Those same archeologists have no idea where His body is. Think of it... all the Romans and Jews had to do was present Jesus’ body and all of the talk of him being the messiah would have disappeared. But they couldn’t find it. Because Jesus walked right out of that tomb and walked the earth for 40 days before ascending, with his body into heaven.
You know, I'd never thought of that before. I just accepted that Jesus did what He said and what the Bible recounts, but I'd never thought of the inability for His detractors to demonstrate He wasn't the messiah. Makes a ton of sense.
It’s crazy how much evidence there is that He was everything that He was the Son of God.
For example, consider what His followers did after He left. They were literally tortured to death. All they had to do to end the torture was say that He was not the messiah and the torturing would stop. But they refused. Many of these people had witnessed Jesus personally. They witnessed the truth and knew that it was far more important than any physical pain that they would experience through torture. There are many accounts of the early Christians being tortured to death with smiles on their faces. Because the had seen what was truly important
There are two times where I felt Jesus' presence and each of those times were life-changing for me. The first was on the night before I planned to take my own life, when I felt a sensation of warmth, love, and hope I'd never felt before and have never once been able to replicate since, and which served as a prelude to my life getting better almost immediately. The second was when I truly rededicated myself to God (I'd never gone astray, but I sort of took Him for granted, too), felt a holy presence within, and began to cry joyously because I knew I was forgiven and still within His good graces. I can only imagine how much more intense those feelings and experiences would have been had I actually been able to be present at the time Jesus walked the earth, so it makes total sense to me that His followers would pass from this life with smiles on their faces.
Those same archeologists have no idea where His body is. Think of it... all the Romans and Jews had to do was present Jesus’ body and all of the talk of him being the messiah would have disappeared. But they couldn’t find it. Because Jesus walked right out of that tomb and walked the earth for 40 days before ascending, with his body into heaven.
Just one of many reasons to believe.
You know, I'd never thought of that before. I just accepted that Jesus did what He said and what the Bible recounts, but I'd never thought of the inability for His detractors to demonstrate He wasn't the messiah. Makes a ton of sense.
It’s crazy how much evidence there is that He was everything that He was the Son of God.
For example, consider what His followers did after He left. They were literally tortured to death. All they had to do to end the torture was say that He was not the messiah and the torturing would stop. But they refused. Many of these people had witnessed Jesus personally. They witnessed the truth and knew that it was far more important than any physical pain that they would experience through torture. There are many accounts of the early Christians being tortured to death with smiles on their faces. Because the had seen what was truly important
There are two times where I felt Jesus' presence and each of those times were life-changing for me. The first was on the night before I planned to take my own life, when I felt a sensation of warmth, love, and hope I'd never felt before and have never once been able to replicate since, and which served as a prelude to my life getting better almost immediately. The second was when I truly rededicated myself to God (I'd never gone astray, but I sort of took Him for granted, too), felt a holy presence within, and began to cry joyously because I knew I was forgiven and still within His good graces. I can only imagine how much more intense those feelings and experiences would have been had I actually been able to be present at the time Jesus walked the earth, so it makes total sense to me that His followers would pass from this life with smiles on their faces.