234 Unit 9: The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ

Lesson 12-Resurrected as a Man

OBJECTIVE: To see that the Lord Jesus was resurrected as a man.
SYNOPSIS: In Luke we see the resurection of the Man-Savior,
the two disciples as a man. First, He was discovered the women. especially in His fellowship with
by Then, His resurrection was
investigated and confirmed by Peter. Following this, He appeared to the two disciples and
opened the Scriptures to them, then appeared to the apostles, opening their minds to under-
stand the Scripture and commissioning them with the
gospel.
resurrected with a body as a man. In incarnation the Lord had
We must see that the Lord Jesus
put on
rection He did not put it off. Today our resurrected Lord is still a man with humanity, in resur
but
a human
had flesh and bones, and His flesh still bore the scars from body. He
His crucifixion. He ate before the
disciples, and in His contact with the disciples in resurrection cared for them a
in human way.
BACKGROUND: At the end of this lesson, there is a
possible applicatiorn to daily Bible
reading.
Young people need frequent reminders regarding their Bible reading. They stop and start often.
This is normal. At every
stoppage, they simply need more
inspiration and encouragement.
Eventually, if we persist, it will become their habit.
CHAPTER(Ss): Luke 24.
OUTLINE wITH FACTS TO TEACH:
Use the stories to show how Christ in resurrection was a man. Today, He is stilla man on the throne in
the heavens.
I. The Lord was raised up by God as a vindication of His life and work-Rom. 4:25
".God's raising Him from among the dead was a sign that He was justified and vindicated by
God. God raised Christ from the dead as a proof that He justified what the Lord was and what He
did on earth.f God had not come in to raise Him up from the dead, this would have meant that
God did not justify Him....Romans 4:25 says that Christ 'was delivered because
of our offenses
and was raised because of our justification. The death of Christ fulfilled and satisfed God's
righteous reguirements so that we may be justified by God through His death (Rem. 3:24).
Christ's resurrection is a proof that God was satisfied with His death for us.... God's raising up
Christ from the dead was His justification and vindication ofwhat Christ was and did. From this
we may have the assurance that God has accepted what Christ did for us on the cross. We are
justified by God because of Christ's death, and in Christ, the resurrected One, we are aceptai
before God" (Life-study of Liuke, Message 54, pp. 466-467).
A. His resurrection was discovered by the women early in the morning-
Luke 24:1-11
At early dawn on the first Lord's Day, women arrived at the tomb with spices they had
prepared to anoint the Lord's body. According to Mark, these women were Mary the
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James (also the mother of Jesus), and Salome (the mother
of James and John). They had seen Joseph of Arimathea lay Jesus in the tomb on Frilay, the
day Jesus died. They had been unable to anoint Him, for the Sabbath had begun Friday
evening, and Saturday was also a Sabbath, for it was a feast day. At evening a new day
began (Hebrew days begin in the evening-Gen. 1:5b), so they could purchase spices to
anoint the Lord with. Now they were hurrying at first light to conmplete their service to the
Lord for His burial. (Actually, Mary the Magdalene had already taken care of this by
anointing the Lord in John 12.) When they arrived, they found the stone rolled away and
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the tomb empty.
As they were
clothing and said to them, "Whywondering
are you
about this, two men stood them in
by dazzltg
here but has been raised."
These
seeking the living Onme
among the dead!
that He would be delivered to angels went on to remind them of how the Lord Heis tola
sinful men to be
crucified and them
hearing this, the women returned to tell the on the third day rise up.
Ajter
thought
it nonsense, and did
not believe them.
disciples, but the majority of the dtscples
B. His resurrection was
Peter and ohn, however, rose
investigated
by Peter and John--Luke 24:12; John 20:2-10
up and ran to the tomb. John arrived
and looked in, but did not
enter the tomb. Peter then arrived first, being youngeT
the limen and entered the tomb and
sau
wrappings and face napkin laying neatly where the Lord had lain.
entered and saw what Peter John then aso
had seen. John tells us at this that believed
had indeed risen point, he the Lord
from the dead, even though they did not yet understand what haa
happened (John 20:9). Peter and John then left in wonder.
C. The Lord in resurrection
to Emmaus-Luke 24:13-35
appeared to two other disciples and walked with them
Two of the Lord's disciples (not of the eleven)
miles from
walking to Emmaus, a town about
were
seven
Jerusalem. As they were walking, they were talking about all the events of
the past few days. Perhaps at times
they were sorrowful and at times they were perplexed;
surely they had witnessed one shocking event after another. The Lord had entered
triumphantly into Jerusalem and His followers witnessed how He muzzled all those who
opposed Him. What a glorious time that must have been! Then He was arrested by their
own leaders, handed over to Pilate, and
put ona cross. What a shock to those who thought
this was the time Jesus might be restoring srael to its former glory!
Suddenly their hopes
were smashed. But now some were saying the grave in which He toas laid twas empty, and
angels had been seen who said that He was lioing. There was surely much to talk over as
they were uwalking. Suddenly, a Stranger drew near and began to walk with them. (In some
way they were prevented from recognizing Him.) He asked them what they were talking
about. They looked sad, but also were surprised that this Stranger rwas unfamiliar with the
recent events. Surely every person m jerusalemm was aware of whuat had happenmed. How
was it He did not know? They told Him of the things they knew concerning Him. At this
the Lord exclaimed, "O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have
spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to sufjer these thimgs and enter into His glory
(Luke 24:25-26)?" Then He opened to them the entre Scriptures concerning Himself. As
theu drew near to their destination, they asked Him to stay with them since evening oas
approaching. They sat down to eat, and as He broke the bread therir eyes were opened to
recognize Hit, and He disapeared. At this, they rushed back to Jerusalenm to tell the

