of the resurrection. This and the nature of Christ's resurrection is not in your notes but I'm just giving you some additional points for which you all can think through and also through which you would deeply know the significance of the resurrection of Christ. Okay so the first doctrinal significance of the resurrection we saw is that Christ's resurrection ensures our regeneration. Okay so we looked at 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3 and through 1 Peter 1 verse 3 we learned that it's through Christ's resurrection or His resurrection that is in Christ has earned us a new way of living. Okay a new kind of life we receive when we are born again. And that is why Paul says in Ephesians chapter 2 verses 5 to 6 and following verses and also in Colossians chapter 3 verse 1 that He has made us alive together with Christ and raised us up with Him. And also we see that Paul in his various epistles he connects the resurrection of Christ with the spiritual power that is at work within us. You know and he talks about this in Ephesians chapter 1 verses 19 and 20. We looked at it last class and also Romans chapter 6 verses 4 and 11 and Paul is basically saying in Romans chapter 6 verse 14 that this new resurrection power that is in us the same power that was used to raise Jesus back from death to life is the same resurrection power that is in us. And this power in us you know gives us the power to gain more and more victory over the remaining sin in our life. Okay it gives us the power to overcome sin. Paul says in Romans chapter 6 that we are dead to sin because of our spiritual identification with Christ that we are you know when Christ was crucified, we were crucified. He was dead. We are dead. He was buried. We were buried. You know when he rose again, we rose again. So he talks about our spiritual identification and in that sense he says that we are also dead to sin. Okay and sin has no longer power over. Our sin does not reign in our mortal bodies. Okay so the resurrection power in us is giving us the power to gain more and more victory over the remaining sins in our life. Why remaining sins in our life is because when we are born again, we are born again in our spirit man. Our spirit man receives the life and the nature of God but our soul and our bodies are still the same and that is why we need to work out our salvation every day with fear and trembling. And that is where sin reigns in our mortal bodies in our minds. There's a battle in our minds but we need this resurrection power that is in us to gain over those areas of sin that still battles in our soul, in our emotions, in our mind, in our bodies. Okay so look at Romans chapter 6. That's where we stopped. Romans chapter 6 verse 6 and 7. Can somebody read that please? Romans chapter 6 verses 6 and 7. Knowing this that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with. That we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Amen. So what is Paul saying here? Paul is saying that the old man was crucified with Christ. So the old sinful nature, our old sinful nature spiritually was nailed on the cross. It was crucified on the cross because when Jesus took our sins, he was nailed on the cross. He took our sins upon himself. So our old sinful nature was nailed on the cross and the old man is basically the old Adamic sinful nature. The old Adamic sinful nature that was in our spirit. So the human spirit has a nature just like your body has a nature. The human spirit also has a nature. And by nature we mean who we are in our heart, in our soul, in our core being, our very essence, who we are, our character. So the human spirit has the nature of the old man and has the tendency or the inclination to sin. But the nature of a born again human spirit is referred to as the new man. So when you're talking about a new man, we're talking about a person who's born again in their spirit man or the spirit being. So the nature of the new man basically has the tendency not to yield to sin, not to give in to sin, but to live a holy and righteous life. Because in our spirit man, we are made new in the likeness, in the image, in the character of God. So for the believer, the old man has been bought to an end. When you're born again, your old man is dead. So the old man is destroyed and the power of sin that is representing the power of sin that reigns in our spirit man is done away with, is destroyed, is rendered as inoperative. That means the power of sin has been broken. We no longer have a sinful nature in our inner person, in our spirit man, which exerts its influence from inside out. Hence, we are no longer slaves of sin because God has set us free from the dominion, from the power of sin. When he crucified the old man, when he destroyed the body of sin on the cross. So here it says that our old man was crucified with him and the body of sin might be done away with that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. So