He Has Risen!
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· 48 viewsThe resurrection of Jesus Christ is of central importance to the NT. It affirms the divinity of Jesus Christ, marks the words and deeds of his ministry with God’s seal of approval and opens the way to the future resurrection of believers.
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Opening
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Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was split. Every time you write a date on your letters, your cheques or any document, you’re using the resurrection of Jesus Christ as the reckoning date.
What is the significance of Easter?
It is highly important because it proves that Jesus is who He said He is. He was God in the form of flesh who came to seek and save the lost.
There were three (3) dramatic series of events on that Easter Weekend.
His Trial
His Death
His Resurrection
The Trial
The Trial
Jesus actually went through six trials. In that one night, he was brought before Annas, Caiaphas (the high priest), the Sanhedrin (the religious Supreme Court), Pilate (the governor of Jerusalem), Herod (the governor of Galilee), and then back to Pilate. At the end of those six trials, what did they find to accuse him of? Nothing. He had done nothing wrong.
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They want Him dead for the sole reason of not accepting Him to be the Son of God as He rightfully claimed.
To everyone whom Jesus is presented already made some kind of decision as to who He was.
They either believe that He’s a liar or a lunatic, or they believed that He is the Lord.
The Death
The Death
His death was foretold
His death was foretold
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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After a night of beatings and mocking. After being spat on, slapped, vilified & struck repeatedly, they crowned Him with thorns. Early the next morning, they made Him carry His cross to a hill outside of Jerusalem called “Golgotha”. It was seamlessly unending agony and pain while they drag Him with whip and kick. It was 9 in the morning when they crucified Him. Above His head they placed a notice that read: “The King of the Jews”. Crucifixion perhaps is the most torturous & brutal way of death ever devised by men. His arms was spread apart, while His hands was stretched out wide against the cross and nailed through the bones in each of His wrist. Before nailing His feet to the cross, they bent His knees a little to give Him room to slide up and down as He grasp for His every stroke of breath. Death on the cross is like death by suffocation. You can breath in, but it is super difficult to breath out. After 6 long hours of excruciating pain, Jesus said, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?”, ( which means, My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?) and then He breathed His last. Normally, they would break his legs, but since Jesus is dead, they opted not to, but to make sure, they stuck a spear in His side and water gushed out instead of blood, which, doctors say, only happens if the heart rips. You can call it what you want, but Jesus died of a broken heart.
Why Jesus have to die?
Because He alone was able to pay for our sins. We deserved punishment, but Jesus paid he penalty
The Resurrection
The Resurrection
His resurrection was foreshadowed in the OT
His resurrection was foreshadowed in the OT
In Jonah:
In Jonah:
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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Jesus Christ’s resurrection was predicted
Jesus Christ’s resurrection was predicted
In the OT
In the OT
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,
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By Jesus Christ himself
By Jesus Christ himself
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
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Jesus Christ’s resurrection was anticipated by the raising of the dead
Jesus Christ’s resurrection was anticipated by the raising of the dead
In the OT
In the OT
None of the OT or NT miracles are true resurrections. Those raised resumed life as before, their bodies unchanged. Resurrection for Jesus Christ and therefore for his people means a changed body and permanent life in glory. This is the “better resurrection”.
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In the miracles of Jesus Christ
In the miracles of Jesus Christ
So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.
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After Jesus died, they took His body and laid it in a tomb and a giant stone was set in front of the cave. The religious leaders, worried that the body of Jesus will be stolen, asked for Roman guards to be posted in front of the tomb. They don’t want Him out of there, but of course He did get out and appeared to many people.
It was preceded by suffering and death
It was preceded by suffering and death
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
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It took place on the first day of the week
It took place on the first day of the week
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
The disciples were reluctant to believe it
The disciples were reluctant to believe it
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.
The risen Christ appeared to many people
The risen Christ appeared to many people
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The disciples were reluctant to believe it
The disciples were reluctant to believe it
He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
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The disciples saw the evidence and were ultimately convinced
The disciples saw the evidence and were ultimately convinced
After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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The risen Christ appeared to many people
The risen Christ appeared to many people
After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
To the disciples:
To the disciples:
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
To Mary Magdalene:
To Mary Magdalene:
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
To two on the Emmaus road
To two on the Emmaus road
Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;
To Peter:
To Peter:
and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
To Paul:
To Paul:
As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.
To over 500 people
To over 500 people
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.
The resurrection was followed by Jesus Christ’s entry into glory
The resurrection was followed by Jesus Christ’s entry into glory
To James
To James
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.
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.
Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
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Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
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,
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Responses to His Resurrection and Appearance
Responses to His Resurrection and Appearance
Jesus Christ’s resurrection body was spiritual but not ghostly
Jesus Christ’s resurrection body was spiritual but not ghostly
Fear & Alarm
Fear & Alarm
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
Doubt & Disbelief
Doubt & Disbelief
When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
Belief and Joy
Belief and Joy
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So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
What does this means to us today?
In one sense, Jesus is still on trial today. He’s on trial in the hearts of those who have not yet acknowledged Him as the Son of God. Savior of the World.
If you managed to follow our 5-day reading plan over the course of our recent 5-day Prayer & Fasting, you will see that people continue to seek for proof that everything that was told about Jesus was actually true.
- Back in 1961, archeologists led by Dr. Antonio Frova found evidences to support the claim of the Bible that there was really a “Pontius Pilate” who lived, governed and tried Jesus. They found from what they believed to be a “Roman Theater” a limestone block with his name in-scripted on its face.
- In December of 1990, a new park was being built in Jerusalem when construction workers stumbled into an ossuary, in other words “bone box”. Archeologist Zvi Greenhut investigated the box and found ornate design on the outer side of the box with the name “Caiaphas”, the high priest during Jesus’ time.
- And yet in 1956-1957, another discovery was made when they found the gate of the cave of Gethsemane. The place believed to be where Jesus prayed before He was arrested.
- In 1968, remains of a young man believed to be in his twenties was found in a tomb inside a bone box. They claimed that he was crucified because, amazingly, a 5-inch nail was still attached to his heel.
In one sense, Jesus is still on trial today. He’s on trial in the hearts of those who have not yet acknowledged Him as the Son of God. Savior of the World.
Easter boils down to two things:
Is Jesus who says who He is? Is He God? Is He lunatic or a liar?
If He is who He says He is, when are you going to start following what He says do to your life?
What is your verdict?
Is Jesus who says who He is? Is He God? Is He lunatic or a liar?
If He is who He says He is, when are you going to start following what He says do to your life?
The question is not “how much more evidence you need to see or hear about” before you finally believe. The question is, “how much time do you have left in your life to believe?”
“Faith is believing in the midst of the clouds of uncertainty.”