Section 4
1 Corinthians 15:44, this body was a resurrected body. Consider the illustration of a carnation seed. A carnation seed has a tiny, round body. But when it has been planted and has grown out of the ground, it has a stem and a blossom. Is this not also a body? Before the carnation seed was sown into the ground, it had a little body. After growing out of the ground, it had a differ ent body. This is exactly what Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 15:44: "It is sown a soulish body, it is raised a spiritual body." The body is sown in one form and raised up from the ground in an other form. The one sown is the original, natu ral body, and the one grown up is the resurrected body. After His resurrection, Christ had a resur rected body; yet it was physical and could still be touched. Even though the doors were shut, Christ entered into the room with this body. Although the Lord had a resurrected body, the prints of the nails were still in His hands and feet (John 20:20, 27; Luke 24:40). After the Lord showed them both His hands and His side, the disciples "rejoiced when they saw the Lord" (John 20:20).
BREATHING THE HOLY SPIRIT
INTO THE DISCIPLES
Verse 22 says, "And when He had said this,