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The Resurrection Mark 16

Mark 16: 1 -8 …When the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene and Salome and Mary the mother of James went out and purchased burial spices to put on Jesus' body. Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they came to the tomb. On the way they were discussing who would roll the stone away from the entrance to the tomb. But when they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone—a very large one—had already been rolled aside.

Mark 16: 1 -8 So they entered the tomb, and there on the right sat a young man clothed in a white robe. The women were startled, but the angel said, "Do not be so surprised. You are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He isn't here! He has been raised from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. Now go and give this message to his disciples, including Peter: Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died!"

Mark 16: 1 -8 “The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, saying nothing to anyone because they were too frightened to talk. ” l Unnerved! l Terrified! l Lives changed forever!

The Resurrection: No Trite Event Acts 1: 1 -3 l Not Easily Dismissed After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and l Not a “Vision” gave many convincing proofs l Not just once! that he was alive. He appeared to them over a l Not a “Ghost” [17] Honor all people, love the and period of forty days [19] That evening, on the first day of the l Not Resuscitatedbrotherhood, fear God, honor the king. aboutwere the meeting kingdom of week, spoke the disciples behind “Look at my hands. Look at my feet. raised You 1 locked Peter 2: 17 (NASB-U) Knowing that Christ, having been l It IS: a Tangible, doors because they were afraid of God. can see that it's really me. to. Touch me and from the dead, is never die again; the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus Physical, Bodily On one occasion, while hewas make sure that I am not a ghost, death no longer is master over Him. standing there among them! "Peace be was eating with them because ghosts don't have bodies, as you Resurrection Romans 6: 9 (NASB-U) with you, " he 1: 3 -4 said. John 20: 19 (NLT) Acts (NIV) see that I do!” – Luke 24: 39 (NLT)

The Historical Evidence The Strongest Historical Evidence by Ancient Standards “Taking all the evidence together, it is l not too much to say that there is no (ancient) historic incident better or “The appearances of the (resurrected) more variously reported than the Jesus are as well authenticated as resurrection of Christ. Nothing but anything in antiquity. . . ” the. . . assumption that it must be false Michael Green, The Empty Cross of Jesus (Downers Grove: Inter. Varsity Press, could. . . suggest the idea of deficiency 1984), p. 97. in the proof of it. ” B. F. Westcott, cited by Paul Little in Know Why You Believe (Downers Grove: Inter. Varsity Press, 1971), p. 30.

The Historical Evidence The Strongest Historical Evidence by Ancient Standards l A Preponderance of Eyewitnesses l “The earliest evidence havemultiple formember the Joseph of Arimathea came, we aevents, prominent n Different people, different of the Council, who himself was waiting for the books and almost authors: Matthew, Mark, Luke, resurrection certainly goes "Given the 1 early Christian anger and bitterness toward the kingdom of. Corinthians, God; and he gathered up courage John, 1 Peter, Acts, 1 Peter back toleaders the time immediately after the Jewish who had instigated the crucifixion of body and went in before Pilate, and asked for the n Maintained their stories to their deaths Jesus…it is highly improbable that they have resurrection event is alleged towould have of Jesus. Mark 15: 43 (NASB-U) invented who Accounts did the right by giving Jesus an n Early one Written (1 thing Cor. 15: 3, 4) taken place…” John Drane, New honorable burial-especially while. Introducing the rest ofthe Jesus' n Authenticity in the Details Testament Francisco: Harper &(Mk. 15: 43) Row, 1986) p. 99 disciples(San deserted him…” [Quoted in. Lane Strobel, – William Craig, p. 235] Ph. D, Th. D quoted by Strobel, p. 210

The Historical Evidence The Strongest Historical Evidence by Ancient Standards l A Preponderance of Eyewitnesses l The Tomb Was Empty! l “Hallucinations are individual occurrences. By their very nature only one person can see a After hallucination that He appeared to. They morecertainly than five given at a time. hundred brethren at can onebe time, of aren't something which seenmost by a group of people. Neither is it now, possible one have person whom remain until butthat some could hallucination in fallensomehow asleep; induce 1 Cor. an 15: 6 (NASB-U) somebody else. . . ” Strobel, p. 238 -9

The Historical Evidence The Strongest Historical Evidence by Ancient Standards l A Preponderance of Eyewitnesses l The Tomb Was Empty! l How Else to Explain the Growth of Christianity? l

The Impact of the Resurrection l The Proof that Christ Paid for Our Sins If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15: 17 Jesus was delivered up because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification. Romans 4: 25

The Impact of the Resurrection The Proof that Christ Paid for Our Sins l New Life Here and Now! l Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6: 4 (NASB-U)

The Impact of the Resurrection The Proof that Christ Paid for Our Sins l New Life Here and Now! l Great Expectations for Eternity Future! l “Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep” 1 Corinthians 15: 20 n Christianity is the only major world religion with a view of the afterlife based on a concrete historical event.

The Impact of the Resurrection The Proof that Christ Paid for Our Sins l New Life Here and Now! l Great Expectations for Eternity Future! l Delivered from the Fear of Death! [He died to] free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. Hebrews 2: 15 (NASB-U) l

“The earliest evidence we have for the resurrection almost certainly goes back to the time immediately after the resurrection event is alleged to have taken place…” John Drane, Introducing the New Testament (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986) p. 99 [Quoted in Strobel, p. 235] Strobel, p. 238 -9 Hallucinations are individual occurrences. By their very nature only one person can see a given hallucination at a time. They certainly aren't something which can be seen by a group of people.

Strobel, p. 210 l "Given the early Christian anger and bitterness toward the Jewish leaders who had instigated the crucifixion of Jesus…it is highly improbable that they would have invented one who did the right thing by giving Jesus an honorable burial-especially while the rest of Jesus' disciples deserted him! They wouldn't make up specific member of a specific group, whom people could check out themselves and ask about this. ” – William Lane Craig, Ph. D, Th. D quoted.

Acts 1: 3 -4 a (NLT) During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time and proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. On these occasions he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. In one of these meetings as he was eating a meal with them, he told them…