Zombie Savior, that's what I used to call it, I actually used His name in vain, but you get the just of it.I found it impossible to believe that a man would raise others from the dead, and then for the coup de grace, raise Himself from the dead. On my list of possibles, that was top. Raise from the dead, not in a million, and yet here was that claim. That He died and in 3 days rose again. Yeah right, or was it possible?
First I looked at the story, women found the grave empty, uh huh, yeah right. At that time, women were the lower, not only were they not listened to, their word would not have been even considered, and at the same right, there it is. Women found Jesus' tomb empty. That alone was interesting, if there was anything to be edited in the bible along the way wouldn't they have not given women the credit?
Second, the Pharisees bribed people to say that the disciples had stolen the body, that is in both Jewish and Roman account, why would they bribe anyone if the body was still there.
Third, He was laid to rest by Joseph of Arimathea, who was probably a member of the Sanhedrin, an 'honorable counselor who waited for the Kingdom of God'. If Jesus was just a crackpot why did a possible member of the Sanhedrin come to bury Him and claim the body?
So on and so forth, but there was something that I just feel I can't argue with. The disciples, including Jesus' brother James, and the Apostle Paul, their fates. Now James, the half brother of Jesus did not 'believe' until after the resurrection, I often picture James saying, 'yeah, that's my bro, he does alot of cool things for people, but (in whispering tone) he says he's the son of God and he will rise from the dead, so... yeah.' Yet, after Jesus' resurrection he believed so deeply in seeing his brother raised from the dead that he not only preached what he saw, that he was martyred, and not just martyred, but he was stoned, and not in the drug way, he was repeatedly beaten by thrown rocks until he died. Why would someone go to a death like that for a lie? All he would have to say is, we were just kidding, we made it up, and yet, he was stoned and not only was his fate that, but he prayed for them, his final quote, 'I beseech Thee, Lord God our Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.' For me, how could I argue with that, not only did he go to his death, he went praying for them.
So for the short and skinny, that is much of the overview of why I believe what I believe, and some of the reasons of why I believe what I do. In this, I have found an inner peace I have never known, I have found something greater than myself to live for, and I have found something that makes my soul sing. In that, believe whatever you wish to believe, just as long as you believe in it, and remember to love each other.
Nuff said. I love each and every one of you and God does too. LLLAKYFOTPA XD
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