The resurrection of Christ Jesus, that momentous proof of man's indestructibility, has been a source of hope and comfort throughout the ages. Christian Science, however, gives us more than hope and comfort, for it tells us specifically what the resurrection means and how we can benefit from its lesson in our own experience, thereby preparing ourselves for further progress.
The Gospel declares that when Jesus first reappeared to his disciples "they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, . . . Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: ... for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." Then, asking for food, he took fish and honeycomb "and did eat before them." Luke 24:37-39, 43;
Here Jesus proves two things for us: that the encounter with death does not end one's existence; and that it does not make one more spiritual.
