Is there evidence for the Resurrection?

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In honor of this week's celebration:

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Jesus: Man, Messiah, or More? The Resurrection of Jesus, Part VIII

Was Jesus really the Son of God and the Messiah the Bible claims, or was He merely human like the rest of us? For the last 10 years, a group of scholars have been studying this very issue. Watch as they put forth their evidence, and then decide for yourself who Jesus really was. For 2000 years, the resurrection has been the crowning event of Christian faith. But is it more than a matter of faith? Is there historical evidence of an empty tomb?

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[Guest]

One Way Or The Other

"And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."

John 5:29

All Will Rise

"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:"

John 11:25

For He Is Risen

"And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him."

Mark 16:6

And Death Is Defeated

"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."

"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"

1 Corinthians 15:54-55

Praise His Holy Name

[OneLight]

HES ALIVE

FRANCISCO, DON

Copyright: 1977 NEW PAX MUSIC PRESS

Year: 1977

The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down.

I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound.

Half in hopeless sorrow and half in fear the day

Would find the soldiers breaking through to drag us all away.

And just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall.

The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call.

I hurried to the window and looked down into the street

Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet.

There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in.

John stood there beside me as she told us where she'd been.

She said "They moved Him in the night and none of us knows where.

The stone's been rolled away and now His body isn't there."

We both ran toward the garden, then John ran on ahead.

We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said.

But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in was just an empty shell.

And how or where they'd taken Him was more than I could tell.

Well, something strange had happened there, but, just what I didn't know.

John believed a miracle but I just turned to go.

Circumstance and speculation couldn't lift me very high,

Cause I'd seen them crucify Him, then I saw Him die.

Back inside the house again, the guilt and anguish came.

Everything I'd promised Him just added to my shame.

When, at last, it came to choices, I denied I knew His name.

And even if he was alive, it wouldn't be the same.

But suddenly the air was filled with strange and sweet perfume.

Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room.

Jesus stood before me with His arms held open wide

And I fell down on my knees and just clung to Him and cried.

He raised me to my feet and, as I looked into His eyes,

Love was shining out from Him, like sun light from the skies.

Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release,

Every fear I'd ever had just melted into peace.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive ........ He's alive ........ He's alive

[RebekahDavid]

Amen. He is risen !!!!!!!!!!! eyewitness accounts from those willing to also lay down their lives for the Good News!!!!!!!

[LIVN4JC]

HES ALIVE

FRANCISCO, DON

Copyright: 1977 NEW PAX MUSIC PRESS

Year: 1977

The gates and doors were barred and all the windows fastened down.

I spent the night in sleeplessness and rose at every sound.

Half in hopeless sorrow and half in fear the day

Would find the soldiers breaking through to drag us all away.

And just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall.

The gate began to rattle and a voice began to call.

I hurried to the window and looked down into the street

Expecting swords and torches and the sound of soldiers feet.

There was no one there but Mary so I went down to let her in.

John stood there beside me as she told us where she'd been.

She said "They moved Him in the night and none of us knows where.

The stone's been rolled away and now His body isn't there."

We both ran toward the garden, then John ran on ahead.

We found the stone and the empty tomb just the way that Mary said.

But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in was just an empty shell.

And how or where they'd taken Him was more than I could tell.

Well, something strange had happened there, but, just what I didn't know.

John believed a miracle but I just turned to go.

Circumstance and speculation couldn't lift me very high,

Cause I'd seen them crucify Him, then I saw Him die.

Back inside the house again, the guilt and anguish came.

Everything I'd promised Him just added to my shame.

When, at last, it came to choices, I denied I knew His name.

And even if he was alive, it wouldn't be the same.

But suddenly the air was filled with strange and sweet perfume.

Light that came from everywhere drove shadows from the room.

Jesus stood before me with His arms held open wide

And I fell down on my knees and just clung to Him and cried.

He raised me to my feet and, as I looked into His eyes,

Love was shining out from Him, like sun light from the skies.

Guilt and my confusion disappeared in sweet release,

Every fear I'd ever had just melted into peace.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive .......... He's alive.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are open wide.

He's alive ........ He's alive ........ He's alive

Praise the Lord. I love this song OneLight. Empty tomb, and over 500 saw Him that is good enough evidence for me.

Many blessings and thanks for the post.

In His Loving Hands,

LIVN4JC

[Sir Gareth]

The greatest evidence to me that Christ is alive and well is how he touched my life, and continues to touch it today.

There is additional historical evidence to support that he rose.

The empty tomb-asserted by friends and foes alike.

The eyewitness accounts by people who had abandoned Christ-in Saul's case who persecuted him-who all became so convinced of his rise that they were willing to die for it (We may die for something that we think is right, but no one dies for what they know to be a lie!)

And of course there are so many people, who like me, have had encounters with the Risen Lord, people continue to encounter Him everyday. Myself and several others cried our eyes out as Christ touched our hearts today at my church's passion reinactment.