this is a complete what Christ has done for us, how he has freed us from the power and the dominion of sin. It is a completed act. It is something that is completed. And it's also something that is a present tense spiritual reality in Christ, which means that is something that we can enjoy here and now in the present. So you might be thinking, Christ crucified my old man on the cross. The power of sin over my life is broken. The power of sin is rendered powerless and inoperative in my body. Then why do I sin? So why do you sin? Why do you yield to sin? Even though here it says this wonderful promises that the power of sin is done away with, the power of sin is destroyed. You know, the power of sin has been broken over your lives. You are no longer having a sinful nature, no longer slaves to sin. But why do we continue to sin? It's in your nature, but you don't have that nature. You have now when you're born again, you have the nature of God, the Christ. Yes. Sorry, we sin because we are sinners. You're not sinners now when you're born again, you've been made righteous and justified. That's your new identity, right? But why do we still continue to sin? Sin lives in us. Yes, sin dominates in our flesh. So all that we were saying now, so far the power of sin is broken. We have a new nature that we have the life and the nature of Christ in us. All that is there in the spirit man because we are born again in our spirit man. And that is why the Bible tells us, the scripture tells us that we need to feed our spirit. Man, our spirit being, which means when we have to make, when we make choices, we are continually looking at whether we are pleasing or yielding to our sinful minds, sinful flesh or to choose to do what the spirit of God is telling us to do. So there's always a battle. There's always choices that we make. Should I react in an angry way? Should I do tit for tat? They didn't give me, I don't give them. They spoke one bad word. I speak two bad words. They did this for me. I'll do this back to them. So are we living? That means they're feeding our flesh. So the more we feed our flesh, the more our flesh is growing and more our spirit man is being weakened and suppressed. But the more we listen to the Holy Spirit and more we do what God is commanding us to and live according to the word and make choices according to the word, according to what the Holy Spirit is guiding us, we are feeding our spirit man and our spirit man is growing stronger and the things of the flesh are growing weaker. Now, when you're starved, what happens? When a person does not eat or drink, they're not able to function, right? They're not able to do things. And if you continue not eating, in one fine day you will... What will happen in one fine day? If you continue to eat, you will die, right? You will die. So the same way, the more you don't keep giving in to your sinful nature, the more your sinful nature, your flesh, your mind is being starved, okay? Of all the desires of the flesh, the desires of sinful nature, the more your spirit man is growing and that's when you have the power to control over sin and temptation. And that is exactly what Jesus was doing when he was completely human. He was yielding to the Spirit. He was listening to the Spirit. He says, that's why he said, I've come to do the Father's will. He was obedient always to the Father and that is why he was not yielding into temptation. Not just because he was God, he was able to overcome temptation. No, he was fully man. So being man, how did he overcome temptation? Of course we read only one temptation in Matthew chapter 4 and maybe in the Garden of Gethsemane. But there were many other times when Jesus would have been tempted because he was human just like we are human. You think Satan would have left him alone? You think Satan would have not done everything to stop him from doing the Father's will? I think yes. But why was Jesus able to overcome? The flesh, the desires of the flesh was because he was always obedient to the Father, doing the will of the Father and obedient to what the Holy Spirit was guiding and leading him. And he was able to overcome it with the power of the Spirit. In the same way, we are also able to overcome the power of Satan and the power of sin in our lives. Andrew, you're saying we are not yet born again? I don't understand. What do you mean when you're not born again? What do you mean when you're born again? You're born again means when you've accepted the Lord Jesus as your Christ and Savior, right? Andrew, are you there? I'm a little concerned with your comment on the chat section. Oh, it's when you ask the question. I don't remember which question I asked. Okay, so in our spirit man, you know, the work has been completed. We are in this present tense spiritual reality in Christ where the believer does not have the old sinful nature. The believer has a new man. There are