Matthew 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
[The Desire of Ages pp 779] The face they look upon is not the face of mortal warrior; it is the face of the mightiest of the Lord's host. The earth trembles at his approach, the hosts of darkness flee, and as he rolls away the stone, heaven seems to come down to the earth. The soldiers see him removing the stone as he would a pebble, and hear him cry, Son of God, come forth; Thy Father calls Thee.
The displaying of His hands and feet to the disciples was to them an undeniable verification that those wounds that were made when Jesus was crucified, had crossed over into His immortalized and glorified body, and as such Christ’s present body used as the foundation, the preexisting raw material of His own former self.
Hence the reason why in different parts of the Bible the issues of decomposition, as it pertained to the body of Christ, are addressed and made abundantly plain. The Psalmist David specifies in his writings the fact that Christ’s body was to remain intact in the grave, because the former body was to be used in the glorification of the latter.
Luke 24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 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.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!