Why was the Resurrection so important?
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That's what sets Jesus apart from all of the other religious leaders who have come forth in history. Buddha and Mohamed are dead and buried. But Jesus proved that He was really the Son of God in a dramatic way by first allowing Himself to be killed to atone for our sins and then by being raised from the dead and seen by over 500 witnesses before ascending into Heaven in front of 12 people.\n\nhttp://web.express56.com/~bromar/
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Yes, because he was perfect.  Disease and aging had no hold over Christ.  Had he not been murdered in some other fashion, he would still be living as a man on earth rather than a spirit in heaven.  Great question.
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Because when the second coming of Jesus is suppose to happen....he is to come from the East. So when the person rises from the grave he will rise to see Jesus.
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because Christ's resurrection and death saved us and redeemed us from sin..
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Jesus Christ is spoken of as “the first to be resurrected from the dead.” (Acts 26:23) This means that he was the first to be resurrected of those who would not have to die again. Also, he was the first to be raised as a spirit person. (1 Peter 3:18) But the Bible tells us that there would be others, saying: “Each one in his own rank: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who belong to the Christ during his presence.” (1 Corinthians 15:20-23) So in the resurrection some would be raised up before certain others.\n\n “Those who belong to the Christ” are the 144,000 faithful disciples chosen to rule with him in the Kingdom. Of their heavenly resurrection, the Bible says: “Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will, rule as kings with him for the thousand years.”\n\nThe very expression “first resurrection” shows that another one will follow. This is the resurrection to life on the paradise earth of both righteous and unrighteous persons. This will occur after Armageddon. It will be a “better resurrection” than that of the boys resurrected by Elijah and Elisha and of others once resurrected on earth. Why? Because if those resurrected after Armageddon choose to serve God they will never need to die again.—Hebrews 11:35.\n\nEarthly Resurrection.\nWhile Jesus was hanging on a stake, one of the evildoers alongside him, observing that Jesus was not deserving of punishment, requested: “Jesus, remember me when you get into your kingdom.” Jesus replied: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.  \n\nThis would require a resurrection for the evildoer. This man was not a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. He had been engaged in wrongdoing, lawbreaking meriting the death penalty. (Lu 23:40, 41) Therefore, he could not hope to be one of those receiving the first resurrection. Additionally, he died 40 days before Jesus ascended into heaven and hence before Pentecost, which was 10 days after that ascension, when God through Jesus anointed the first members of those who will receive the heavenly resurrection.\n\nThe evildoer, Jesus said, would be in Paradise. The word means “a park or pleasure ground.” The Septuagint rendered the Hebrew word for “garden” (gan), as at Genesis 2:8, by the Greek word pa·ra′dei·sos. The paradise in which the evildoer will be would not be “the paradise of God” promised to “him that conquers,” at Revelation 2:7, for the evildoer was not a conqueror of the world with Jesus Christ. (Joh 16:33) The evildoer would therefore not be in the heavenly Kingdom as a member of it (Lu 22:28-30) but would be a subject of the Kingdom when those of “the first resurrection” would, as kings of God and Christ, sit on thrones, ruling with Christ for a thousand years.—Re 20:4, 6.
