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Jesus' Body Name Day 38
Jesus' mystical body was clearly transformed in the garden after the resurrection. He commands Mary not to touch or hug him for, "he had not yet ascended." Later, when his body has become "fixed," he walks through a wooden door to greet his disciples! His molecules are somehow able to pass through a solid panel but his skin is firm enough to be touched. He offers the wounds in his hands and side as proof of his identity.
An example of Jesus' changing body occurs when Mary Magdalene, one of his closest friends, doesn't recognize him in the garden. John explains, "she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. Thinking he was the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.'" Mary only recognized Jesus when he spoke her name. She twisted around and said in Aramaic, "Teacher." Jesus' mystical body had not yet been formed so he whispered, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father." 1
1John 20.14-17.
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