disciples that they had seen Jesus.

D. The Lord appeared to all the disciples in the house and commissioned them

with the gospel-Luke 24:36-49

As the two disciples were relating all this to the eleven, the Lord Himself stood in their

midst, saying, "Peace to you." They were terrified, thinking perhaps theu beye coo a
ghost, but the Lord showed to them His pierced hands and feet and invited them to touc
Him. It still seemed too good to be true, se the Lord asked them to give Him some food, and
He ate. This was real proof that He had resurrectea with a body, and not just as a
spirit.
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Ascension of Christ
He then reminded all of them of how He had spoken with them
things written concerning Him had to be fulfilled and He
concerning how all the
the Scriptures concerning
opened
their mind to understand
Himself, including the fact thatrepentance for forgiveness of
sins in His name would be
proclaimed starting from Jerusalem. Thus He charged them to
main in Jerusalem until He would send
forth the promise of His Father (the
of the economical Spirit of power) upon them. It was sometime during this talkoutpouring
that Jesus
breathed into His disciples the Holy Spirit (John 20:22). What an
unspeakably wonderful day!
II The Lord Jesus Christ resurrected as a man with a body-Luke 24:39-40
In incarnation the Lord had put on
humanity, but in resurrection He did not put it off. Today
our resurrected Lord is still a man with a human
body!
A. He had flesh and bones, and His flesh still bore the scars from His crucifixion
John 20:24-28; Luke 24:37-39
The Lord invited the disciples to touch Him to prove that He was a resurrected man with a
body, and not a ghost.
B. He ate before the disciples-Luke 24:41-43
This was further proof that He was still a man in resurrection.
C He cared for the disciples in a human way-Luke 24:36-39; John 20:15-16;
Luke 24:15-30
Even in resurrection, the Lord still did not appear to the disciples as the almighty God in
unapproachable light. Rather, He appeared as a man in a very approachable and human
way. He brought peace to the frightened disciples (Luke 24:36-39). He responded to
Mary's seeking of Him (John 20:15-16). He walked with the two despondernt disciples as
Emmaus, listened to their foolish talk, explained the Scripture to
they left Jerusalem for
them, and even turned in to lodge with them (Luke 24:15-30). How human and

approachable the Lord was!