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ has such significance to God's plan of salvation for mankind that God made it a spectacular day, so to speak.  The veil, which was 60 feet tall, 30 feet wide, and three inches thick, was torn from TOP to bottom by God Himself because Christ's victory over sin and death gave all who believe direct access to the Father...no more veil between mankind and God!  \n\nAlso, the resurrection of saints (those who died having had faith in God and the Messiah) was almost a celebration, or display of God's power to make the dead alive again, and of the new life all can have because of what Jesus Christ did.  Matthew gives a very brief account of the matter and that's it.  \n\nWhat we CAN know is that these all lived in their fleshly bodies and died at the end of their life.  It would be interesting to hear all the details of how happy and surprised their families were, etc., etc..  However, Matthew did not detract from the MAIN event, which was the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the implications to all of mankind because of it.\n\nWe must be CAREFUL TO NOTE that these newly raised saints did not go to heaven.  This would conflict with scripture all over the place.  Scripture is clear that NO MAN has ascended to heaven but the Son:\n\n"No man has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.” John 3:13\n\nGod's plan of salvation is foreshadowed in His holy days.  The resurrections of mankind are likened to the harvests.  There will be two (not including Jesus Christ who is the first fruits of the resurrection).  The saints are raised to life in the first resurrection.  The rest of the dead will be resurrected AFTER the millenium.  But no one has been resurrected to heaven or anywhere else or the resurrections would be silly.  All "sleep" until their particular resurrection.\n\nThe two resurrections are found in Revelation 20:4-5:\n\n"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.\n\nBut the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.  This is the first resurrection."\n\nThe first thing we notice is that those in the FIRST resurrection refused the mark of the beast, indicating that no one has been resurrected yet and won't be until after the great tribulation.  These are seen upon thrones because they are the saints (believers in Christ) that while they lived in this first age prior to Christ's return, believed on Him and had faith in God.  These will be raised to glorified bodies like Christ and be given immortality and incorruptibility at Christ's return, just as I Corinthians 15 describes:\n\n"Behold, I show you a mystery; We (saints) shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, \n\nIn a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rasied incorruptible, and we shall be changed.\n\nFor this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."\n\nThis resurrection occurs simultaneously with the catching away (rapture) of those alive when Christ appears.  (The pre-tribulation rapture theory is just that...an unscriptural theory that is not supported any where in scripture.) I Thessalonians 4:16-17:\n\n"For the Lord himelf shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archagnel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:\n\nThen we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."\n\nThe rest of the dead are raised to
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Suicides—A Resurrection?\n\nTHE tragic news of a suicide does not close a chapter in the lives of relatives and friends; it opens one—a chapter of mixed feelings of pity and anger, sorrow and guilt. And it raises the question: May we entertain any hope for our friend who took his or her life?\n\nAlthough self-inflicted death is never justified, never righteous, the apostle Paul did hold out a beautiful hope for even some unrighteous ones. As he told a Roman court of law: “I have hope toward God . . . that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.”—Acts 24:15. \nMany theologians have long dismissed any suggestion that the resurrection of the unrighteous might offer hope for those who commit suicide. Why?\n\nCenturies ago, churchmen introduced a non-Biblical concept: immortal souls that leave the body at death and go straight to heaven, purgatory, Limbo, or hell. That concept clashed with the Bible’s clear teaching of a future resurrection. As Baptist minister Charles Andrews asked: “If the soul is already blissfully in heaven (or is already justifiably roasting in hell), what need is there for anything further?” He added: “This inner contradiction has remained to plague Christians throughout the centuries.”\n\nOne result of such errant theology was that “since Augustine’s time [354-430 C.E.], the church has condemned suicide as a sin,” says Arthur Droge in the Bible Review, “a sin beyond redemption, just like apostasy and adultery.”\n\nJesus told a criminal sentenced to death: “You will be with me in Paradise.” The man was unrighteous—a lawbreaker rather than a distraught suicide victim—guilty by his own frank admission. (Luke 23:39-43) He had no hope of going to heaven to rule with Jesus. So the Paradise in which this thief could hope to come back to life would be the beautiful earth under the rule of Jehovah God’s Kingdom.—Matthew 6:9, 10; Revelation 21:1-4.\n\nFor what purpose will God awaken this criminal? So that He mercilessly can hold his past sins against him? Hardly, for Romans 6:7, 23 says: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin,” and “the wages sin pays is death.” Although his past sins will not be accounted to him, he will still need the ransom to lift him to perfection.\n\nOnly God can fully understand the role of mental sickness, extreme stress, even genetic defects, in a “suicidal crisis,” which, the National Observer noted, “is not a lifetime characteristic [but] often a matter only of minutes or of hours.”\nGranted, one who takes his own life deprives himself of the opportunity to repent of his self-murder. But who can say whether one driven to suicide might have had a change of heart had his fatal attempt failed? Some notorious murderers have, in fact, changed and earned God’s forgiveness during their lifetime.\nThus, Jehovah, having paid “a ransom in exchange for many,” His Son, is within his right to extend mercy, even to some self-murderers, by resurrecting them and giving them the precious opportunity to “repent and turn to God by doing works that befit repentance.”\n\nThe Scriptures encourage us to see ourselves, not as immortal souls, but as valuable creations of the God who loves us, who treasures our being alive, and who looks forward with joy to the time of the resurrection.\n\n4000 years had passed from Adam & Eve, Jesus said to a Religious Leader that no one had gone to Heaven, and millions of people had passed away in death. This is a quote from the King James Bible: \n\nJohn 3:13 " And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven," \nit seems to me, this would eliminate the "immortal soul" belief, not only that, if you go to Heaven or Hell when you die, you completely do away with the resurrection that the Bible speaks about, because the resurrection is suppose to take place after Jesus comes the second time, and that has not happened.
