Seeing Jesus

Tonight, just the fact that Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:1 that he has seen Jesus Christ totally blows me away (“Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?”).
There’s nothing wrong with reading the Word and coming away with a simple awe like this.

Paul actually did see Jesus! Most likely, while Jesus was alive, but not in a personal way. What Paul is probably referring to is his encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus, where Jesus appears to him as blinding light. Paul would later write to his protege Timothy that God dwells in “unnaproachable light” (1 Timothy 6:16), most definitely speaking out of first-hand experience.

It’s also thought that during his early conversion, Christ revealed himself to Paul personally (Galatians 1:12).

I’m just overcome with the thought of actually seeing Jesus. I know we’ll see him in the end. But Paul saw him during his own lifetime. It just makes me wonder what I would do if I could see Christ in my own lifetime.