And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.” –John 20: 22
What were they thinking!?!? Was it inconceivable? The same Savior they saw agonizing in the Garden, the One who saw lashed and flagellums from His own verdugos, the same One they left to save their behinds…The same Jesus who died on the tree…is…Alive!?!?
The whole point of the Book is to let people realize the witness of the Christ. The same witness, of which the apostles saw the Living God face to face, risen, transformed, and glorified, who was giving them breath of life.
In the beginning, wasn’t God the One who gave breath of life? His own nature became canvas of man, the most important piece of the created Earth. Even if we failed to rise above our first trial, God kept breathing hope through His people –and then, to the whole world.
The same wind that flies above our heads is the one that Jesus –the Ultimate Respite- gave to the apostles to empower them on their days.
We can’t breathe without oxygen –pure, clean, crisp, and fresh. Likewise, we can’t live without the Counselor in us. Can we make it through without His glory touching us through the hardest of our lives?
Love finally completed its course…Love finally breathed through its pores.
