“He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses
whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from
the dead.”
Acts 10:41
In the verse above Peter is telling those of the household
of Cornelius about Jesus and whom He appeared to after His resurrection.
I suppose if I had been in charge I would have had
Jesus appear to Pilate, Herod, the High Priest and just about as many people as
possible after His resurrection.
How about you?
But Gods’ ways are so above all of our understanding.
He appeared to His disciples and His followers.
I cannot think of any unbelievers or skeptics that He
appeared to after He rose from the dead (save Thomas’ momentary lapse of faith).
We would probably have orchestrated it differently had
we been in charge.
But God knew that the disciples would need the
powerful encouragement that Jesus’ victory over death and the grave brought
while skeptics would simply look for ways to deny and excuse it away!
After all, some of the most miraculous and spectacular
previous works of God (look at the creation of the universe and of man for
example) are explained as nothing more than a “big bang” while man was busy
descending from apes. There was no reason to believe a resurrected Jesus would
have persuaded those who would not be persuaded.
“And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you
change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven.”
Matthew 18:3
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