Following1. Initially, the disciples fail to recognize Jesus Christ on the shoreline after His resurrection, a recurring challenge among them. When John identifies the stranger as the Lord, Peter immediately dresses and swims about 200 cubits to join Him, showing eagerness to be near Christ. Despite recognizing Him, the disciples sense something different about Christ that they cannot fully comprehend without His guidance. At His invitation to come and eat breakfast, none dare ask who He is, knowing it is the Lord. 2. Peter's response to Christ's advice to recast the net on the right side of the boat demonstrates his growing faith, as he follows the direction without hesitation. The net fills with a massive catch that does not tear, and the disciples show no anxiety or overwhelm. Peter even jumps back into the water to drag the miraculous catch to shore alone, contrasting with the first miracle where the net tore and the boats began to sink. 3. The final miracle of Christ's earthly ministry begins with anxious and bewildered disciples struggling to identify their Lord. By the end of the incident, their weak faith is strengthened, their unbelief dissolved, and their capacity to serve enriched by His presence. Christ's commission acknowledges their growth, marking the start of their new vocation as ministers in the church of God, tending and feeding those called into the Way.

After His resurrection Jesus appeared to the apostles and others around ten times over forty days. During this period a notable change took place in His relationship with the apostles. He was no longer tied to them constantly as He had been for three and a half years. His thoughts and works became less focused on the apostles because He had finished the work the Father had given Him to do. After His resurrection Jesus oriented Himself toward His return to the Father. He would appear to the apostles and speak of things about the Kingdom but then leave again. On the fortieth day He ascended visibly from a slope of the Mount of Olives in the area of Bethany. The apostles witnessed this departure and understood its finality. They knew He would not appear again until His return at the end. After His ascension Jesus sat down at the right hand of God. He was presented before the Ancient of Days and received dominion glory and a kingdom. He led captivity captive and gave gifts to men so that the Lord God might dwell among them. One of these gifts was the Holy Spirit which He poured out on Pentecost. Jesus was exalted to the right hand of God and made both Lord and Christ. He was given the place of honor at the Father's right hand and enthroned as a Priest on His throne. He passed through the heavens and entered the heavenly Most Holy Place with His own blood. He is now waiting until His enemies are made His footstool and until the times of restoration of all things.

In the closing chapters of John's gospel, we find a series of last words spoken by Jesus Christ after His resurrection and before His ascension. Among these, the fourth and fifth sayings focus on the matter of faith. The fourth saying, directed to Thomas, is: Do not be unbelieving, but be believing. This comes as Jesus appears to Thomas one week after the resurrection, when Thomas had not been present with the other disciples during Jesus' initial appearance. Jesus invites Thomas to perform an empirical test by touching the wounds in His hands and side, though Thomas does not ultimately need this proof. Convinced by the presence of Christ Himself, identified by His wounds, Thomas falls at His feet, exclaiming, My Lord and my God, marking the highest profession of belief in Jesus recorded in the gospels. The fifth saying of Jesus Christ after His resurrection is: Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. This pronouncement offers a great blessing to all who believe without physical evidence, emphasizing a faith satisfied with what God provides rather than yearning for visions or tangible proofs. Jesus does not advocate a faith without evidence but highlights that a faith not reliant on seeing is superior, extending a blessing to all who trust in Him as Savior without having witnessed His physical presence.