The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: He Is Risen!

-Matthew 28: 5-7 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you.”

Quote:  “The Resurrection is the central theme in every Christian sermon reports in the Book of Acts. The resurrection, and its consequences were the Gospel or ‘Good News’ which the Christian brought.... The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the resurrection.” 

-C.S. Lewis -British scholar, author   (1898-1963)

Commentary: From the Young Theologians Handbook (c) Darryl Riden 

 The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is a primary Christian doctrine. This event was the turning point in human history. It is this truth that sets Jesus apart from all previous and future religious figures. All other religious leaders have, or will, bow to death and lie in a grave, powerless and defeated. Jesus lives. The resurrection proved that He indeed was the only begotten Son of God and that everything He spoke and preached was the Word of God. Christianity hinges on the certainty of Christ rising from the dead. 

The New Testament writers of the Gospels proclaimed to the world that Jesus Christ left a tomb standing open wide. They were actual witnesses to the risen Christ, testifying that Jesus lives and He alone is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”

Jesus Himself proclaimed: “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised the third day...if anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. Luke 9:22-23

John the Baptist cried out when he saw Jesus walking towards him in the wilderness..” Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29

It is a fact that Jesus died by crucifixion two thousand years ago, the sinless Son of God bearing the sins of all humanity. The day that Jesus hung on the cross the world became completely dark between the sixth and ninth hours. An earthquake and all-consuming darkness brought even the bravest Roman soldier trembling to his knees. Jesus described Hell to His disciples as “outer darkness,” meaning there is absolutely no light or hope. 

Jesus’ body was taken off the cross, and as far as the world was concerned He was just another executed criminal to be buried and left to rot and fade into obscurity. But redemption’s story was not yet complete. On the third day a stone was rolled away, and a tomb was left empty because the grave could not hold the risen Savior! Jesus, firstborn from the dead, has prepared the only way for us to live eternally. His resurrection from the dead demonstrated His absolute victory over Satan, Hell, and the last enemy, Death. 

His resurrection was a bodily resurrection. Without the bodily resurrection we have no hope and Christianity is meaningless. 

 “If Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable” (I Cor.15: 17-19). 

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