Bruce, This was the same thing I was thinking when working on the 2 John chapter in my book. Actually the snip I pasted is right from the chapter I wrote this week. Lately, I have heard a view that Christ would come spiritually. I heard it from a full pret. The view was just hnaging there in my mind, but I did not like something about it. Then I found the two Johannine refrences, which seem to me as warnings against emergent proto gnosticism. The Luke 24:39 is apropos--way cool. Another brother in the Christ of Luke 24, ;^) Pastor K Kinchen bridgewaybiblechurch.com