Resurrection of Jesus Essays

The resurrection of Jesus is a historical event that really happened, is not just a myth or a lie like some people say it is. It is so important that history is named after this, meaning it impacted the whole world and changed history forever. Jesus the Son of God did die on the cross and then resurrected from the dead. He did what no human has ever done or will do, all because of his unending love and grace for us. This has been concluded through a lot of resources like the Bible, circumstantial

“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ

to deal with Jesus and his existence. These questions about Jesus include how he reveals man to man himself and how Jesus is the unique answer to suffering and evil. According to Gaudium et Spes, “Christ the final Adam, by the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His love, fully reveals man to man himself and make his supreme calling clear” (GS 22). Scripture, Catechism of the Catholic Church and Gaudium et Spes answer the questions who Jesus is, how we can know and how Jesus is the unique

A key Matthean theme is emphasizing the Jewishness of Jesus, so when Matthew recounts the resurrection of Jesus, he starts off by stating that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary visited the tomb after the sabbath. From this we can infer that visiting the tomb and tending to the body might have been considered breaking the sabbath, so by including this detail Matthew portrays Jesus and his followers as people who do not turn away from the Jewish Law, but rather as people who embrace it. Ehrman even

Although Jesus speaks of “an hour [that] is coming, and is now”, Jesus’s words to the woman are in light of the past, the Old Testament. Jesus is referring to the Old Testament Messianic prophecies, and He is confirming His fulfilment, and even His transcending, of these prophesies. When the woman tries to divert the conversation to the concern of the two different places of worship, Jesus tells her “an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father…an hour

For Christians, Jesus’ resurrection has a bold impact on our lives. Each year as we celebrate Easter I once again am shocked to my core by how much God loves us. “Easter does not mean the death of death and the promise of an everlasting life with God. But in John it means much more than that, an intimate relationship with God and Jesus that begins right now” (Rollefson, Garriott, Carlson, Swanson & Klein, 2016). Jesus’ death and resurrection was the opening for our present relationship with Christ

(King James Version) Since the crucifixion of Jesus, opponents of Christianity have directly criticized the religion’s foundation, attempting to belie the historicity of Christ’s physical resurrection. Aiming to nullify Christianity and confute the prospect of supernatural intervention or divine involvement, skeptics and opponents of Christianity continually disseminate naturalistic alternatives, or conspiracy theories, to contradict the resurrection account. One popular notion reasons against the

The French Revolution was an example of how culture brings revolutions; that they are made and do not simple come. This can clearly be seen in the counterrevolution that followed the removal of the King and the creation of the French Republic. De-Christianization fueled the counterrevolution by alienating the provinces of France. This shows how important it is to have a sense of inclusion, symbolism, and volunteerism for an efficient revolution. Religion is one of the few things that can transect

The Destruction of the Male God in Emily Dickinson’s “Over the Fence” and in Rosemary Radford Ruether’s “The Liberation of Christology from Patriacrchy” Rosemary Radford Ruether in her article, “The Liberation of Christology from Patriarchy," and Emily Dickinson in her poem, “Over the Fence,” destroy two structures, at the core of which resides the male gendered God. The two interconnected structures — the patriarchal/gender structure, which is hierarchical, and therefore, vertical structure, and

Literary theory is a new way of looking at everything surrounding us. It frees society from what enslaves it. This essay will elaborate upon how literary theory has enabled readers to have a different notion of the texts they read and their surroundings. I will use the works of Rolland Barthes, The Death of the Author (1967) and Bakhtin, Discourse in the Novel (1975) and feminism more specifically Simone de Beauvoir and part of her book The second Sex (1949) where she talks about woman being the

In the first half of the 20th century, writers began to realize how chaotic and senseless life is. Franz Kafka introduced the world the absurdity of everyday life in the context of his own experience of alienation. Born to a middle-class Jewish family, as a German-speaker among Czechs and disbeliever among Jews, Franz couldn't fit anywhere in the society. In his novel, The Trial, the main character Josef K. is woken up by two warders who come to inform him about his arrest. Knowing nothing about

The Destruction of the Male God in Emily Dickinson’s “Over the Fence” and in Rosemary Radford Ruether’s “The Liberation of Christology from Patriacrchy” Rosemary Radford Ruether in her article, “The Liberation of Christology from Patriarchy," and Emily Dickinson in her poem, “Over the Fence,” destroy two structures, at the core of which resides the male gendered God. The two interconnected structures — the patriarchal/gender structure, which is hierarchical, and therefore, vertical structure, and

Nathaniel Hawthorne, a famous American author from the antebellum period, notices the emphasis on individual freedoms in the works by Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalists during his residency in the Brook Farm’s community. In response to these ideas, Hawthorne writes The Scarlet Letter, a historical novel about Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale’s lives as they go through ignominy, penance, and deprecation from their Puritan community to express their strong love for each other. Their

The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop At first glance an untrained eye would perceive “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop as a repugnant, gruesome, and revolting poem about nothing more than a pitiful, dying fish in a murky pond. Undoubtedly, the complexity of life, paired with the will of a Savior is going to be misunderstood, just like the fish. As a result, many people see any action and situation as the perfect will of God, but God does not advertise suffering; He takes the suffering man caused and molds

The term “resurrection” has been a word confused and debated over. It is a term that has sparked a lot of controversy in the past and even in the present. There are two sides to the resurrection. There is the resurrection of the soul and the resurrection of the body or flesh. The early Christian apologist, Justin Martyr, can help clear up the confusion with his work On the Resurrection. Though it is fairly short, it helps paint a picture of the resurrection and especially, the resurrection of the flesh

The resurrection of Jesus is important to the Christian worldview for different reasons. “Christian’s worldviews puts God at the center of life” meaning they believe in the resurrection of Jesus (Hiles & Smith, 2014, p. 2). He has the authority to give life and rise from the death. For instance, people did not find his body in the tomb because his place is to be sitting at the right hand of God. “Jesus himself drew near and when with them” (Luke 24:15) and questioned Emmaus and Cleopas. His actions

Resurrection, the act of rising from the dead, can be taken in both a literal sense, for example a person dying then coming back to life, or a figurative sense. Many authors during the 1800’s used figurative language and imagery to convey scenes and characters to their readers. Charles Dickens was no different; he loved to use the themes of resurrection and redemption, which people can especially see in his novel A Tale of Two Cities. Characters such as Dr. Manette, Sydney Carton, and Darney were

Jesus’ Resurrection Jesus’s resurrection. “I have come to one conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most witched, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on the minds of human beings—or it is the most remarkable fact of history.” Following the death and Resurrection there has been some speculation of conspiracy and alternative theories denying the resurrection. The whole idea seems a little crazy when said alone, but when it is backed up by a number of facts supporting

One must ask themselves in regards to the resurrection, why this particular act? Out of all the multitudes of acts that God could have done to get His point across, why the act of resurrecting His Son? I believe it is because the resurrection entails the principles of rebirth, creation, and “second chances” in one fell swoop. Rebirth in the way that St. Paul states in Romans 6:4, “We are indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory

evangelists in the New Testament, introduces us to Jesus through a whole new prophecy. Mark’s main message is that Jesus Christ is the Messiah – and as an informative writer, he speaks with such passion and knowledge of Jesus. Mark makes a lot of connections to the scriptures of the Old Testament, showing us the continuum of the Messiah – who everyone has been waiting for and talking about in the scriptures . Mark’s story on the resurrection is short, but it leaves the readers to wonder - if the