About a week ago, Cariolan made a comment in ‘ Where were the disciples?‘ which included the following 2 sorular:

“İsa'nın herkesin önünde yargılanıp çarmıha gerildiği gibi, Diriliş Hıristiyan inancının temeli olduğuna göre neden gizlice dirildi?? … and at last, Şüpheli inanlılar için işleri kolaylaştırmak amacıyla İsa'nın göğe yükselişi neden daha fazla tanıtımla gerçekleşmedi??
lütfen yardım edin! Cariolan”

These are really good and important questions: but to answer them properly requires me to go well beyond the scope of the original post (bu sadece İsa'ya dair tarihsel kanıtlarla ilgiliydi’ diriliş) İsa'nın gerçekte ne öğrettiğinin daha ayrıntılı bir incelemesine; ve neden. Yani bu nedenle, I have decided that it is best to make them the subject of this, separate, post…

It’s important to understand how our natural expectations and priorities differ from those of Jesus. The Jewish people in Jesus’ day believed their Messiah was going to immediately drive out the Romans who were occupying their land and establish a worldwide reign of peace. But Jesus had other plans. Even after spending 2-3 years following Jesus and listening to his teachings, his disciples still hadn’t grasped this. İsa öldüğünde, they were initially shattered, as this seemed to contradict all they had traditionally believed about the Messiah, in spite of Jesus’ efforts to warn them and change their outlook. Even after Jesus’ resurrection they still imagined that the Kingdom Jesus was coming to establish was essentially a new political and religious government with Jerusalem at its centre and Jesus as its God-appointed ruler. Örn.:

“But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel.” (Luka 24:20-27)

“Tanrım, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Elçilerin İşleri 1:4-8)

İsa’ agenda was completely different.

“Tanrı'nın Krallığı gözlemle gelmez; onlar da söylemeyecekler, 'Bakmak, Burada!’ veya, 'Bakmak, Orası!’ işte, Tanrı'nın Krallığı içinizdedir.” (Luka 17:20-21)

“My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.” (John 18:36)

Başlangıç ​​için, He wasn’t planning to stay around in physical form on earth after his resurrection.

Bunları duyduklarında, devam etti ve bir benzetme anlattı, çünkü Kudüs'e yakındı, ve Tanrı'nın Krallığının hemen ortaya çıkacağını sanıyorlardı. (Luka 19:11-27)

Shortly after, Jesus went into far more detail with them, making it clear that he was going to be away for a very long time, and they would be left to carry on his work.

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. … Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. … This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matta 24:3-14)

How were they going to manage without Him? And what did He mean when He said that the Kingdom of God is within you? On their final night together, Jesus went into this in much more detail, as recorded by John in chapters 14-17 of his gospel:

“I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever, – gerçeğin ruhu, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, onu da tanımıyor. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, ve sen içimde, and I in you.” (John 14:16-21)

Notice that Jesus speaks here of 3 persons: his Father, the Counsellor (also described as ‘the Spirit of truth’) and himself. These are the three persons who are united together as the one God of the Christian Trinity. (This is explained more fully in the article, “Üçlü Tanrı“, elsewhere on this site.) But if Jesus is going away, how will the disciples keep in touch with Him? Because from the time of his resurrection onward the disciples will be living in God and God will be living in them. Quite literally, the Kingdom of God, and God’s temple, will no longer be just an outward institution: but an inward reality. We are destined to become living temples for God’s Spirit to dwell in; and He will be the one who keeps us connected with both Jesus and the Father.

“If a man loves me, he will keep my word. Babam onu ​​sevecek, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. … Bunları sana söyledim, hala seninle yaşarken. Ama Danışman, Kutsal Ruh, Babanın benim adıma kimi göndereceği, o sana her şeyi öğretecek, and will remind you of all that I said to you.” (John 14:23-26)

This is something entirely beyond the disciples previous experience of Jesus. Up to this point, they could only be aware of Jesus’ presence when he was physically present with them: but now they are to have a permanent connection even when He seems to be absent. Bundan sonra, they will Asla be alone. This is far better than their previous experience! And this is not just to be for them: but for all Jesus’ true followers in all succeeding generations!

“Yine de sana gerçeği söylüyorum: Gitmem senin yararına, çünkü eğer gitmezsem, Danışman sana gelmeyecek. Ama eğer gidersem, onu sana göndereceğim. (John 16:7)”
“sana anlatacak daha çok şeyim var, ama şimdi bunlara dayanamazsın. Ancak o zaman, gerçeğin ruhu, geldi, o seni tüm gerçeğe yönlendirecek, çünkü kendi adına konuşmayacak; ama ne duyarsa duysun, o konuşacak. He will declare to you things that are coming.He will glorify me, çünkü benim olandan alacak, ve bunu sana ilan edeceğim. All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.” (John 16:12-15)

“Sadece bunlar için değil dua ediyorum, ama aynı zamanda sözleriyle bana inananlar için, hepsinin bir olabileceğini; senin gibi bile, Baba, içimde, ve ben senin içindeyim, onların da içimizden biri olabilmelerini; dünya beni senin gönderdiğine inansın diye. Bana verdiğin yücelik, onlara verdim; onların bir olabileceğini, biz bir olsak bile; ben onların içindeyim, ve sen içimde, bir bütün halinde mükemmelleştirilebilmeleri için; dünya beni senin gönderdiğini bilsin, ve onları sevdim, beni sevdiğin gibi. (John 17:20-23

But this is going to take a while for the disciples to get used to the idea. And the resurrection appearances were designed to help those first followers to discover what this meant. In the encounter on the Emmaeus road, Jesus really was there: yet somehow he didn’t look the same and they didn’t recognize him till right at the end. Later that same day, he appeared to them, along with ten of the twelve apostles.

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” Ama onlara dedi ki, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, ve dedi ki, “Peace be to you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
İsa ona şöyle dedi:, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.” (John 20:24-29)

Do you see what happened here? İsa, who seemingly wasn’t there when Thomas expressed his unbelief, immediately picks up the conversation where Thomas left off! Even though unseen, he was still there. But then Jesus affirms that those who believe without seeing are even more blessed. Neden? Because they have already begun to experience that better, inseparable, yet even more personal, relationship with Jesus and the Father, through the agency of the Holy Spirit. And there is more to come …

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
(Elçilerin İşleri 1:8)

Paul tells us, içinde 1Korintliler 15:6, that on one occasion he appeared to over 500 at once; most of whom were still alive when he wrote. Ancak, dengede, this appears to have been a post-ascension appearance. When Jesus ascended he was neither needing nor seeking personal publicity. He was handing over responsibility to his disciples to continue his work under the direction and power of the Holy Spirit. And His final words to his disciples on that occasion were this simple reassurance:

“işte, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Mat 28:20

Feel free to comment or ask further questions about this in the space below.

For more information about the ways in which the presence of the Holy Spirit empowers a Christian’s life, see the 3-part series, “Dirilişinin Gücü” içinde “İsa Hakkında” section of this site.