Indeed, the physical bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ reveals that He actually resurrected. If He resurrected Himself without His physical body, namely, if His immaterial aspect exclusively underwent the resurrection, the Apostles, including Thomas, would have doubts concerning Jesus Christ’s resurrection. For instance, since Jesus’s body would remain dead, Thomas would remain with unbelief: "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." In addition, the bodily resurrection of Jesus sets the example of the resurrection of the saints: as Jesus resurrected as a whole, those who have died in Christ will likewise resurrect. His exaltation
