Did Jesus literally rise from the dead?
 

Please explain.

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If I could actually figure out how to post a poll, this might work. LOL

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I personally believe that He did, though I have to admit that I can't prove it empirically. That is where I often find the "apologist" crowd baying at my doorstep. It's a matter of faith. If it did happen, it happened in a manner and involved a force from outside of our measurable and knowable universe.

Re: Did Jesus literally rise from the dead?
 

Ortho, your question is not clear enough. Are you asking if the resurrection happened or are you asking if Jesus was literally in the same place every other human goes when they die?

Re: Did Jesus literally rise from the dead?
 

Sorry. What I mean is, Did the resurrection really happen? Was Jesus physically, medically dead? If so, did he physically come back to life after three days?

I'm not asking whether Jesus went to heaven or hell or purgatory.

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FYI, Ortho. For the next thread you create, before posting it you can scroll to the very bottom and find options for polling...

You'll see "Post a Poll" with the option to click in the box...

Re: Did Jesus literally rise from the dead?
 

The answer is yes

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Hmmm, I clicked that box, but it didn't give me the chance to write any poll options.

Re: Did Jesus literally rise from the dead?
 

Shouldn't you be making us all a sandwich right about now, Dagwood?

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Did you click the next box below for the number of poll answers? It's default is 4, but you can select up to 7. It's been a while since the last poll I posted and can't remember what happens next...

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Yes, check my personal thread for the menu... :)

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If God could not make Samson kill 1000 men as the bible relates, there is no way Jesus could rise from the dead. Jesus and Samson were both human beings. Do you realize how much supernatural power it would take to raise a man from the dead? Far more than Samson killing 1000 men.

lololol

:TIC

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The proof of Jesus resurrection is the same as it was in scripture. He showed himself alive by infallible proofs. When I repented and began to love Gods word and seek his face He revealed himself to me. Answered prayers, being led by his Spirit. Tongues and prophecy that came to pass. All this before I ever went to Church.

Its been enough for me. It continued to happen. Decade after decade after decade. Jesus is alive. The Bible is a supernatural book.

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If Christ is not risen from the dead, NO ONE IS SAVED.


1Co 15:14-17 KJV And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. (15) Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. (16) For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: (17) And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

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Amen. Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed.

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Jesus rose from His grave, and was seen many days after His passion, and was proven to be alive after many infallible proofs (no matter what the Pope does not have that :D). He was seen of many, who were still living in the days that Paul wrote his letters to the churches. Let none say, "His disciples have stolen His body." If there is ever one miracle that has been conclusively proven to be true, it is the miracle that Jesus was crucified, and after three days rose from His grave to live.

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Amen.

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This about sums it up for me too, Pel. It distills down to faith.

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I think we have enough "empirical" sermon content from the apostle Paul in the book of Acts that he preached the resurrection through the (risen) Jesus.

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Paul met the RISEN Christ, face to face on the Damascus Road. No Wonder he preached a resurrection through Jesus so ardently!

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Indeed. Jesus was dead and in the grave for three days having being beaten, nailed to a cross and pierced through with a sword. He was counted dead by those who came by to break his legs and finish him off and then lay another three days in the ground after that.

He rose from the dead on the third day and was seen of many. Some recognized who he was and others didn't right away but didn't their hurts burn within them when he spoke.

Jesus Christ is risen today Hallelujah.
We serve a risen savior or we have no savior. It's as simple as that.

And... by the way... we do have a savior.

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We have a Savior, Healer, Redeemer, Priest, King, Lord, and God.

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I concur.

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according to many on AFF, since there was no Doctor present with machines that measure sinus rythems, he was in fact not dead.