new creation in Christ Jesus in our spirit man and a new man is born again. Man born from above. Okay, so when you're born again, you're born from above like you read in John chapter 3 verse 3. We are also born of God like we read in 1 John chapter 5 verse 1. And we are born with the seed of God. Okay, that means we have the genes or the hair, the sons and the daughters. We have the genetic makeup, the nature of God. That's what it means when it says we have the seed of God like we read in 1 John chapter 3 verse 9. We have the nature of God like we read in 2 Peter chapter 1 verse 4 and we have the zoe life or the nature of God or the eternal life, the God kind of life in us as we read in 1 John chapter 5 verse 12. So all that's what I'm talking is about in our spirit man when we are born again. That we are a new creature. We are born from above. We are born of God. We have the seed of God. We have the nature of God and also we have the zoe life of God. So we see that the resurrection power that is in us, you know, gives us the power to gain more and more victory over sin. Amen. Amen. No, no, not excited. Okay, the resurrection power in us also includes the power for ministering in the work of the kingdom. Okay, so another aspect that we can see is the resurrection power of God also has the power to give the power that enables us to minister and to work in the kingdom. So how do we know this? We see this in the book of Luke and Acts as well that it was after Jesus' resurrection that he promised his disciples in Acts chapter 1 verse 8. A very famous, very familiar passage of scripture, Acts chapter 1 verse 8. Can one of you please read that? Acts chapter 1 verse 8. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria. And to the end of the earth, Jesus ascends to heaven. Amen. So this new, intensified power to proclaim the gospel, to do mighty science miracles and wonders and to triumph over the enemy who opposes us was given to the disciples when? Was given to the disciples when? This new power, this new intensified power to proclaim the gospel with science miracles and wonders was given to the disciples when? When? After Jesus ascended into heaven. Because, yes, sorry to get true. After Jesus ascended into heaven. After Jesus was resurrected, yes. It was given to the disciples after the resurrection of Christ from the dead and was part of the new resurrection power that characterised the disciples. Yes, of course we saw that Jesus gave authority to the disciples. He sent them out in twos. He gave them to the seventy also. But they were not able to do the mighty science miracles and wonders like we see in the early church and the apostles do. It was only after Christ was resurrected from the dead that this new resurrection power was characteristic in the believers in the early church. And after that, when we see them doing mighty science miracles and wonders. Okay, so we're looking at the doctrinal significance of Christ's resurrection. And the first one is Christ's resurrection ensures our regeneration, which means that because of the resurrection of Christ, it has earned us a new kind of life we receive when we are born again. And also it gives us the power to gain more and more victory over sin. Okay, all of this is not in your notes. So if you want to take down these notes, please take it down. That's why I'm repeating it and I'm being very slow. Okay. And also this resurrection power gives us a power for ministry to do his work in his kingdom. Any doubts? Any doubts? Okay. There's no doubts. We'll move on to the second doctrinal significance that is Christ's resurrection ensures our justification. Okay. I've already explained this to you in the previous classes, but I will just run through it quickly. Okay. The only passage, sorry, we can't hear you, Kofi. Can you just increase the volume for the online students? Please, we can't hear them. Yes, Kofi, go ahead and speak. Sister, you can go on please. Yeah, now we can hear you. Yes. Please go ahead. I'm okay. I'm okay. You can go on. Sorry. Okay. No worries. So Christ's resurrection ensures our justification. Now in only one passage does Paul explicitly connect Christ's resurrection with our justification or is receiving or a declaration that we are not guilty but righteous before God. So justification basically means that we have been made righteous before God. We are declared as not guilty but we have made righteous before Him. So Paul says in Romans chapter 4 verse 25, can somebody read that please? Romans chapter 4 verse 25. Somebody can read Romans 4, 25 please. Who was delivered up because of our offenses and was raised because of our justification. Amen. So Paul says Jesus was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification. Okay. So when Christ was raised from the dead, it was basically as I explained this verse before in the previous class to you, you know, because when Christ was raised