If you don't believe it existed, then don't bother to comment..I don't mean that harshly, but I am looking for more in depth answers..or if you don't believe it altleast site your reasons as to why.
2007-06-26 08:19:35 · 11 answers · asked by Tiffany R 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just so you know, I am a Christian and know the importance of the resurrection..I am just curious to know what non-believers and other religions have to say about it. The disciples "gained" horrible deaths and persecution from it...why do that for a lie if that is what it is?
2007-06-26 08:30:45 · update #1
The resurrection of Jesus is important for several reasons. First, it witnesses to the immense power of God Himself. To believe in the resurrection is to believe in God. If God exists, and if He created the universe and has power over it, He has power to raise the dead. If He does not have such power, He is not a God worthy of our faith and worship. Only He who created life can resurrect it after death, only He can reverse the hideousness that is death itself, and only He can remove the sting that is death and the victory that is the grave’s. In resurrecting Jesus from the grave, God reminds us of His absolute sovereignty over life and death.
Second, the resurrection of Jesus is a testimony to the resurrection of human beings, which is a basic tenet of the Christian faith. Unlike all other religions, Christianity alone possesses a founder who transcends death and who promises that His followers will do the same. All other (false) religions were founded by men and prophets whose end was the grave. As Christians, we take comfort in the fact that our God became man, died for our sins, was killed, and was resurrected the third day. The grave could not hold Him. He lives and He sits today at the right hand of God the Father in heaven. The living church has a living Head.
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul explains in detail the importance of the resurrection of Christ. Some in Corinth did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, and in this chapter Paul gives six disastrous consequences if there were no resurrection: 1) preaching Christ would be senseless (v. 14); 2) faith in Christ would be useless (v. 14); 3) all the witnesses and preachers of the resurrection would be liars (v. 15); 4) no one would be redeemed from sin (v. 17); 5) all former believers would have perished (v.18); and 6) Christians would be the most pitiable people on the earth (v. 19). But Christ indeed has risen from the dead and “has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen sleep” (v. 20), assuring that we will follow Him in resurrection.
The inspired Word of God guarantees the believer's resurrection at the coming of Jesus Christ for His Body (the Church) at the Rapture. Such hope and assurance issues in a great song of triumph as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:55, "O death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?" How do these concluding verses relate to the importance of the Resurrection? Paul answers, "...you know that your labor is not in vain" (v. 58). He reminds us that because we know we will be resurrected to new life, we can suffer persecution and danger for Christ’s sake (vv. 29-31), just as He did, and just as the thousands of martyrs through history who gladly traded their earthly lives for everlasting life via the resurrection.
The Resurrection is the triumphant and glorious victory for every believer in Jesus Christ who died, was buried, and rose the third day according to the Scripture. And, He is coming again! The dead in Christ will be raised up, and those who remain and are alive at His coming will be changed and receive new, glorified bodies (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Why is the resurrection of Jesus Christ important? It demonstrated that God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. It proves that God has the power to raise us from the dead. It guarantees that those who believe in Christ will not remain dead, but will be resurrected unto eternal life. That is our blessed hope!
Recommended Resource: Why Believe in Jesus?: Who He Is, What He Did, and His Message for You Today by Tim LaHaye.
2007-06-26 08:23:36 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The resurrection of Jesus is something I think I need to look into more. I know that resurrections have happened during our lifetime as well. The reaction to it is that witnesses start getting beaten up and "relocated" within minutes. If it's anywhere near Hollywood, the "big guns" of Hollywood start coming out to "handle" the situation. They have a lot to lose if Christianity is shown to have more power over their population than their murder-justifying flicks. Think of it as Israel versus Canaan or Philistia. Outsiders are only interested in what makes THEM look good. Shechem was the most honourable in his father's house and he still violated Dinah. He wasn't thinking about her welfare, although in his culture, he was probably doing her a favour. "Honour" in a mythology such as democracy has nothing to do with honesty, decency or candour. The Bible writers had everything to gain from preaching Jesus' death and resurrection ONLY if they recognised their sinfulness, as Abel did, and valued the opening of a way back to God as to be prized above all other life concerns. This is why the Bible is a separate historical record which is largely unsupported by secular texts. In this fear-ridden world, who's going to bother documenting a belief-system that exposes their own sinfulness to the world at large. Public figures in our society and every society have power because they have trampled others to get to where they are. Their philosophy might justify their conduct in their own eyes, and this philosophy is going to determine how they record history. The Bible says truly that the world hates Christians because they expose its sinfulness and wickedness. How would somebody even get the arm strength up to write the honest words down, unless they repented first and became a follower of the Christian religion? Otherwise, people have a variety of ways of retelling the story so as to suit a lifestyle where they interested in saving their own soul until the day they die.
2007-06-26 12:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by MiD 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The resurrecctio is the single most important event in history! W/out Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, we would automatically never see God again! Praise the LORD JEsus CHrist to the Glory of God the Father in the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever, amen. God bless.
2007-06-26 08:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe Jesus Christ was Flesh and Bone --No Blood-
That He was visable to the eye/ Different Life Source,On Earth it is the Blood that gives Life/ In Heaven ,Life Source is from the Inside out/ That He could appear or be Invisable/also
could eat or drink/// Matter of fact There is that last cup of Wine He didn"t drink at Passover/ You will join Him at the Cornation Banquet,I have a Seat Reserved for Me/ Looking fwd to it.
2007-06-26 08:44:24 · answer #4 · answered by section hand 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to 1 Corinthians 15, if He never rose from the dead.....then all of our preaching is in vain.
His resurrection is by far, the single most important event in Scripture
2007-06-26 08:22:30 · answer #5 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
pondering the incontrovertible fact that jesus fulfilled greater suitable than 3 hundred messianic prophecies,greater suitable than 1000 fulfilled biblical prophecies inclusive of introduction of state of israel,persecution of jews,jews rejecting jesus,and finally hundreds of thousands of miracles that take place international interior the call of jesus in spite of the incontrovertible fact that some could properly be phony,sure. If it replaced into not 4 jesus u wouldnt be loose to ask any such question.
2016-09-28 12:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe it because it is in the scripture and my experience supports the accuracy of the scripture.
I also believe in the resurrection because I have experienced the presence of Christ in my life. I have not been blessed as was Paul by seeing him in the flesh. But I have experienced his presence in my heart and in the lives of others.
Pastor John
2007-06-26 08:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It provides validity of the old testament by the resurection fullfilling prophecy. It also shows that Jesus Christ is who he says he was. Without the resurection, he was just a good teacher.
2007-06-26 08:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by comer59 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It proves that Christ was God. It proves that what Jesus says is to be taken as authority. It proves that God has power over death. It proves that we will too resurrect.
2007-06-26 08:22:31 · answer #9 · answered by yaabro 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it's an invention of people who were trying to fit their spiritual leader to other prominent 'messiahs' of the day, and previous mythologies, and at the same time try to claim that Yshua bar-Ysef fulfilled the messianic prophecies of the Torah, even though he failed all of them.
2007-06-26 08:23:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