EVIDENCE THAT JESUS RESURRECTED EASTER NOVEMBER 28 2020

EVIDENCE THAT JESUS RESURRECTED EASTER NOVEMBER 28, 2020 ADAM ESTERLE

THE RESURRECTION FACTS EXPLANATIONS 1 Corinthians 15: 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

THE FACTS – “ 5 Es” 1. Execution 2. Early Accounts 3. Empty Tomb 4. Eyewitnesses 5. Explosion of Christianity

THE FACTS 1. Execution • CONFIRMED BY MULTIPLE BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS • CONFIRMED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES OUTSIDE OF THEB IBLE • JOSEPHUS, TACITUS, LUCIAN, MARA BAR SERAPION, TALMUD

“ JESUS' DEATH AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CRUCIFIXION IS INDISPUTABLE. GERD LÜDEMANN ” ATHEIST, NT SCHOLAR “ BART EHRMAN AGNOSTIC, NT SCHOLAR ONE OF THE MOST CERTAIN FACTS OF HISTORY IS THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON ORDERS OF THE ROMAN PREFECT OF JUDEA, PONTIUS PILATE. ”

THE FACTS – “ 5 Es” 1. Execution 2. Early Accounts 3. Empty Tomb 4. Eyewitnesses 5. Explosion of Christianity

THE FACTS 2. Early Accounts • PAUL USES AN EARLY FORMULA (3 YEARS LATER) • COMPARE TO ALEXANDER THE GREAT (400 YEARS LATER) 1 Corinthians 15: 3 -5 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.

“ I DO INSIST, HOWEVER, THAT THE DISCOVERY OF PRE-PAULINE CONFESSIONAL FORMULATIONS IS ONE OF THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF RECENT NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP. GERD LÜDEMANN ATHEIST, NT SCHOLAR ”

THE FACTS – “ 5 Es” 1. Execution 2. Early Accounts 3. Empty Tomb 4. Eyewitnesses 5. Explosion of Christianity

THE FACTS 3. Empty Tomb Gospel of Peter There was a loud voice in heaven; and they saw that the heavens Discovered by women Lacks legendary were opened and two males who had much radiance had come Six, early, development independent sources down … the stone rolled itself away and the tomb opened… three males came out with a cross following them, and the head of the two reached heaven, but the head of the one going beyond the heavens. And they heard a voice from the heavens saying, 'Have you made proclamation to the fallen-asleep? ' And the cross said, 'Yes. '

THE FACTS – “ 5 Es” 1. Execution 2. Early Accounts 3. Empty Tomb 4. Eyewitnesses 5. Explosion of Christianity

THE FACTS 4. Eyewitnesses • PETER & THE TWELVE • 500 BELIEVERS • JAMES • PAUL 1 Corinthians 15: 5 -8 Jesus appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

“ IT MAY BE TAKEN AS HISTORICALLY CERTAIN THAT PETER AND THE DISCIPLES HAD EXPERIENCES AFTER JESUS’ DEATH IN WHICH JESUS APPEARED TO THEM AS THE RISEN CHRIST. ” GERD LÜDEMANN ATHEIST, NT SCHOLAR

THE FACTS – “ 5 Es” 1. Execution 2. Early Accounts 3. Empty Tomb 4. Eyewitnesses 5. Explosion of Christianity

THE FACTS 5. Explosion of Christianity Jesus was cursed by Jewish Law Believed Resurrection at end times Liars make poor martyrs What reversed the catastrophe of the crucifixion?

“ THAT IS WHY, AS AN HISTORIAN, I CANNOT EXPLAIN THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY UNLESS JESUS ROSE AGAIN, LEAVING AN EMPTY TOMB BEHIND HIM. ” N. T. WRIGHT CHRISTIAN, NT SCHOLAR

THE FACTS – “ 5 Es” 1. Execution 2. Early Accounts 3. Empty Tomb 4. Eyewitnesses 5. Explosion of Christianity

THE RESURRECTION FACTS EXPLANATIONS

THE EXPLANATIONS • MISTAKEN JESUS THEORY • TWIN BROTHER THEORY • APPARENT DEATH THEORY • HALLUCINATION THEORY

“DO YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS? ” Introduce more details as the conversation progresses John 11: 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die I think there are There are Let’s talk about good historical reasons to believe in Jesus historical facts surround his resurrection the hallucination theory… Romans 10: 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord, ” and I think Jesus All of the believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, rose from the naturalistic dead theories fail you will be saved. Know your subject profoundly and share it simply