Les Feldick Bible Study

Will our resurrected bodies look strange or normal?

Resurrected bodies will look normal, not strange. After His resurrection, Jesus appeared so ordinary that Mary thought He was a gardener, and the disciples did not immediately recognize Him. He ate with them and had all the outward appearances of another human being, though He was now immortal.

Les teaches that the resurrected body will not look weird. Mary saw Jesus in the semi-darkness and thought He was a gardener, not because He looked bizarre but because His features were not clearly defined. The disciples saw Him cooking fish on the shore and did not immediately know who He was. If Jesus had looked strange, Peter and the others would have recognized Him right away. Instead, He looked like just another person, and He even ate breakfast with them. He had all the outward appearances of another human being, yet He was immortal, able to pass through walls and be transported instantly. So our new, resurrected, immortal, heavenly, eternal bodies will not look like something out of a Hollywood concoction; they will look just as normal from all human outward appearances as the Lord Jesus did during those 40 days from His resurrection until His ascension.