hi guys, according to the bible the soul / spirit of Jesus rose from his body after 3 days, as he was in the tomb, why did it take three days, not instantly, was he alive inside the tomb for 3 days and then died ?
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uh, no, it did not take 3 days for Jesus to rise again. Havent you read your New Testament?:::\n\n               John  20:1  The first day of the week cometh \n               Mary Magdalene  early, when  it was yet \n               dark,  unto the sepulchre,  and seeth the  \n               stone taken away from the sepulchre.  \n\nIt was only Two days and Two nights, that Jesus was in the sepulchre: \n\nFriday---one day\nFriday Night---one night\nSaturday---two days\nSaturday night---two nights.\n\nBut Sunday, before it was light, before even the beginning of the 3rd daylight period, Jesus was already gone. This means it was TWO days and TWO nights before Jesus rose, according to your own New Testament!
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What happens when you die depends on what happens before you die. The Bible classifies the whole human race into two broad categories-the saved and the lost. What happens to the saved is radically different from what happens to the lost. \nA. For the saved\n\nThe Bible is abundantly clear on this point. When the saved die, they go directly into the presence of the Lord. At this point we remember the words of Jesus to the thief on the cross, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43). This appears to be a straightforward promise that at the moment of death the repentant thief would pass from his life of crime and his agonizing death into the realm called "paradise." This would seem to contradict the teaching called "soul-sleep" which implies that at death a believer "sleeps" in a kind of suspended animation until the day of the resurrection. How could the thief be that very day in paradise if his soul were to go to sleep when he died? At the moment of death the believer passes immediately into the personal presence of Jesus Christ. This is our hope and comfort as we stand at the graveside of a loved one. Paul said he had a desire to depart and to "be with Christ, which is better by far" (Philippians 1:23). He also said, "We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body (that is, separated from the body by death) and at home with the Lord" (II Corinthians 5:8). These are the words of a man who believed that heaven would begin at the moment of his death. Was Paul looking forward to an unconscious slumber after his death? No! He was looking forward to the personal presence of Jesus Christ.\n\nBut that's not the whole story. The soul goes to be with the Lord in heaven and the body is buried until the day of resurrection when Jesus returns to the earth. I Thessalonians 4:14 says, "We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." Here you have both sides of the truth. Christians who die are said to be "with Jesus" (that's the soul in the conscious presence of the Lord) and "have fallen asleep in him" (that's the body which "sleeps" in the grave). Listen to Paul's description of that great reunion of body and soul: "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first" (I Thessalonians 4:16). Here is a clear promise of future bodily resurrection for the believer. First Corinthians 15:51-55 adds the crucial fact that our bodies will be "raised imperishable"-that is, with a body that is perfect in every way, free from the vestiges of death and decay. In this life our bodies wear out, like a clock continually running down, but when we are raised, it will be with bodies that can never decay, never wear out, never suffer injury, never grow old, never get sick, and thank God, never die.\n\n\nWhat Happens after Death?"\n\nIt is clear that during the test during the life of this world, people will be clearly divided in three groups: 1) those, who excel in piety, truthfulness, justice and submission to God; 2) those, who excel in transgression, rejection and are clearly averse to accepting God's truths; and 3) those, who are neither clearly among the first nor clearly among the second group.\n\nAs for the first two groups, these are people, who are themselves witnesses upon their own behavior. These are people, whose ultimate destiny - whether it be heaven or hell - is decided during the life of this world and they start enjoying or suffering the fruits of their deeds, immediately after death. If falling in the first category, they shall be in a state of blissful slumber till the Day of Rising, while if falling in the second category, they shall be in a
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Jesus?\n\n\nIf Jesus died, he was not God.  Does a god die?\n\nIf Jesus died on Friday, undied on Sunday, what was the sacrifice? He sacrificed at most, just a few hours. Big deal!\n\nIf you gave to a charity on Friday and it was returned on Sunday,  what was your gift to charity?\n\nDeath = Becoming permanently dead, no life, no possibility of life.\n\nSacrifice = giving up something to help others, never to be returned.\n\nGod = Eternal, never being born, never dying.\n\n\nYou believe in this Jesus nonsense?  Why?
