Christology

Studies in the Scriptures of Jesus Christ

A Brief Apology Concerning the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Apologia defined  –  Evidence Supporting a Literal Bodily Resurrection:  (1)  THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY  (2)  THE ROMAN SEAL WAS BROKEN  (3)  THE ROMAN GUARDS RAN AWAY  (4)  THE TOMB WAS EMPTY  (5) THE EMPTY GRAVECLOTHES  (6)  POST-RESURRECTIONS APPEARANCES OF JESUS  (7)  POST-RESURRECTION APPEARANCES OF JESUS TO ‘HOSTILE WITNESSES’  (8)  THE TRANSFORMATION WITHIN THE LIVES OF THE DISCIPLES  (9)  THE GROWTH OF THE NT CHURCHES (BEGINNING IN JERUSALEM)  (10)  THE CHANGE IN WORSHIP FROM SATURDAY (THE SABBATH) TO SUNDAY (THE RESURRECTION DAY)  –  Erroneous Theories Attempting to Explain the Resurrection:  (1)  THE DISCIPLES WENT TO THE WRONG TOMB  (2)  MASS HALLUCINATIONS  (3)  JESUS DID NOT REALLY DIE (THE ‘SWOON THEORY’)  (4)  THE DISCIPLES STOLE THE BODY (5)  THE JEWS OR ROMANS STOLE THE BODY