Resurrection Does Not Equal Perfection

Thanks to Thomas' skepticism, we have a story with a Risen Jesus... who still has scars.

It’s the scars, for me.

While the most common observation from John 20:24-29 is the whole thing about Thomas’ refusal to believe the reports that Jesus had come back from the dead (hence the moniker, “Doubting Thomas”), the thing that jumps out to me in this story is the way the storyteller describes the body of Jesus.

27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side.

According to the timeline, this encounter between the risen Jesus and the doubtful Tommy happened about a week after that first Easter morning.

And check it out: Jesus still bore the wounds of his crucifixion.

Do not miss that point. It’s an utterly remarkable and deeply true observation about the human experience.

For me, it is yet one more reason why the Jesus story still slaps—even after all these years (and even on the other side of so many shifting beliefs about Christianity and the Bible).

Here’s what I mean…