D. His body was a body in resurrection-Luke 24:36-37
When the Lord appeared to the disciples, they thought He was a ghost, and they were
startled and frightened. "They could not understand how He could suddenly appear in the

room. The door was closed,

and no one opened it. Nevertheless, the Lord appeared with a
Man-Savior's resurrected body, which is spiritual
physical body....Here we see the
(1 Cor. 15:44) and a body of glory (Phil 3:21). The Lord's appearing was very mysterious,
came into the room as the Spirit, yet with
and we cannot understand it fully. He
the nails could still be seen. The place in His side
physical, touchable body. The prints of
still be seen and touched. Not only was the Lord's
that had been pierced with a spear could
was able to eat food. 'And while they still did n0t
body visible and touchable, but He
here?
believe for joy and were marveling, He saud to them, Do you have anything to eat
And they handed Him part ofa broiled fisht; and He took it and ate before them' (ve. 4143).
We do not understand how the Lord Jesus as One with a spiritual body was still able to eat
(Life-study of Luke, Message 35. pp. 475-476).
material food"
II. The resurrected Lord commissioned the disciples by opening their minds to
understand the Scriptures concerning Him-Luke 24:25-32, 4449; Eph. 1:17-18;
2 Cor. 3:12-16
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In resumection, the Lord commissioned the disciples to proclaim the forgiveness of sins. "The
Man-Savior's meeting with the disciples in Luke 24 was the right time for Him to commission
them to preach the forgiveness of sins. After pointing out to them that it was written that Christ
should suffer and rise up from the dead on the third day, He told them that 'repentance for
forgiveness of sins shoula be proclaimed in His name to all the natiorns, beginning r o
Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things (vo. 47-48). Forgiveness of sins coula D
proclaimed only after the Man-Savior's vicarious death for the sinners' sins had DeE
accomplished and had been verified by His resurrection (see Rom. 4:25)" (Life-study of Lu
Message 55, p. 477). Along with His commission, the Lord opened the Scriptures to thea s
(Luke 24:32), opened their eyes to see Him (Luke 24:31), and opened their minds to understei
allow tre
the ScriptuTes concerning Him (Luke 24:45). To be commissioned by the Lord, we must
resurrected Lord to open our minds to understand the Scriptures concerning Him ur

hearts burm within us (Luke 24:32, 44-49).

24:31-32
A. The Lord opened the Scriptures and the eyes of the disciples-Luke
the
"In 24:13-35 the Man-Savior opened the Scriptures and also the eyes of
all the Prophets, He
disciples... Verse 27 tells us that "beginning from Moses and from ... The Scriptures
interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. and
are mentioned twice more in this chapter. Verse
32 speaks of opening the Scriptures,
the Scriptures there is a full record,
a
verse 45 of understanding the Scriptures. In
because
death and resurrection. However,
cComplete revelation, concerning Christ and His
He came to them in order to open
these matters were not opened up to the Lord's follouwers,
their
them for the purpose of opening
the holy Word to them. The Lord also canme to
them (v. 29), but it was not
Savior walked with them (v. 15) and stayed with
eyes.... The broke it that their eyes were opened to recognize
until they ofered the loaf to Him and He
Him. Not only did the eyes of these
Him....Once their eyes were opened, they recognized
needed to be
two disciples need to be opened;
the eyes of Peter, John, and James also
and also
the Word the Man-Savior opened the Scriptures
opened....n this portion of
of Luke, Message 54, pp. 471-472).
opened the eyes of His disciples" (Life-study
mind to understand the Scriptures-Luke 24:45
B. The Lord also opened their
on the way to Emmaus,
had opened the Scriptures to the disciples
"Just as the Man-Savior room. He also opened their minds to
to those gathered m the
He now opened the Word
entire Old Testament lis] a revelation of
understand the Scriptures [Luke 24:45|....|1]he
center and content. The fact that He opened the mind of the
[the Savior] and...He [is] its our mind needs to be opened
order to understanad the Scriptures
disciples indicates that in
His enlightening (Eph. 1:18) (Life-study of Luke.
by the Lord Spirit through
Lord leads, you may Jeel to apply this po:nt to the young people
Message 55, p. 476). If the
Bible reaung ana the leed to turn our heart to the Lord
by speaking on the need for daily
when we come to the Word.
JUNIOR HIGH APPLICATION: When the Lord resurrected from the grave, He came forth. not
only as a Spirit, but as a man. Because it may be sOmewnat nara to understand that the Lord in

