Section 12
your finger here and see My hands, and bring your hand and put it into My side, and be not unbelieving, but believing." Because Thomas had missed the first meeting with the Lord in res urrection, he had become very backward. Now the Lord appeared to deal with this unbelieving disciple by pointing to the prints of His death remaining in His resurrected body. I do not know how the prints of His death could still remain in His resurrected body. Although Thomas had become the most backward, after the second meeting of the church, Thomas became the first, for it was he who said, "My Lord and my God!" (20:28). Thomas was the first to recognize that the Son of Man is the Lord (Acts 2:36; 10:36; Rom. 14:9; 10:12-13; 1 Cor. 12:3; 2 Cor. 4:5; Phil. 2:11) and God (John 1:1-2; 5:17-18; 10:30-33; Rom. 9:5; Phil. 2:6; 1 John 5:20). Thomas was not only the first to realize that the Son of Man is the Lord and God; he was also the first to declare that Jesus is the Lord and the very God.
TRAINING THE DISCIPLES
In John 20:29 the Lord said to Thomas, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed." The Lord not only appeared to deal