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why should i care if this jesus died on the cross?
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Easter is the Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus after he had been buried for 3 days after his crucifixion. the best way to find out the story is to look in the Bible.\n\nMatthew chapter 26-28\nMark Chapter 14-16\nLuke chapter 22-24\nJohn Chapter 13-21\n\nor if you can watch the movie "The Passion of The Christ"\nif you have cable it will be on Showtime on Saturday night @9pm EST.
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More important than lets say an atheist or agnostic would believe to be so.  Less important as hardcore christians and other bible pushers would tend to believe it is at the same time...
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Jesus was resurrected not reincarnated.\n\nOur eternal welfare was ensured through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in which the gates of heaven were opened for all who choose to accept. \n\nWith love in Christ.
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Almost all professing Christians disregard the Sabbath and embrace Sunday. Why? The REASON to honor Sunday, is because Sunday is the "venerable day of the sun god," according to Emperor Constantine's decree, and the Pope took it upon himself to change God's Law & rubber-stamp the pagan order. The EXCUSE that many mainliners (Catholic, Protestant, non-denominational) will give is that the Resurrection occurred on Sunday. That is NOT a fact! ~Resurrection Sunday~ is a fallacy! It is a vague possibility, but not even probable.\n\nRef: Matthew 28:1-6, Mark 16:1-6, & Luke 24:1-7 - Neither Scripture nor secular history records a time of the Resurrection to define what day it was for modern, Western believers.\n\nIt says that when the women got to the tomb... they had MISSED the miracle - they were TOO LATE - He was ALREADY risen & out of the tomb!\n\nThe time elements we are given is that it was after the Sabbath - which ends after sunset on Saturday; and it was the first day of the week - which for Jews using God's calendar, started after sunset on Saturday. So there is a blank amount of time from Saturday dusk to Sunday sunrise. He could have risen *anytime before* midnight Saturday.\n\nSo, not knowing when the Resurrection was, it is erroneous (heterodoxy?) to assume that it was Sunday & to change God's Law of His Holy Day of rest & worship. ~Not to mention~ that 'Sunday' is a pagan-named day on the pagan-based calendar. God does not tolerate anything pagan in His worship. That is why I said it is "possible" the Resurrection was on Sunday, but not probable.\n\nGod gave the Sabbath as a gift to man. The NT references to believers gathering on the first day of the week to break bread is evidently Saturday evening (based on the heathen calendar), after the Sabbath ended.... They very well could have been celebrating the Resurrection, they may have unrecorded info that indeed the Resurrection was Saturday! In any event, I would not want to bet my soul that it was a ~Sunday Resurrection~; nor teach others that it WAS ON Sunday!
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Yes, I firmly believe Jesus died and rose from the dead.  I believe also that this is why we celebrate Easter.  The bunny and egg thing just came around to entertain the kiddos.
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What is important is that there is an afterlife.  In other words, at the end of this physical existence in time and space, life continues.  We do not cease to exist.\n\nOther than that, we really know nothing about heaven, Hades or Gehenna.  All we can do is HOPE that everything is better and fine for us at the moment of death.\n\nAs for purgatory, interesting theories come and go.  We want things to work our way and do not understand how a person who has been very good, and another who has spent their life hurting others may have the same forgiveness, love and mercy of God.
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His earthly human existence died, not Him Himself.\nHe was resurrected and is still alive today but not in His human form.
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Because when the redeemed of Christ are resurrected we will have transformed bodies that last for all eternity and apparently there will be no more procreation after that.\n\nMatthew 22:30  For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
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God allowed Abraham's son to live.  This event is very important as it showed Abraham's faith and obedience to the one true God and was a precursor of events to come.  God knew that Abraham would  obey Him.  Fast forward to the time of Jesus.  God willingly put Himself  in the exact same position as Abraham .  His Son became the sacrifice so that all people could obtain forgiveness of sins, through Him.  The difference is; God allowed Abraham's son to live, but His own Son He allowed to be scourged and beaten and killed.  Not for His own well being, but  for all His children so that they might live.  Jesus was our Lamb, who was led to the slaughter, who overcame death and lives forevermore.\n\nDo you not understand this?\n\nedit**\nThis is the connection we are to draw from this event in history:  It's about sacrifice, faith, obedience, love, mercy, and the forgiveness of sins.\n Abraham and Isaac\n God and Jesus