from the dead, it was God declaring His approval of Christ's work of redemption or what Christ did on the cross, He was approving of it because Christ humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even death on the cross. Like we read in Philippians chapter 2 verse 8 and we see in Philippians, we read in Philippians chapter 2 verse 9 that because He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even dead on the cross, God has exalted Him high above every other name. So by raising Christ from the dead, God the Father was in effect saying that He has approved of Christ's work of suffering and dying for the sins and paying for the penalty of the sins of mankind, paying for the debt of sin. And so Christ was the Father, God the Father was basically saying that the work was completed, the work was done. And that Christ no longer has any need to remain dead because the penalty for sin has been paid once for all. And God the Father was the peace and peace with the penalty for sin. So there is no longer any more penalty for sin that is left, no more payment for sin that is left, no more of the wrath of God to bear and no more of the guilt or the liability or the punishment all has been completely paid for and there is no guilt remaining. So in the resurrection, when Jesus was raised from the dead, God the Father was basically saying to Christ, I approve of what you have done and your work on the cross has found favor in my sight. So that is what resurrection means. Resurrection basically means God the Father saying to Jesus Christ, I approve of what you have done and you have found favor in my sight. So this is explaining what Paul says that Christ was raised for our justification. What we read in Romans chapter 4 verse 25, he was put to death for our trespasses and he was raised for our justification. So if God raised us up with him like we read in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6, can somebody read Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6 please? And raised up to us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Amen. So what is Paul saying in Ephesians chapter 6 that we have been raised up with him or God has raised us up with him. So what does this mean? You know that we have been raised up with Christ, we have been exalted and we are seated along with him on the right hand side. What does it mean? It means that by the virtue of our union with Christ, our union with Christ happens when? When did our union with Christ happen? When Jesus died on the cross? When he was resurrected? When did our union with Christ happen? Hello everyone, alive and... When we are born again. Sorry? Christ ascension. Christ ascension, okay? We are when we are born again. When we are born again, yes, thank you. When we are born again, thank you Lucy. So when we are born again, it's when we have become spiritually one with Christ. We are one with him in spirit, okay? We are united with Christ. That is when we have a spiritual identification with Christ. So by the virtue of our union with Christ, God's declaration of approval of what Christ has done or finished is also his declaration of our approval or the approval of us. You are able to understand? So when Christ died on the cross and when he was resurrected, when God the Father raised him up from the dead, it was basically God the Father declaring his approval of what Christ has done on the cross, okay? So when Paul is saying that we have been raised up with Christ, it also means that just like God the Father approved of what Jesus did on the cross, in the same way, you know, God the Father also looks at us as believers born again in Christ Jesus as people who have been approved by him. And why are we looked as people who are approved by him because of what Christ has done on the cross and his approval of what Christ has done on the cross and by there means his resurrection? All of you are able to understand? Or am I speaking Greek and Latin or Hebrew or Aramaic to all of you? Are you able to understand? No? All of you have a big question mark on your faces. Okay, so basically when you stand before God the Father, he looks at you as someone who is approved, justified, righteous. Why? Because of the work of Jesus Christ that has been approved by the Father, okay? And as a result of which he was resurrected from the dead, okay? So when the Father said to Christ that all the penalty for sin has been paid and I find you not guilty but righteous in my sight, he was thereby making that declaration that would apply to us as well, which means that those of you who have believed, accepted Jesus Christ as a Lord and Savior, those who would believe and trust in Christ for their salvation, they would also be looked at as people whose penalty for sins has been paid, who have been found not guilty and righteous in God's sight, okay? So when you stand before God, you are looked at as someone whose sins has