Facts About the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- Jesus spoke openly about what would happen to him: his crucifixion and then his resurrection from the dead.
“The Son of Man must suffer many things, be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days be raised” (Mark 8:444-31; Matthew 17: 22) Luke 9: 22).
Those who think that a restoration of Christ is inconceivable probably believe that Jesus was deceived, or (almost certainly) that the early church used these images to show Jesus a false representation of what they personally imagined.
They would say that the proclamation was put into the mouth of Jesus. In any case, those who read accounts of the good news and come to believe that the figures who speak persuasively through these disciples are not the illusions of absurd creative minds rationalize the message of Jesus. A declaration of one’s own resurrection from the dead. This shows that the words foreshadowing revival are not only the basic clear words quoted above, but are also undoubtedly more averse to the direct creation of deceived believers; This is especially revealing when you consider that it is a highly unusual and deviant word.
For example, two different observers interpreted Jesus’ claim during his lifetime that if his adversaries destroyed the sanctuary (Jesus’ body), he would rebuild it in three days, in two very different ways. (John 2: 19; Mathew 14: 58; cf. Matthew 26: 61).
He also spoke in a vision about the “signs of Jonah,” his three days in the depths of the earth (Matthew 12: 39; Matthew 16: 4).
And He alludes to it again in Matthew 21: 42 – “The stone that the builders rejected became the cornerstone.”
Hence our most memorable proof of the resurrection, is that Jesus Himself said about it? Given the breadth and nature of this phrase, it is unlikely that a deceived church invented them.
Moreover, the character of Jesus himself as revealed by these disciples was not considered by the majority to be a madman or an evil person.
- The Tomb Was Empty on Easter.
The earliest records confirm this: “And when they went in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus” (Luke 24: 3). Furthermore, Jesus’ opponents supported this by claiming that the disciples removed the body (Matthew 28: 13).
“Jesus Dead Body not found.”
There are four ways to represent this.
- His enemies took away the corpse. Assuming they did so (and they never claimed to have done such a thing), they would have to hand over the body in order to prevent the fruitful spread of the Christian faith in the very city where the crucifixion took place.
There is no doubt that it happened. In any case, they couldn’t deliver it.
- His companions removed the body. This was early gossip (Matthew 28: 11-15). Is it possible?
Did they defeat the tomb guard at some point? More importantly, could they have started teaching so strongly that Jesus was resurrected without even knowing that He was resurrected? Could they risk their lives and admit to beatings knowing it was a fraud?
- Jesus wasn’t dead, but He didn’t realize it until when He was buried in the tomb. He rose and removed his stone, defeated his warriors, met with his disciples and convinced them that he had come back to life, and then disappeared from history.
In fact, not even Jesus’ opponents attempted this line but believed that He was dead. The Romans confirmed it. This stone could not be moved from within by one man, and he had recently been wounded in the side with a spear, burned for six hours, and nailed to the cross.
- God raised Jesus from the dead. This is exactly what He thought would happen and what the disciples said.
But as long as there’s even the slightest chance that restoration can be understood naturally, people of today will say we shouldn’t rush to other worldly explanations. Does this make sense? I strongly disagree.
Of course, you obviously don’t want to be gullible. However, I don’t want us to ignore the reality just because it’s strange. From now on, our responsibility will be greatly influenced by our inclinations to the situations that will arise from the reality of the revival or from the misrepresentation of the recovery.
For example, assuming the message of Jesus has opened you to the truth of God and the need for forgiveness, at that point the authoritative opinions of the world beyond can lose control of your brain.
At some point, does this receptivity mean independence from prejudice against resurrection rather than prejudice against resurrection?
