How does John 20:26 demonstrate Jesus' omnipresence and divine nature? Setting the scene “After eight days His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” (John 20:26) Locked doors, open presence • The doors were literally shut, firmly barring entry. • No one unbolted them for Jesus; He simply “came and stood among them.” • Scripture records this plainly and historically, not as a vision or metaphor. How the verse displays omnipresence • Physical barriers cannot restrict Him; He is present where He wills, when He wills. • His sudden appearance in a sealed room pictures the same reality He promised: “Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). • Omnipresence belongs to God alone (Psalm 139:7-10). Jesus exercising it shows He fully shares that divine attribute. How the verse reveals divine nature • Sovereignty over the material realm: walls and locks yield to Him just as storms did earlier (Mark 4:39). • Resurrection body affirms His victory over death; only the Author of life can rise and move unhindered (Acts 3:15). • Bestowing peace—“Peace be with you”—not merely a greeting but an authoritative impartation (cf. John 14:27). • Together these acts echo the declaration, “In Him all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily” (Colossians 2:9). Reinforcing passages • Luke 24:36—same miraculous entrance on resurrection evening. • John 1:48—He saw Nathanael under the fig tree, showing knowledge unhindered by distance. • John 10:30—“I and the Father are one.” • Colossians 1:17—“In Him all things hold together.” • Hebrews 13:8—“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Takeaway truths • The risen Lord is not confined by space, time, or matter. • His ability to appear in a locked room validates every promise of His constant presence with believers. • John 20:26 stands as a literal, historical testimony that Jesus possesses the very attributes of God Himself—He is omnipresent, sovereign, and eternally divine. |
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