What would be the most significant proof that someone had returned from the dead? See them? Hear their voice? Hold them? How about a one-on-one sit down over a meal after a tough night of mourning and sadness while hiding from the authorities in fear for your own life? Well, I would need each one of these to be sure. Yet, at any one of these, I would be freaking out.
Because death is permanent, I would need some undeniable proof to ensure I am not losing my mind. I have done hundreds of funerals. My experience with death is quite fixed. Death is the end of my physical relationship with someone. They are gone. Any resurrection is a miracle that breaks the natural order of fallen creation. "In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return." (Genesis 3:19)
Think about it, a person you know to be dead is now in the room with you, and they are asking to eat something. Could you be having a psychotic break or a hallucination brought on by grief? Are we having a grief-induced vision, dream/nightmare, or are they a spirit, or are they with you in the flesh come back from the grave?
Would we wonder if this is really happening? The Disciples did! They were filled with wonder and joy but still doubted what they could clearly see, hear, and touch. Would we have done any better at the moment?
References:
1 Corinthians 15:3–6
Luke 22:19–20
Romans 15:7
Zechariah 13:6
Revelation 5:6
1 John 1:1–4
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