Did early Christians shocked by Jesus death had to invent his Resurrection?

Question

Let's face it Jesus had a following of people who left families, jobs, and riches for his charismatic teachings. They were PSYCHOLOGICALY INVESTED in this movement. His death had to be turned into a victory so that they could live with themselves with their sacrifices for this man who, of course, could not save himself from the Roman power, much less anyone else. That's the way the Resurrection hoax started.

Answer 1

The resurrection was borrowed from beliefs that already existed in the region.

Julius Caesar rose from the dead and ascended to the Heavens, so did Plato according to some and Pythagoras, Horus and many of the Greek demigods.

It was necessary to add the Resurrection and the Virgin Birth if they were going to compete with the other contemporary cults.

The Virgin Birth isn't mentioned by Paul or two of the four Gospels. The resurrection is left as a locked room mystery in Mark, the earliest Canonical Gospel. The story was then embellished by each successive writer, until Jesus is walking around Jerusalem followed by hundreds of people.

Of course, no Roman or Jewish authorities seemed to notice this dead guy and his posse of hundreds.

Answer 2

I don't have any reason to believe it was a hoax. Jewish people of the day and TODAY don't steal bodies from tombs and graves and they, too, have their investments emotional and otherwise. Also, Christ was never destined to be saved from the Roman power. His Father said "no" and I am glad for today I have the confidence to know that my sins were bought and paid for before I was born. It doesn't mean I am to focus on being a complete maniac everyday but Christ paid the ultimate price. And I surely don't believe it was a hoax because Mary Magdalene was EXTREMELY close to Christ and she sure didn't know where he was when he vanished. I have read the works of Mary Magdalene and if it was all a hoax she would have described her sorrow of burying him and never seeing him again because she LOVED him. And if you read the Bible, his own Mother had a smaller investment in Him than his followers! Christ even said so! So, when he ascended, why would she lie? Back in those days a woman had very little power and lying like that was a guaranteed stoning or worse. You must not believe in resurrection at all if you can't believe Christ was brought back to life or a Higher Power who can do anything He wants. But I won't sit and argue. You appear to have your mind made up and you did post a question but followed it with a sound statement suggestive of your strong and unmovable stance. To end this dissertation, there was Roman guard at the site. If the followers came to steal the body, they would have been killed right along with Christ and likely hurled right into the same tomb.

Answer 3

It would never have crossed their minds to concoct something like that. They weren't all that sophisticated back then. When they put a body in the tomb, they expected it to stay there. And having it "leave" was something they could never have imagined, let alone make up. If you check your history, you will find that Christianity was a very small movement. It was a very "off-beat" left wing thing to do. It didn't take off and grow in popularity for a few generations after his death.

Answer 4

In Christianity the resurrection does no longer lessen the volume of the sacrifice that's the crucifixion, it truly is what makes the crucifixion so cool. by technique of lack of life on the flow and being crucified it became an illustration that Jesus became less than the wrath of God, considering that on the on the spot the Jews believed that those who were crucified were cursed by technique of God. yet, then he became raised from the lifeless, exhibiting that God's grace became rather on him, and that he had defeated lack of existence and devil. His resurrection became the outcome if his sanctification, and by technique of his being raised from the lifeless it truly is a emblem persons rather being forgiven of our sins. The crucifixion rather does no longer propose a lot devoid of the resurrection. allow me clarify that...the crucifixion IS a emblem of Jesus' love for us, and is that act in which God acted out his love and Jesus took all of our sins upon himself. although the resurrection is at the same time as God restored Jesus Christ to his holy position, a position that became lost at the same time as he became on the flow because he became so finished of the sins that he did not commit. The resurrection shows that we rather are forgiven and wiped clean, and that there is desire. The crucifixion is important, the resurrection is stunning. The crucifixion shows love, the resurrection demonstrates Jesus' skill over lack of existence, a curse placed on us by using our sin, and God's skill to purify us and purge us of our sins because he needs search for and save us. The crucifixion might want to nevertheless teach the impressive love, even though it does no longer propose each thing that's rather potential devoid of the resurrection. If that enables.

Answer 5

All anyone can do is speculate. Your speculation is based on reason where as a Christian's speculation is based on faith.

Faith / Reason = the great debate.

Now, your response is valid and obviously held by many who do not affirm the Jesus story of biblical texts. Though it's valid, it is truly no more valid that a view that does affirm the biblical texts based on faith. You were not there. Modern day christians were not there.

In other words, you can assert you opinion and Christians can assert their opinion, but neither assertion proves anything.

Answer 6

Djmantx - i totally agree with you, it is impossible that the bible and the events surrounding it is false because throughout history, is a FACT that men find it so very hard to agree on one thing, muchless unite with so much strength, vision and relentlessness to achieve anything great, so can anyone explain why a few number of people, who were persecuted and killed brutally by lions, fire etc. create the bible and hold so fast to it and pass it on to their children? What would be the motive for doing so? Seeing that they lost the ultimate thing - their lives, by doing so?

Answer 7

Well, to their credit, not all early christians beleived in the divinity of Jesus. It seems the most fervent believers in the resurrection thing (not to mention the strange logic behind the "he died for our sins" rhetoric) had the comfort of chronological distance.

Answer 8

the idea of life after death had been around inthe egyption era of the pyramids,with the gods like osiris,and his sister / wife /mother isis. jesus himself qouted the same thing it's in every religion almost because of its effect to draw followers,i mean who wants to die and that just be it? can you imagine just not being anymore. like you were never here.if so why leave your memory behind .that would make everyone dead unimportant in so many ways. you would have to say to hell with remembering someone if the ********* gone hes gone,so to live on you must live according to and be like jesus.

Answer 9

Wow - you must be reeeaaallllllllyyyy old to know that! This is not something you can claim to know.

Personally, I think most of the Bible is a psychological tool to control others. God and I get along together just fine without an out-dated playbook.

Answer 10

If they invented it they would have had to invent it thousands of years prior to his birth.
The prophecies of Christ go back as far as Moses and even before with Abraham.. Isaiah's prophesy was 800 years before the birth of Christ. For anyone of Jesus time to have conceived of faking his resurrection he would have had to have been over one thousand years old to foretell of this event.
If you believe in the God of Abraham. you surely agree with the books of Moses..Genesis telle the whole story of man's cration and God's plan of salvation The tree if life in the Garden and Abrahams prophesy through Issac that God would provide himself a lamb for sacrifice. if Abrham prophsied this then Abrham was involved and so was Moses who tells the story of Abraham... then the conspirocy continues to Isaiah and Chrsit himself who says he must fuffill the prophsies of Isaiah.. this so called conspirocy would be the greatest ever as it would have had to covered thousands of years and generations of people all working together...and to what purpose? Abraham dead for thousands of years before Chist birth only profits from the resurrrection if it is real.