No One Has Seen Christ Part Two

No one has seen Jesus literally after His ascension. It will actually destroy His own words of the purpose of sending the Holy Spirit, which is to our advantage.

I wrote about this some time back with many Scriptures about Christ who is STILL seated in heaven beside the Father.

When people share testimonies of seeing Jesus, they only saw a vision of Him but not the literal Person of Christ.

The following passages further nail this truth.

James 1:23 says that when we read the Word, we are reading who we are, because as Christ (The Word) is, so are we in this world. 

The Word is our mirror. The more we see The Word, the more we become like the Word (2 Cor 3:18).

However, we have yet to see the 100% Christ. Thus, there is a tad dim in the mirror. But we keep going after seeing Him more clearly in the Word.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. - 1 Cor 13:12

When Christ returns literally in Person, we will see Him face to face. Two things happen when we see Him literally:

1) We shall know fully (1 Cor 13:12)

2) We shall be like Him (1 John 3:2). The word 'like' in Greek here means 'likeness in nature and condition'.

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. - 1 John 3:2

It is impossible to see the literal Person of Christ (aka face to face) without gaining full knowledge of Him and without being transformed to His nature and condition.

So hear those testimonies with a pinch of salt when people tell you that they saw Christ face to face.