Explore The Evidence
"I want to give you four, in my mind, incontrovertible, absolute, conclusive reasons why Jesus was raised from the dead.
A. His Body Was Buried
"Obviously, before Jesus Christ could come back from the dead, He had to be actually dead. There are many today, who say that Jesus really didn't die on the cross. Many believe in what is called the "swoon theory". It suggests that either Jesus Christ fainted on the cross or perhaps went into shock and fell unconscious, but He didn't really die, it is just that everybody thought He was dead. Then when He was taken to the tomb, the cool air revived Him and somehow He got out alive. In other words, He wasn't resurrected, He was just resuscitated.
"There are several problems with this line of thinking. First of all, we are told in
John 19:34 that just to make sure that Jesus Christ was dead, a Roman soldier thrust his spear into His side between His ribs that punctured the sac around His heart, as well as His heart itself, causing a clear water-like fluid and blood to come out. This was medical proof in and of itself that Jesus Christ died, because the blood had already begun to clot and separate from the watery serum.
"In case you doubt this, an article in the Journal of the American Medical Society concluded, "Clearly the way that historical and medical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead before the wound to his side was inflicted and supports the traditional view that the spear probably perforated not only the right lung, but also the pericardium and heart, and thereby, insured His death. Accordingly, interpretations based on the assumption that Jesus did not die on the cross appear to be at odds with modern medical knowledge."
"Just in case you still don't believe He was dead, remember that He was wrapped in grave clothes. The Jews would wrap dead bodies in grave clothes and use 100 pounds of spice between the folds. They would then seal those clothes around the corpse like a mummy. The head would be wrapped. The mouth and nose would be filled with spices and cloth. The body would have been placed in a relatively air-tight tomb with little fresh air available to breathe.
"Let's suppose that He got through all of that. Then we have to believe that He was resuscitated in that cold tomb, took off the grave clothes, left them folded neatly on the seat, took those hands which had been pierced with those large Roman spikes, placed them on the side of a stone that weighed several tons, rolled it away, then became Chuck Norris and kicked His way over an armed Roman guard and then walked 14 miles back to the disciples on heels that had been pierced with a Roman spike. I know what a judge would say, "Objection Overruled!"
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Keywords: empty tomb, swoon, crucifixion, death, cross, easter
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