1. Abdu'l-Baha refers, as well, to Mary
Magdelena as the reason for the return of the faith of the
disciples.
"O maid-servant of God! Verily, Mary, the
Magdalene, was a villager, but she kept firm in the Cause of Christ and
confirmed the apostles at the time she declared to them (thus): "Verily, Christ
is alive and eternal and death did not overtake Him; and verily, the foundation
of His religion is not shaken by His crucifixion at the hand of the oppressors!"
By this her face is eternally shining from the horizon of
guidance."
(Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha v2, p.
268)
2. Perhaps if one were to approach the issue
of "resurrection of the body" from the perspective of these verses; the task
might not be so difficult. It would seem that the Christian will the need
to face the fact that as "eating" cannot be taken literally' then the use of the
word "bread" cannot be so taken. He might then be willing to conclude that
bodily ascension is probably not what is meant by the word
"ascended".
:6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live
by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
6:58 This is that bread which came down from
heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this
bread shall live for ever.
(King James Bible, John)
Richard.
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