been paid, God declares you as not guilty and righteous in his sight because of what Jesus has done on the cross. So in this way Christ's resurrection, you know, gives us the final proof that he has earned us our justification. How do we know that we are justified before God the Father? So if Satan says, hey, when you will stand before God, God is looking at all of your sins, you know, still you're still guilty, you're still, you know, cursed before him. But, you know, that is the lie of the enemy. What gives us the full proof that we are declared as not guilty, that our sins has been paid for, that we are righteous before God? It's because of Christ's resurrection. Christ's resurrection gives us the final proof that we have earned our justification. Amen. So even as we are going into this, you know, in the period of Lent, we are getting into this passion week. So I hope this chapter is going to bring alive so many of these powerful spiritual truths and to know what Christ's death and his resurrection really mean to us. The third doctrinal significance of Christ's resurrection is that Christ's resurrection ensures that we will receive perfect resurrected bodies as well. Amen. Okay. So remember we, in the previous class, we looked at 1 Corinthians chapter 15 where we said Christ was the first fruits of those who were raised from the dead. First fruits means what? First fruits of those, please use the mind. First fruits of those who have been raised from the dead means what? The one who never tasted death again. Okay. The one who never tasted death again. The one who was raised up from the dead and into a glorious resurrected body. Okay. And never tasted death again. Yes. Okay. So 1 Corinthians chapter 15 Paul says, but Christ has indeed been raised from the dead. The first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. So it shows that, you know, what our resurrected bodies will be like when God finally raises us from the dead and brings us into His presence. Okay. So what kind of bodies we will have? We looked at glorious bodies. Glorious bodies. What else? We read last week. Well, I'm not reading your notes and coming. It's very sad. Please. What kind of bodies we will have? This is some spiritual bodies. Spiritual bodies. Spiritual bodies. Spiritual bodies. Yes. Immortal bodies. Glorified bodies. Thank you. Yes. So we will have those glorious bodies. Okay. No longer bodies of any, you know, aches or pains or sickness or disease or, you know, deformities. Some of us are deformed. No deformities, perfect, glorious, immortal, spiritual, resurrected bodies. But did, you know, when Christ was resurrected, you know, look at what John chapter 20 verse 27 says. Read John chapter 20 verse 27. Can somebody read that please? John 20 27. John chapter 20 verse 27. Then he said to Thomas. Reach your finger here and look at my hands and reach your hand here and put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving but believing. Okay. Who is telling this to whom? Jesus is telling whom? Thomas. And when is he telling this to him? After his resurrection. After his resurrection. Yes. Thank you. After his. Resurrection. And after his resurrection, what is he telling Thomas to do? Put his hand on his palms and what can you still feel? Hello. What do you still feel? The wound. The wound. Because of the. Because of the nail pierced in his hands. Yes. The nail pierced in his hands. Thank you. And also the side. What happened to Jesus's side? The spear. Okay. On his side. Now when we say that. So the Jesus have a perfect glorious immortal resurrected spiritual body when he was risen. So the Jesus have a perfect immortal glorified body when he was risen. From the dead. Yes. No. Yes. Why do we say yes? Because if you say very not to cling on to him because he has not ascended to the father. Okay. Not to cling on to him because he has ascended to the father. Okay. Yes sister get through. It's okay sister. Okay. So how can we say that he had the glorious resurrected immortal body and we are also going to have that. If Jesus had all this scars that means we should also be having deformity and scars and all anyone punched you on your face or you had an accident or you had a cut on your. You should also have those right. Yes or no. But we're saying that first Corinthians chapter five. Jesus was the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. Okay. And he indeed has been raised on the dead. It's talking that we will also have bodies like him. But here we see that he has his scars. The male brings on his hand and his side. So we will be also have those scars injuries wounds that we receive in this life on up in our bodies. In our immortal glorified spiritual bodies. At least say yes or no. No. No sister. No. Thank God for the nose. Why? Because Paul already says that we will have glorified resurrected spiritual bodies. Believe that by faith and say yes and amen and believe that. But then why did Jesus have these scars. And these wounds. It just is because because Jesus second coming. He will come in the same resurrected body. Yes. But he will still have those scars sister and he will still have that wound that was happened because of the spirit. Why did Jesus have those scars? He is to prove that he was the one who was crucified. