We do not believe that there was a bodily resurrection after the Crucifixion of Christ, but that there was a time after His Ascension when His disciples perceived spiritually His true greatness and realized He was eternal in being. This is what has been reported symbolically in the New Testament and been misunderstood. His eating with His disciples after resurrection is the same thing. (From a letter dated 9 October 1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; compilation ‘Resurrection of Jesus Christ’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
