![]() ![]() ![]() Come, see where his body was lying (Matthew 28:6). ![]() The Scripture says: “He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as He said would happen. And, when one considers the disciples had been trembling in fear and hiding, having fled when Jesus was arrested in Gethsemane, the claim is irrational and silly. It’s absurd to think anyone could have overcome the guards, moved the massive rock, removed the body, and slipped away into the night without being noticed. Moreover, the tomb was sealed by a two-ton stone. But how could they know this if they were asleep? The authorities instructed the guards to say they were asleep and that the body of Jesus had been stolen. To have done so would have jeopardized their own lives. They would have no reason to steal or collaborate with anyone to take Jesus’ body. A Roman military guard was posted to prevent that very thing from happening. Is it conceivable, then, that the apostles would have had this success if the body of the one they proclaimed as risen Lord was all the time decomposing in Joseph’s tomb? Would a great company of the priests and many hard-headed Pharisees have been impressed with the proclamation of a resurrection which was, in fact, no resurrection at all but a mere message of spiritual survival couched in the misleading terms of a literal raising from the grave?” (As quoted by Josh McDowell in New Evidence that Demands a Verdict)Ĭhrist’s body surely could not have been stolen or rifled by an outside party. Any one of their hearers could have visited the tomb and come back again between lunch and whatever may have been the equivalent of an afternoon tea. It is a matter of history that the apostles from the very beginning made many converts in Jerusalem, hostile as it was, by proclaiming the glad news that Christ had risen from the grave - and they did it a short walk from the sepulcher. To suggest that it was not, in fact, empty at all, as some have done, seems to me ridiculous. “The empty tomb stands as a veritable rock, as an essential element, in the evidence for the resurrection. Anderson, attorney, and professor of Oriental law at the University of London, said: Here are seven pieces of evidence for the resurrection of Christ.ġ. The doctrine of the resurrection of Christ is bolstered with much evidence that makes it deserving of acceptance and faith. In the book of Acts, Luke told Theophilus that after Jesus suffered and died, the Master proved he was alive again. ![]() Put simply, either the resurrection happened, and Jesus is who he claimed to be, or it didn’t, and we are under no obligation to any of his teachings or example.” In The 10 Most Common Objections to Christianity, apologist Alex McFarland rightly contends, “The truth of the resurrection is a central question … anyone wanting to disprove Christianity would have to discredit the historicity of this event. However, the most potent demonstration that proved Christ’s claim to be the Messiah, the Son of God, who holds the keys to life and death, was his own physical resurrection. Lazarus, his friend, had been deceased for days, and the odor of decomposition was present. He showed his authority over nature by calming a storm and the sea. He performed miracles by healing the blind, the lame, the deaf, and people who suffered from hopeless mania. His words and works showed them he was worthy of their faith. ![]()
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