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Sanjay says a testimony for all time. Yes. Amen. Because he chose to have those. He chose to have those. So don't think because he chose to have that you would also have bodies with all your scars and wounds and deformity. No. You will have perfect whole bodies. But Christ chose to do that or chose to have those scars because they are an eternal reminder of his suffering and death for us. That is why the apostle John when he has that revelation of heaven. He says I see a lamb and it looks like as though it has been what look as though it has been slain. Okay. Slain means cut wounded. Okay. So it's just that Jesus chose to have scars because they are eternal reminders of his suffering and death for us. Okay. So the Jesus have a body after his resurrection. Yes. No. Yes. How do we know? He has a spiritual body. Okay. He had a spiritual glorified body. But did he have the body? He appeared to the disciples in his body. Yes. He appeared to his disciples when on the road to MES. Okay. Luke chapter 24 versus 13 to 32. He walked with them just like any traveler would walk. Okay. So we also see that Jesus appeared to the 11 disciples in Jerusalem. And they were in Luke chapter 24 versus 33 and 37. They were startled at first. But when they saw Jesus's hands, they saw his feet and they watched him eat a piece of fish. They were convinced that he has risen from the dead and that he is the same Jesus. He appeared to Mary Magdalene as well. We also see that he took bread and he broke it. Luke chapter 24 versus 30. Okay. We also see that he showed them his hands and his side. John chapter 20 versus 20. We also see that he ate a piece of boiled fish to demonstrate clearly to his disciples that he had a physical body and he was not just spirit man. Okay. And on the shore of the sea of Tiberius in John chapter 21 versus 12 and 13, what does Jesus explicitly very clearly tell them? Look at John chapter 21 versus 12 to 13. Can somebody read that please? John chapter 21 versus 12 to 13. Jesus said to them, someone he breaks fast, yet none of the disciples asked him, who are you knowing that it was the Lord? Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them and likewise the fish. Yes. So he very clearly tells them, see my hands and feet that it is I, myself, it is Jesus handle me and see me. Okay. Look at what Luke chapter, what he says in Luke chapter 24 versus 39. Luke chapter 24 versus 39. Luke 24, 39, behold my hands and my feet that is I, myself, handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have. Amen. So what is Jesus saying? Look at me, see my hands and my feet. See that it's me, myself, handle me and see me. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones, but I have flesh and bones as you see I have. So, you know, we see that he had a physical body and he was not just a spirit man. Okay. And we also, you know, here of Peter's or Peter testifies in Acts chapter 10 was 41 that, you know, Peter's telling said that the disciples ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. Okay. So they say, hey, we ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. So all of these examples basically show that there was a considerable degree of continuity between, you know, the physical appearance of Jesus before his death and after his resurrection. But the difference in his appearance was simply that, you know, in the past, it was a, it was a, it was a body that bore suffering and hardship and grief. Okay. But in the new resurrected body, it's a body that is perfect in health. It's restored to its full youthful appearance. It's a body that is still a physical body, but raised as transformed body, never again to die, never again to suffer or to fall sick or to die again. Okay. So like we read in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, you know, the body is put on immortality and Paul says the resurrected body in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 versus 42 to 44 is raised imperishable in glory, in power and a spiritual body. So Jesus had this body, but he chose, okay, he chose to have these scars on his hands, his feet and his side for, you know, eternal purpose so that, you know, as a reminder of his sufferings and his death for us. Okay. Are you able to understand? Yes. But we will be raised imperishable having whole glorified bodies. Okay. Any, any questions, any doubts? Yes. Can you please give him the mic? Online students, you have any questions, doubts? John 20, 17. Why Jesus said to Mary that do not cling to me for I have not ascended to my father. And in 27, he said to Thomas reach your finger here and look at my hands. So that is John chapter. John chapter 20 verse. 