Weekly Issues Alert

Dr. Billy Graham once told Time magazine, "If I were an enemy of Christianity, I would aim right at the Resurrection, because that is the heart of Christianity." (Keep Believing Ministries)

On February 27, 2007, the New York Times published an article entitled: "Crypt Held Bodies of Jesus and His Family." The article began: "A documentary by the Discovery Channel claims to provide evidence that a crypt unearthed 27 years ago in Jerusalem contained the bones of Jesus of Nazareth. Moreover, it asserts that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, that the couple had a son, named Judah..." (Excerpt from the New York Times, February 27, 2007)

"When we say that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, we mean something like this: Jesus truly died on Friday afternoon, and on Sunday morning he personally, bodily, physically, actually, literally rose from the dead, never to die again. He rose personally -- it was Jesus himself, not some substitute. He rose bodily -- meaning that it was his crucified body that was raised from the dead. He rose physically -- meaning that he wasn't a ghost or a phantom or a figment of someone's imagination. To say that he rose actually and literally means that it really happened. And the word "resurrection" means that he was raised immortal and incorruptible, never to die again.

During his earthly ministry, our Lord raised several people from the dead, most notably Lazarus. But those miracles were resuscitations, not true resurrections. Lazarus was destined to die again. But Jesus, having once experienced death and having triumphed over it, would never die again. He was raised immortal -- alive from the dead -- and he still lives today. That's what we mean when we say that on the third day he rose again from the dead." (excerpt from Dr. Ray Pritchard, Keep Believing Ministries)

From The Staff of the Christian Action League of North Carolina

When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, "Surely he was the Son of God!" Matthew 27:24

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