The mantra in biology, the study of living things, is “form and function”, the meaning of which is that every living organism and its constituent parts with its shape, or structure, that is form, has a direct correlation with its function. Think of it this way, the structure of the human hands has a direct correlation with its function, what you do with it. The same principle goes for the human lungs, liver, kidney, rib cage and so on. What do we need our feet for? Walking, running and jumping. Why do we walk? To move from point A to point B. what is the purpose for moving from point A to point B? To search out for food (work) or pleasure (play). Existence on planet earth or in nature, requires that living organisms carry out certain functions in order to live. And some of these requirements include the taking in of energy in one form of the other and then converting the energy into a form that the living organism can use. Power can be defined as the ability to do work, therefore, in order for man to work, he requires energy, in order for man to move from point A to point B, he requires energy. In order for a living organism to grow, it requires energy. In natural sciences, it is taught that, energy is not destroyed, but transformed from one form to another. That is, there are different forms of energy.
The Scripture indicates that, there is the physical realm and the Spiritual realm, and that the two are distinctively different from each other and even that the two are in opposition to each other. Existence, therefore in any of the realms would therefore require entirely different things. The forms of the beings in one realm would and are different from those in the other. Logic then dictates that, different forms, different functions. This brings about the question; Is there a need for working and playing in the spiritual realm? If the answer is no, then the next question is; Is there a need for a spiritual being to take in energy in order to work? In order to factually and truthfully answer these questions, then one would need to have witnessed, experienced or verified the spiritual realm. To put it in another form, one would need to have been to the spiritual realm, live there, and then come to the physical realm, which we are in, now and then do the compare and contrast. Well according to the Scriptures, there is only one person who did just that, and that is Jesus Christ. He came from the spiritual realm to the physical realm, taught us certain things about both realms, and gave us tips on how to get into a certain section of the other realm. Apparently, there are two or so sections in the spiritual realm. And which section you end up in, depends on how you live in this physical realm. Very handy tip, if you prefer a particular section in the spiritual realm. If you don’t, then the tip doesn’t matter, you roll with the dice.
Easter holidays are the anniversary of the resurrection of the big guy, that is Jesus Christ. Some of us are quite certain that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, put it in other words, the energy form or power source known as Jesus Christ was transformed on a certain date, roughly about two thousand years ago, into another form. There were some people who witnessed the transformation, and even under the threat of death, pain, torture and so on, did not recant their story. They stuck with it and died maintaining their story. OK, so far, Jesus Christ rose from the dead. This brings me to a curious point in the report of these witnesses; firstly in John’s account in John 20:11-20, especially verses 14, 19 and 20, Mary Magdalene and then later the disciples did not immediately recognize the big guy, what is with that? I mean somebody you love, your close friend, mentor, teacher, helper, healer and provider. And you’ve been with this guy for some time, and he gets killed in a brutal fashion, with all the gruesome image fresh in your mind, and two or three days after he was murdered, you met him standing next to you, and you don’t recognize him. Well I don’t know about you, but if my brother was murdered two days ago, and I see him today (and we are not talking about ghosts), I would recognize him. Unless he is in a different form, totally unrecognizable from his form two days ago. Secondly, Luke’s account in chapter 24, verses 13 to 35, tells about two of Jesus’s disciples or followers, on a stroll to Emmaus from Jerusalem, maybe a mile’s walk or something like that, in any case, not far from Jerusalem, whether an hour’s walk or more. And Jesus was walking with these guys and talking with them, eventually entering the house they were going at their insistence. And all the time, these guys did not recognize him. This curious point in these two accounts of John and Luke may be explained by Apostle Paul’s defense of our faith in 1 Corinthians chapter 15. Paul is gifted with lovely turn of phrase, his prose, chain of thought and expression is simply great.
There is no point in paraphrasing him, one cannot improve on perfection, the prose used by Paul in this chapter is exquisite, and is exemplified in verses 40 and 41; There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. The inability of the close associates or family members of Jesus Christ in recognizing Him after He was resurrected can only logically be explained in this way.
