Monday 30 June 2014

A Most Important Day

A Most Important Day
“After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 
There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.  
His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.  
The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 
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.  
Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” 
So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.  
Suddenly Jesus met them.“Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him.  
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” 
Matthew 28:1-10.
This is the most important day in human history. Jesus rose from the dead. He was not reincarnated, he rose from the dead and would be seen by many people.
No other faith in world history has such beliefs. Jesus physically rose from the dead.
This is something the individual must believe or dismiss. As with everything else with Jesus there is no middle ground.
Jesus would go on from here to eventually ascend to heaven where he now sits at the right hand of God the Father.
Flavius Josephus,  Born: 34AD died 98 A.D., was a romanized Jewish historian. Wrote,
“About this time arose Jesus, a wise man, who did good deeds and whose virtues were recognized. And many Jews and people of other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. However, those who became his disciples preached his doctrine. They related that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive. Perhaps he was the Messiah in connection with whom the prophets foretold wonders.
 [Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, XVIII 3.2]
Josephus definitely not a Christian. A Romanized Jew living during the time of Christ confirms the events of Jesus life. He calls him a wise man who did good deeds and whose virtues were recognized. That many Jews and people of other nations became his disciples.
And he ends with the question “Perhaps he was the Messiah in connection with whom the prophets foretold wonders."
This is the question all individuals must answer. Is Jesus the Christ the Saviour of the world or is he not. The choice is yours.
Think about it.

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