Gino (3 Apr 2016)
"how many scars remain?"


When Jesus rose from the dead the print of the nails were still in his hands, and the gash in his side was still there.

John 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Also apparently the same for his feet:

Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
 40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

So what about all the wounds on his back, where they scourged him?
Do they remain in his resurrected body?
What about where the thorns went into his head?
Are those holes still there?
What about where they buffeted him & smote him with the palms of their hands?
If before his beatings, scourging, and crucifixion the following was true:

Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Then when he was crucified:

Isaiah 53:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

How much of all that remains visible in his resurrected Body?
What John described in Revelation 5, in heaven, was a Lamb "as it has been slain".

Revelation 5:6 ¶ And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

A slain lamb is a shocking sight.
So seeing the Lamb of God, as a Lamb as it had been slain, must be the most riveting thing that we'll ever see.