Did Jesus really rise from the dead?

[Sunshine]

From I Corinthians 15.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[c] Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? 31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,


“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”[d]

33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”[e] 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

The Resurrection Body

35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?” 36 How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”[f]; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we[g] bear the image of the heavenly man.

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[h]

55
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

 

[PostmodernProph]

Jonathan Gray makes the point that the disciples were doubtful too. Peter denied him three times. But after they saw him, they had all doubt removed are were all willing to go to their death professing their Faith. Hard to imagine people going to that length without KNOWING the Truth, not even Obama supporters or people who are in the ManMade Global Warming Cult would be willing to die for their beliefs, but the early Christians were

The Apostles were not the sharpest tools in the shed.
Some of them never made it into the shed.

and yet, they were able to tell people what they saw and heard.....convinced thousands and thousands of people of the truth of it......and they didn't even have Sunday morning television to help them......

 

[Avatar4321]

Yes. Yes he did.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

"The Resurrection is the key event of Christianity. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead then Christianity simply wouldn’t exist as a religion."

Sorry but pleanty of ridiculous religions exist based entirely on bs.

My best answer to this question remains, "I don't know. I wasn't there." I would say though given how often how death is defined has changed as better technology has come about, it's certainly possible that he was only unconscious for a time, left as dead, then recovered.

 

[pacer]

"The Resurrection is the key event of Christianity. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead then Christianity simply wouldn’t exist as a religion."

Christianity existed before the birth of Jesus.

http://www.blavatsky.net/research/augustine-ancient-christianity.htm

CHRISTIANITY* EXISTED

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Jonathan Gray makes the point that the disciples were doubtful too. Peter denied him three times. But after they saw him, they had all doubt removed are were all willing to go to their death professing their Faith. Hard to imagine people going to that length without KNOWING the Truth, not even Obama supporters or people who are in the ManMade Global Warming Cult would be willing to die for their beliefs, but the early Christians were

The Apostles were not the sharpest tools in the shed.
Some of them never made it into the shed.

Tell me again how SUV's are melting the Polar Ice Caps

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[CrusaderFrank]

Christ also preached that Jerusalem and the Temple would be leveled but the faithful would have the briefest opportunity to flee to safety once they saw the sign.

“Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

“Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.” (Matt. 24:15–18.)

“When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.” (Luke 21:20.)

The sign appeared (Roman banners in the distance?) and the faithful fled, while 1.1MM Jews perished or were enslaved and the Temple was razed to the ground. The Romans sacked the city and used whatever money they found to construct the Colosseum in Rome.

Seems historically accurate if you ask me

 

[PostmodernProph]

"The Resurrection is the key event of Christianity. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead then Christianity simply wouldn’t exist as a religion."

Christianity existed before the birth of Jesus.

Blavatsky Net

CHRISTIANITY* EXISTED

lol.....