And on many of those occasions he would appear and disappear out of and into thin air, or have a different physical appearance so that they didn't recognise him, e.g. :no verse says precisely and woodenly, "Jesus was resurrected as a human," but there are several times in the Gospels after His resurrection when He appeared, obviously in human form ~ tangible flesh and blood ~ to many eye-witnesses, as documented by all four of the gospel writers:
Luke 24:31 (WEB):
(31) Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
Luke 24:35-36 (WEB):(35) They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
(36) As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
John 20:26 (WEB):(36) As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
(26) After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
John 21:12 (WEB):(12) Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” None of the disciples dared inquire of him, “Who are you?” knowing that it was the Lord.
Just as angels can appear as normal men, so Jesus could after his resurrection, and did so to prove that he had been resurrected and was alive again. But angels are spirit beings, and so is Jesus now.
God was involved in the creation of Jesus human body, but while he was a man, Jesus was 100% a man, just like us:to see Jesus for what he was during His earthly life and after: of man and of God... even the Son of Man and the Son of God... so both human and divine. As the writer of Hebrews says, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
Hebrews 10:5
(5) Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire, but you prepared a body for me.
Philippians 2:7-8(7) but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
(8) And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
Hebrews 2:9(8) And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
(9) But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
Hebrews 2:14(14) Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
Hebrews 2:17(17) Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Paul's writing of "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8) was written many years after Jesus' resurrection, and was stating that since his resurrection Jesus no longer changes (just like God, being immortal, never changes).
That's not what the Scriptures say. See my next post.At the resurrection we ~ our spirits, our true selves in heaven with Jesus until that time ~ will be reunited with our resurrected bodies, our bodies no longer perishable but immortal.
Jesus has only had the divine nature since his resurrection. Previously he was in the form of God, but he was not immortal (or else he could not have died for us) - only God had immortality originally, 1 Timothy 6:16 (WEB):Yes, and He always did, and always will ~ just as the Father always did and always will. Again, Jesus is unchanging. He is eternal, of eternity past and eternity future, just as the Father.
(16) who alone has immortality, dwelling in light which cannot be approached, whom no one of men have seen, nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
Jesus is unique in that he only has twice had a change of nature. He now has the divine nature and is unchanging, but previously he has changed.