17. 17. Okay. So he says here that, yeah, I'm ascending to my, do not hold on to me. Okay. Because I've noted ascended to the father, go instead to my brothers and tell them I'm ascending to my father and your father to my God and your God. So basically, when Mary Magdalene, you know, when she saw Jesus after his resurrection, she just wanted to embrace him or touch him physically out of excitement, devotion, relief. However, Jesus instructing her not to cling on to him physically. Okay. Don't cling on to me physically. Okay. Also, he says, you know, he's instructing Mary not to hold on to him physically. It may be just symbolizing transition from earthly and the physical appearance of Jesus to a new spiritual reality that Jesus brought by his resurrection that, you know, we have glorified spiritual bodies. And also Jesus is telling Mary, go tell the disciples about his resurrection and his ascension to the father. Okay. So basically saying, don't hold on. Don't spend time just holding on to me. You know, the urgency of a mission to go and, you know, share the good news that he has resurrected. Okay. Yeah. So basically those things, he's basically telling her that, you know, don't hold on to me and his transition to his next phase where he's going to ascend to the father. Good question. Thank you. Anyone else? But he asked Thomas to put his hand and. Yes. Why did he ask Thomas to put his hand and touch him? For that. That he's been resurrected. Madam. But why does he ask Thomas to do that? Why? To believe. Yes. Yes. Thomas did not believe in him. Okay. And so he says, you know, touch my hands and my feet. So it's basically because of his unbelief. And also when it is when he suddenly appears to the disciples in that room, they're startled. He says, look at me, you know, so, you know, touch me. I am, I am, I have resurrected. Okay. I'm not just spirit, but I am flesh and blood. Yes. So just to clear his doubt. Okay. Okay. Sister. Sister, I have a question. Yes. That meant Jesus. So when he entered the closed room, he entered with his spiritual body and then he put on physical body. Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. That's not, that's not right. Yeah. So many of them actually think that. Okay. But we see that Jesus had a physical body. It's not that suddenly he took on the physical body and suddenly, you know, he, he became a spirit man. And then he could walk through walls and he could, you know, enter through closed doors. That is not sunny had a physical body is by the nature of Christ's resurrection. We see that he had a glorified resurrected body. Okay. And also that people were able to touch him and, you know, see him. So it's not that Jesus, you know, passed through some material substance and, you know, it's that or moving from a spirit being to a physical being. No, that's not true. Or even in John chapter 20, when he appeared in that room, even when the doors and the windows were shut or locked, it does not mean that he passed through the door or the wall. Okay. We also see past examples in Acts chapter five verse 19. We know that the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors for the disciples and they were brought out. And the next day when the prison officers, when they reported, they found the prison was securely locked and the soldiers standing near the doors. And when they opened it, they found no one in sight. Okay. Acts chapter five verse 23. So we see that the angels had opened the doors and the apostles walked through those open doors and the angels would have closed those doors again. Okay. It's also again, when we look at, you know, Peter, when he was rescued from the prison. Okay. We see that his chains fell off. Acts chapter 12 verse seven. We see that his chains fell off. And, you know, in the same way, he, the doors just opened for him miraculously. He came out. He entered the, he came out of the prison door. He came out of the city gate and then he went to the, to the door and knock where the disciples were praying for him. How did it all happen? It was because some angels came and opened and then shut it. So in the same with regard to the nature of Christ's resurrection body, you know, we see that he was completely had a physical body at flesh and bones. And it does not mean that, you know, he sometimes was having flesh and bones of physical body and sometimes got into a spirit mode. Okay. No, it's not that. But it would have been the work of the angels who had done it. Or, you know, the disciples would not have seen this open doors just virtually happened. And it was just God's power that was working through. Yes. Okay, sister. Thank you. Yes. Okay. Thank you for those nice questions. We'll meet on Tuesday. Have a blessed weekend. Everyone. Thank you.