Ye shall see Him. Mark 16:7 They heard a message to them that was personal. "He is not here." "He goeth before you." Ye shall see Him." "He said to you." In a few words, the fact of Christ's resurrection clarified that after the resurrection, there is personal knowledge of people and events. There are plans and activities to engage in. An interaction between people and God is significant in carrying out God's will and work. Resurrection is the start of a whole new dimension of living. When those women saw the stone was rolled away, there was fear, sorrow, and trembling - and at first silence. But hope was not dead, and the whole experience led them to actually see the One in whom they had placed their faith - in His resurrected body. Christ had moved into a new kind of life. So, we look forward to that ourselves. Our resurrected life will be real but different from anything we have experienced. "We shall be with Him and like Him. for we shall see Him as He is."
The resurrection of Christ produced great changes in the disciples. After His resurrection, they remembered what He told them before He was crucified. The truth of a kingdom much larger than Israel became real to them. There was a charge - a transfiguration of sorts, from being "conformed to this world" to being "transformed by the renewing of your mind." What happened to them because of seeing and hearing the resurrected Christ is to be the same thing to us. We are not to be "conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye prove what God's good, acceptable, and perfect will is." The whole event of the Savior's cross-death and the resurrection's glory made life entirely different for them - and us. "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" was Paul's motivation for success, and it should be the same with me.
The resurrection of Christ gave the disciples proof of the teaching He had given them over the years. Spiritual things are more important than physical things. Eternal things are more important than temporal things. The things of God take precedence over the things that men consider important. Holy things are more important than secular things. Love conquers even death itself. There was no question about who Christ was before He died as far as the disciples were concerned. But after His resurrection, they could see beyond their limited vision to the big picture of the kingdom of God.
Thomas made it personal when he said, "My Lord and my God." The Lord Jesus Christ made it universal when He charged them with the commission to "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel." His authority is universal. He was faithful as a Servant, effective as a Teacher, compassionate as a Man, and victorious as the Savior. We are now privileged to be called to serve Him "with reverence and godly fear."
At "the right hand of God," He sits with all authority as God. His redemptive work has been completed and is permanent. Nothing more can be done - nothing more should even be attempted. That would insult the Lord Jesus Christ, who on the cross said, "It is finished!" He is sitting there as the universal Sovereign whose reign will extend to the ends of the world - and we shall see Him in His glory!