Esurrection is the life-giving Spirit and resurrected

a man at the
same time, the followino four
Cxamples of the Lord appearing to the dsciples a
as man
may be helptful: (1) On the dav of
to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-351 T
Esurrection He appeared to two of His disciples orn the road
did notrecognize Him until He broke the bread. Then, betore He disappeared, their eyes wer
opened toseethat i t was the resurrected Christ who was with them. (2) Also on the day o f
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resurrection, He appeared to the disciples in the upper room. He asked them "Do you have
anything here to eat?" Then He ate some broiled fish before them. He was there as a physical
man, eating fish with His disciples (Luke 24:36-49). (3) After eight days He again appeared to
His disciples. He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here and see My hands, and bring your
hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing" John 20:27). (4) John
21:1-14 also shows us how the Lord manifested Himself to the disciples physically after He
resurrected. Why did He do this? John 20:26, footnote 3 says, "After the Lord came in verse 19,
eight days before, there is no plain word or hint in John's record that the Lord left the disciples.
Actually, He stayed with them, though they were not conscious of His presence. Hence, His
coming in verse 26 was actually His manifestation, His appearing (see John 21:1, footnote 2).
Before His death the Lord was in the flesh, and His presence was visible. After His resurrection
the Lord became the Spirit, and His presence was invisible. His manifestations, or appearings,
after His resurrection were to train the disciples to realize, to enjoy, and to practice His invisible
presence, which is more available, prevailing, precious, rich, and real than His visible presence.
In His resurrection this dear presence of His was just the Spirit, whom He had breathed into
them and who would be with them all the time." Today what we have is the Lord's invisible
presence with us all the time. Although we cannot see Him, He is with us invisibly. Just as He
was training His disciples to know Him in His invisible presence, the yourng people too have to
realize that He is with us all the time. At the end of the meeting it would be good for them to have
a time to pray, thanking the Lord that His presence is with them and that He is so available.
GoSPEL APPLICATION: Without the Lord's shining, man, created as a vessel to contain God
remains sadly empty, containing only darkness, as he spends his life vainly pursuing what
apart from the Lord he will never find: light and satisfaction. What then prevents people from
simply turning to the One who can richly supply their need? Fixed between their eyes and the
glory of the gospel of Christ lie many veils, placed there by Satan, who through so many subtle
Cor. 4:3-4). "n
ways has been keeping them all in darkness, and therefore painfully empty (2
principle, anything such as philosophy, religion, or cultural traditions that hinders people from
of Christ is veil" (2 Cor. 4:3, footnote 1). As blind man cannot see
apprehending the gospel a a

the shining of the sun, so the blinding one, "Satan, the deceive, the ruler of the present age
who dominates today's world and hunts for man's worship by blinding his mind and his
thoughts" (2 Cor. 4:4, footnote 1), is trying to keep your eyes veiled to the shining of the gospel.
Don't let Satan veil you any longer! Allow the God who said, "Out of darkness light shall
shine," to be the One who shines in your heart to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 46). This shining will both illuminate and fill your empty
vessel with the priceless treasure of the Christ of glory. "God's shining in our hearts brings into
us a treasure, the Christ of glory, who is the embodiment of God to be our life and our
everything" (2 Cor.4:7, footnote 1). Today, through the gospel, you can receive, instead of your
darkness, the shining of God as light and instead of your emptiness, Christ as a wondertl
priceless treasure within you. Turn away from the evil one who is even right now trying to
keep you veiled by so many blinding thoughts, and who desires to keep you in datkness
groping in vain your whole life for something in the world to fill your emptines. Turninstea
tO the shining One who desires to fill you with light and put within you the most precious a n

satisfying treasure in the universe, Himself!

CRUCIAL
in
MATTERS: Understanding the basic truths regarding Christ and His person and wors
many aspects for our full salvation (I1.C.).
BACKGROUND READING: Life-study of Luke,
Messages 54-55.
REFERENCES: Life-study of Luke, Messages 54-55.