HOLY SATURDAY ......... 22.04.11
JOHN 20:1-18 ..... " I HAVE SEEN THE LORD."
Jesus rose from the dead but not as Lazarus did. Jesus rose from the dead with a transformed spiritual body never to die again. He battled against Sin and Death and was found victorious. He did not appear to the disciples as a spirit. He appeared to them physically and ate and dined with them on several occasions during forty days and the proof that Jesus rose bodily was the absence of his body in the Tomb . The proof that his body was not stolen lies in the fact that his burial cloths was found lying in the tomb and his face towel was found neatly rolled up separately. This further proves that he rose from the dead on his own. The holy shroud is preserved in Turin in Italy and the face cloth kept in a church in Oviedo in Spain. The fact that Jesus really died and did not faint or swoon on the cross is attested by an eye witness who saw the last drop of blood and water come out of his wound when the soldier thrust his spear in the chest of Jesus. Moreover his bitter enemies the pharisees and scribes never disputed about his death. After forty days he ascended into heaven in the midst of witnesses and never traveled either to Kashmir or France.
The greatest proof that Jesus rose from the dead is the remarkable transformation of the lives of millions of believers beginning with his first disciples.
And the best proof is when we receive Jesus in our hearts in faith and experience his forgiving love and the assurance of eternal life with him. Before the resurrection the disciples never believed that Jesus would rise again. But we are blessed with the gift of faith that Jesus rose from the dead according to the Scriptures. This is the work of the Holy Spirit sent upon us by the Risen Christ. This is the Greatest Gift God has given us.
Happy Easter !
God Bless.
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