As to the resurrection of the body of Christ three days
subsequent to His departure: This signified the divine teachings and spiritual
religion of His Holiness Christ, which constitute His spiritual body, which is
living and perpetual forevermore.
By the “three days” of His death is meant that after the
great martyrdom, the penetration of the divine teachings and the spread of the
spiritual law became relaxed on account of the crucifixion of Christ. For the
disciples were somewhat troubled by the violence of divine tests. But when they
became firm, that divine spirit resurrected and that body—which signifies the
divine word—arose.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
