so we have been led to believe that we will all look the same as we do now...except we will have no flaws and a perfected body without deformity or ailment. hmmm....
How do we know this to be true? Is there any scriptural reference to this aspect of "resurrection"? Or is it a "fractured fairy tale"?
Here is what we have been told concerning resurrection of Jesus:
immediately after he arose from the grave, this is his appearance:
John 20:15-16
"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
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."
(My commentary: and now...what's this? Jesus in overalls? certainly his appearance is very much altered or disguised.)
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
(my commentary: Does she recognize him from his voice? Or a mannerism? Or something x-file-ish he does?)
Commentary: So upon taking a new form, obviously rather human looking as to be mistaken for a gardener...Jesus was unrecognizable to someone who knew him so well. What do you all make of this?
Here is another alternate appearance after his resurrection:
Mark 16:12
9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
12 Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country . 13 These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
The BaghavaGita, in support of reincarnation, says that "the spirit changes bodies in the way that the body changes clothes."
So, again, what do you all make of the unrecognizable appearances?
Then, again, there is yet another alternate appearance of Jesus before his death. This is referred to as the "transfiguration"
matthew 17:2 describes the transfiguration:
2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
(so now, this is like something from x-files)
So, from these episodes of example...how do you think you will recognize each other in a life after death?
Are your ideas based on fantasy or scripture? Please give evidence.