Resurrection

Have you ever wondered what kind of rituals each religion practices? . Islam has become the second largest and most influential religion around the world, after Christianity it represents twenty-three percent of the total world population, which are about one point six billion people in total. Interestingly most of the people always relate Muslims to the Middle Eastern countries, but the truth is that the great majority of the Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. In Islam,…

Introduction The Old Testament announced beforehand the message of the resurrection, and this message is the mercy and the grace of YHWH to save us from our sins. The New Testament was written having the resurrection of Christ as the foundation of its message. The prophecies concerning the last days, which the prophet Joel wrote, would begin to be fulfilled at the resurrection. The resurrection shows Christ’s power over death, allowing us to have a new life, an eternal one, with God in His…

he died, during one of those brief moments of consciousness, he said, “I see the heavens open and the earth receding. I see the faces of the dear children. Oh! This is my triumph. This is my coronation day.” But for those who are not in Christ, resurrection from the dead is for judgment and consignment to eternal punishment. The Bible teaches that God has set a day to judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the…

crucifixion because there are early reports of his crucifixion, chances of dying by crucifixion is very high, and Jesus prophesied his own death. There are early reports of Jesus’ crucifixion. In the Bible, the apostles were witness of Jesus’ resurrection and Paul explains that he is the…

The resurrection of Christ is one of the largest hot button topics in the field of Christian Apologetics and the field of New Testament criticism. Dr. Gary Habermas, arguably the foremost voice on Christian Resurrection, said, “Over the last two years, I have tracked more than twelve hundred publications on the subject of the resurrection of Jesus. Each source appeared between 1975 and the present, with the vast majority written by critical scholars.” The article that this was quoted from was…

Many people struggle with this second coming of Jesus or the validity of his Resurrection, and with most modern-day societies busy cultures, many choose to ignore anything which will lead to an end of this material world. Of the five historical criteria for researching Jesus, is multiple attestation, because I can relate to seeking more “witnesses” about his Resurrection. Being that this action, is one of the most important staples of the Christian religion, and any evidence against this would…

I had the opportunity to watch the movie “Risen” during Fall Break for extra credit. The movie is about a Roman military guard named Clavius who remains set in his ways after serving in the army. He arrives at a crossroad when he 's tasked is to investigate the mystery of what happened to Jesus following the aftermath of the Crucifixion. Throughout his journey, Clavius discovers the truth that he 's been seeking. It was a very interesting movie because it was from Clavius’ perspective and it…

Simply put, salvation is God applying the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to and individual. Jesus is both our propitiation for our sins and as our righteousness. Paul in first letter to the Corinthians, defends his apostleship and stresses adhesion to the Gospel. He summaries the Gospel in the fifteenth chapter: “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel… that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day…

First the images do not describe a theory of the atonement or the plan of salvation that explain what God must do and what must happen to Jesus if God wants to save the world. They used these images not to explain what God must do in order to save us, but to interpret what God actually did do. He suffers as the representative of sinful people so that they may be reconciled with God. One way to get at the meaning of the doctrine of the atonement in biblical religion is to contrast it with what…

the disciples tell the same story of the resurrection, the same gospel. They could have easily changed parts of it to fit their needs, but they all stick to the same story which creates credibility. There is also a lot of speculation about Jesus’ appearance to 500 people after he was resurrected. Some ask “Where would this take place to fit so many people?” Matthew tells us it was on the countryside in Galilee. Within almost thirty years of the resurrection, Paul is talking about the 500…