promised. Christ preached to those in paradise, which was a holding place, as Jesus had not yet risen from the grave. Where would there be a need to preach to those in Hell, as their status would remain unchanged till the day they are cast body and soul into the Lake of Fire? You do not serve a Jesus still hanging upon a cross. He is no longer there, for He has risen. You serve a living Saviour. These spirits were not created with flesh and bones, for as Jesus said in Luke 24:39 “a spirit hath not flesh and bones.” The angels said The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise again the third day (Luke 24:7).
There is much conjecture concerning what day of the week Christ was
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The Sabbath day was a day of rest (Genesis 2:3). Unlike our days of twenty-four hours that begin at twelve O 'clock midnight, the Jews day begins at the setting of the sun till the setting of the sun, which marks the next day.
What were the thoughts of those who had just seen the Lord buried, and now find a risen Christ? How do you know the account of the soldiers was not true? What will you now do with a risen Saviour? Sometime after the beginning of Sunday, Christ arose. The Roman guard was there as well as the chief priests and Pharisees to secure the tomb, yet the power of God was over them and they could not prevent Jesus from coming out of the tomb. Suddenly the earth shook with a great earthquake. It was not just an ordinary earthquake, but a great earthquake. An angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, rolled back the stone from the door, sat upon it, and whose features were like lightning, and raiment white as snow. For fear of the earthquake and the angel, the frightened guards shook, thinking they would die, and certainly they had a great cause. The soldiers were suddenly guarding an empty tomb, and with no need to be there. The body was
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gone, the seal was broken. Part of the guard went into the city of Jerusalem to the chief priests and reported to them what had taken place. They assembled, plotting what they might do, devising a plan of telling others that the disciples stole the body of Jesus at night while they slept,
When the Sabbath was over, Mary the mother of James, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb where Jesus had been buried. A large stone closed off the entrance and when they arrived the stone had been moved. An angel appeared to them and told them not to be alarmed for Jesus had risen. But, they were alarmed and when the angel told them to go tell the disciples and Peter that Jesus had risen they were afraid, ran away, and didn’t tell anyone.
He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb. Then he went away” (NIV, Matthew 27:60).
Then the angels told them to not be afraid, that he knew the purpose of their coming was to seek the crucified Jesus and asked, “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” The angels reminded them that Jesus told them when He was in Galilee that He must be delivered to sinful men, be crucified, and would rise again on the third day. Then the two angels told the women to not be afraid, that he knew the purpose of why they were at the grave, that the Lord is no longer there, but they could come and see where He laid. The women went into the tomb, saw a man sitting on the right in a long white garment. These frightened ladies were told not to be afraid, to go speedily, tell His disciples that Jesus is risen from the dead and goes before them into Galilee, and would see Him there (Matthew 28:5-7; Luke
There is a great multitude of nephites gathered in the land of bountiful conversing about jesus christ. Then some people start to hear a soft voice and they pay no attention to the voice. Then the voice spoke again and again the people did not understand it. Then the voice call out a third time and they listened and the voice said “ This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased and they looked into heaven and saw a man in white come down. The man was jesus and he tells about how he suffered for the sins of the world and invites the people to touch the nail prints and spear wound in his side. And they praised him as the most high god
Mary found the stone rolled away and Jesus’ body was no longer there. She received a message from an angel and was the first person to see the risen Jesus. Making her the first witness to the resurrection! The excitement she must have felt when she realized she was speaking with her risen Savior!
2. On Sunday following the crucifixion, Jesus his tomb was found empty by a group of his woman followers.
In Jewish culture, the Sabbath, or the day of rest is on Saturday, rather than Sunday like the Christians or Friday like their Muslim counterparts. By having a separate day entirely from their peers, the Sabbath publically demonstrated their separation of beliefs from those around them. The separate days of rest indicate the difference between the religions and thus create a separate identity for Jews because they have an entirely different day of worship. Moreover, in addition to the actual separation of days, the Sabbath sought to create a Jewish identity because the Sabbath immersed the Jewish people in a full day of worship and ritual based activities. For instance, leading up to Sabbath men and women had to partake in certain duties in order to prepare for the holy day of the week.
“On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.” Here Jesus was killed and later resurrected into heaven.
It was the first day of new week, women found out the tomb was empty, but they didn't expect to find resurrection. All they wanted was to find Jesus' dead body. However, he was raised, and he is the Lord of life, he cannot be caught in death. Mary was full of sadness. She still couldn't recognize the angel and the risen Lord. Her eye were full of tears, but she recognized the voice of the Lord, the shepherd. She saw him when he called her name. Thomas was still in doubt, but blessed are the one who believe without seeing.
I saw them enter! I followed and they had smashed the eyes of the guardian and they were stealing gold from the two old ones who lay there so quiet!!” The guard brought ranofer to the queen and she said “If you really did see them what was leaning against the north wall of the tomb” Ranofer said “the oak staff” then she said he speaks the truth, send soldiers to the
Later along his ministry, Jesus had caught the attention of the people and unwittingly gained the title of Messiah. The Jews began to get excited and were willing to force the crown upon him. Jesus escaped the crowds to spend time alone with his father in these occasions; but on one fateful night, the temple guards arrested Jesus. After a horrifying, familiar tale of crucifixion, Jesus lay in a grave. All was lost; the war for the Jews and their homeland was over before it began. The Savior was dead, and Hell likely rejoiced in their
That is enough, Judas. I do not want to hear you mention a word of that again. We sit Shiva for my son. We honour the dead even though we believe the dead shall rise again. We pray over him.
Since the beginning of the Christian movement, the resurrection of Jesus has been celebrated across Christian traditions and throughout the Church’s history. “If there is one thing that unites Christians across the globe, even if only loosely, it is the resurrection.” (Smith, 2010) As in the other three gospels, the narrator of Mark begins telling his rendition of the resurrection by recounting the visit by Mary Magdalene and her companions to the tomb of Jesus. Mark’s version of the story, however, differs significantly from Luke’s, Matthew’s, or John’s in one important way: the actual resurrection. Upon arriving, the women find the blocking
Now if we take this information and add it to another often discarded scripture we find something even more interesting. First Corinthians chapter fifteen verse twenty nine reads,” Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? “Here we learn that the Corinthians were doing some sort of baptisms for the dead. What this means is that those who learn of God after death not only have the opportunity to learn of him, but also to have the sacred ordinances which are necessary for salvation preformed on their behalf.
The narrative of the resurrection starts in the garden as we see on John 18:1, this is the second major event that took place in the garden, also in (Gen 3). Mary was excited about what she had experience at the tomb, you could hear it in her voice and she was speaking to the other disciple. She stated that she personally witness seeing the risen Lord, and telling them of things that the Lord spoke to her. The reason Mary remained at the tomb was out of respect and love for the Lord. Because the Lord has been risen, this gives all Christians believing the clear path to the Father through the Son.