Was Jesus really raised from the DEAD?

Answer 1

yes........and we have proof

Answer 2

Yes, He was. Here is a good article which may help you see the truth of it:

The most powerful sign of all that Jesus is who he claims to be, namely the Son of God, is his resurrection from the dead (Romans 1:4). This is a question with huge implications: Did it happen? Is the Resurrection story the great exception to the "usual dreary end of human life?"
Many now consider the Resurrection to be one of the most sure and certain events of history. A critical debate on the question "Did Jesus rise from the dead?" took place recently between world-renowned atheistic philosopher, Dr. Anthony Flew, and New Testament scholar and Christian, Dr. Gary Habermas. A panel of five philosophers from leading universities judged the outcome. What was the conclusion? Four votes for Habermas. None for Flew.[1] And one draw. Flew was judged to have retreated into philosophical sophistry while evading the widely-acknowledged historical facts cited by Dr. Habermas.

TWELVE WIDELY-ACKNOWLEDGED HISTORICAL FACTS

These facts (per Habermas) include:[2]

1 Jesus died due to the rigors of crucifixion.
2.Jesus was buried.
3.Jesus' death caused the disciples to despair and lose hope.
4.Many scholars hold that Jesus' tomb was discovered to be empty just a few days later.
5.At this time, the disciples had real experiences that they believed to be literal experiences of the risen Jesus.
6.The disciples were transformed from doubters who were afraid to identify with Jesus, to bold proclaimers of his death and resurrection, even being willing to die for this belief.
7.The resurrection was central to their message.
8. The resurrection was proclaimed in Jerusalem where the empty tomb was. As a result...
9.The church was born and grew...
10...with Sunday the primary day of worship.
11.James, Jesus' skeptical brother, was converted by the resurrection. [See: "James" in the WebBible Encyclopedia]
12.Paul, the great persecutor of Christianity, was converted by the resurrection (Acts 9:3-9, 17; 1 Cor. 15:8; 9:1)

So momentous was this single event in the First Century that its effects have been described as a "widening circle of ripples" from a "boulder crashing into the pool of history."[3] In one of the oddest turns in history, a message centering on a dead "criminal" (1 Corinthians 1:23) came to be proclaimed as "good news." Equally amazing was the extent of the Empire-wide transformation following its proclamation. The impetus for this message was the conviction that the same Jesus who was crucified was now alive again. These facts are admitted even by knowledgeable skeptics.[4]

The Resurrection story of course has had its critics, even from the very beginning. From the account of the first guards in Matthew 28:11f, all the way to the present, there have been efforts to explain away his resurrection. Each new attempt, however, is more perverse than those which came before,[5] while still failing to account for the range of indisputable facts.

Answer 3

If in fact he was then who did it because I do not know of one person that ever has, there are way to many things that get in the way of it because he seems to be the only one that has, and now we have wars over it, so if he truly was raised from the dead and sits at the right hand of the father then you tell me why we have so dam many gods down here telling a different story. I believe in one God and one God only by what I perceive him to be and not by any book church or religion, I simply call my self spiritual.

Answer 4

Jesus spoke of destroying this temple and I will raise it up, so yes he was dead and then he rose from the dead state and ascended into heaven. In like manner his death on the cross will raise you and I also from the dead to be with Him. So it was written and so it shall be.

Answer 5

None here living now saw it first hand . You or me ,so it comes down to a matter of faith in what the bible says about Jesus . You either will believe it or not . The fact that I know I am a sinner and that sinning is wrong ( sin - things done for selfish or hateful reasons basically from the root of pride ) helps me believe in Christ Resurrection. Hope you find your answers

Answer 6

Yes. There's no other explanation for the sudden change in boldness of Jesus' followers between the night after His death when they were cowering in the upper room and the Day of Pentecost when the went out boldly preaching the reality of His resurrection in the streets and even in front of the Sanhedrin.

Answer 7

We all transcend planes and continue existence in another world. Did it happen the way it is spelled out in the Bible? Certainly not. What the Bible does is try and create an image of the divine with a fantastic story. Odds are that Jesus Christ was buried in the desert and the exact site of his grave was long ago forgotten.

Answer 8

Yes, Ken, HE really rose from the dead.
First, as you know, He died. HE had something wonderfully important to do, and to complete the task, as hard as it was, HE had to go to hell. HE then rose from the dead, and taught the Apostles more.
Then went to heaven, to wait for the remainder of the plan of GOD to bear fruit.
And lastly, yes, HE will return.
At the appointed time set by GOD, not man.

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Answer 9

It's figurative.

Death, in Biblical terms, is hell. Life, on the other hand, is heaven. Jesus was in Hell, and was raised, and because of his major life sacrifice, allowed all of us to raise from the "dead" as well.

Answer 10

Yes, and then he went through an ex-gay ministry to turn him into a heterosexual fascist who hates the gay part of himself and others because he is unable to accept human nature...something nonsensical like that...how else do you explain the gay loathing Jesus seems to inspire in some dimwits! Like eaglehigh for example.

Answer 11

The bible says so and I choose to beleive it. Read Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts.