Jesus's Response to Thomas' Doubts

There is a symmetry between the church's relationship to christ and christ's relationship to the father. Christ is sent by the father, the church is sent by christ. And the role of the holy spirit is important. Here christ gives his spirit. He handed over spirit on the cross. He will deliver his spirit to the church at pentecost,. but here he gives his spirit to his disciples. This is part of the great commission, as is presented by john. It's in this statement that we finally see the disciples arriving at the full christology of the gospel's prologue. Blessed are we who have not seen and yet have believed.