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Do You Have an\nIMMORTAL SPIRIT?\n"ALL Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness," wrote the apostle Paul. (2 Timothy 3:16) Yes, the Bible is a book of truth that comes from the true God, Jehovah.—Psalm 83:18.\n\nSince Jehovah is the Creator of all things, including humans, he well knows what happens to us when we die. (Hebrews 3:4; Revelation 4:11) And in his inspired Word, the Bible, he has given truthful and satisfying answers to questions about the hereafter.\nWhat Is the Spirit?\nIn the Bible, the words translated "spirit" basically mean "breath." But this implies much more than the act of breathing. The Bible writer James, for example, states: "The body without spirit is dead." (James 2:26) Hence, spirit is that which animates the body.\n\nThis animating force cannot simply be the breath, or air, moving through the lungs. Why not? Because after breathing stops, life remains in the body cells for a brief period—"for several minutes," according to The World Book Encyclopedia. For this reason, efforts at resuscitation can succeed. But once the spark of life is extinguished from the cells of the body, any efforts to restore life are futile. All the breath, or air, in the world cannot revive even one cell. The spirit, then, is the invisible life-force—the spark of life that keeps the cells and the person alive. This life-force is sustained by breathing.—Job 34:14, 15.\n\nIs that spirit active only in humans? The Bible helps us to reach a sound conclusion in this matter. Wise King Solomon acknowledged that humans and animals "all have but one spirit," and he asked: "Who is there knowing the spirit of the sons of mankind, whether it is ascending upward; and the spirit of the beast, whether it is descending downward to the earth?" (Ecclesiastes 3:19-21) So animals as well as men are spoken of as having a spirit. How can that be?\n\nThe spirit, or life-force, can be compared to the electric current that flows through a machine or an appliance. The invisible electricity may perform various functions, depending on the type of equipment it powers. For example, an electric stove can be made to generate heat, a computer to process information, and a television set to produce images and sound. Yet, the electric current never takes on the features of the equipment it activates. It remains simply a force. Similarly, the life-force does not take on any of the characteristics of the creatures it animates. It has no personality and no thinking ability. Humans and animals "have but one spirit." (Ecclesiastes 3:19) When a person dies, therefore, his spirit does not go on existing in another realm as a spirit creature.\n\nWhat, then, is the condition of the dead? And what happens to the spirit when a person dies?\n"To Dust You Will Return"\nWhen the first man, Adam, deliberately disobeyed God's command, He said to him: "In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return." (Genesis 3:19) Where was Adam before Jehovah created him from the dust? Why, he was nowhere! He simply did not exist. So when Jehovah God said that Adam would "return to the ground," he meant that Adam would die and return to the elements in the ground. Adam would not cross over to the spirit realm. At death Adam would once again be nonexistent. His punishment was death—absence of life—not a transfer to another realm.—Romans 6:23.\n\nWhat about others who have died? The condition of the dead is made clear at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, where we read: "The dead know nothing . . . There is no pursuit, no plan, no knowledge or intelligence, within the grave." (Moffatt) Death, therefore, is a state of nonexistence. The psalmist wrote that when a person dies,
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Yes, Jesus rose on the third day as per scriptures and he died for our sins sake and to save us from hell. Jesus came to this world for you and me to save us and give us everlasting life. He is truly my GOD righteous and Holy One.\n\nIf somebody says he's lier please dont! cause u dont know ur bringing death closer to u and u'll be cast into hell fire.\n\nMay God Bless you and Give understanding of love and Sacrifice he made 4 us.
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I believe the 2nd story is correct. Not sure about the follower part, but yes, another man was subsituted. See, Jesus was pulled into the heavens and will return before the Day of Judgement, symbolizing that the Day of Judgement is near. So, yes, God did not kill Jesus.
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The importance of the Resurrection is that it was Jesus' absolute proof to the world that He was God. Who else could ever come back to life? Sure, if there's a God, He could give back life to anyone He wanted. No one but God can. But think about it. If Jesus wasn't actually God, yet still said he was (John 8:58) and that he'd prove it by coming back to life three days after his death, why would God give life back to a man who was trying to take the place and authority of God himself? He wouldn't. So if the Resurrection is true, Jesus was God. \n\nIt was common belief of the early Christians that Jesus had risen from the dead. First Corinthians 15:6 tells us that he appeared to several hundred people between his resurrection and his accention into Heaven. It's one thing for the desciples to say, "Hey! Jesus came back just like he said he would!" "Where is he then? Let me see." "Well... you just missed him. He went up to Heaven already. No, Jesus made a point to let everyone know he came back.\n\nAs for actual proof of the disappearance from His tomb, it was guarded, so they were armed and fully capable of keeping people out. It was there job. These were hired by the Jewish leaders, the same one's that condemned Jesus to death. They weren't goin' to let anyone into the tomb, not a chance. They weren't goin' to let the desciples fake His resurrection. And they were well aware of his claims, for most of times Jesus spoke of it, it was directed to these Jewish leaders.\n\nThis was the debate then: When the disciples started telling people that Jesus had risen from his tomb, the Jews said that the guards fell asleep. But the disciples said then that the Jews paid the guards to say they fell asleep. (Matthew 28:11-15) There's not much else the Jews could say after that. The point is, Jesus left that tomb, the Jewish leaders knew it, the guards knew it, and the disciples knew it. If anyone questioned it, they could of easily gone and looked themselves. Even if the disciples could of managed to steal the body, it makes no sense that they'd strip the body of the burial linens and pack around a torn up, naked corpse. John 20:6,7 says that the strips of linen were lying on the ground and the burial clothes were folded up seperate from the linen. \n\nWhat's great about the resurrection is that not only is Jesus God, but he has complete control, of time, earth, heaven, hell, and even Satan. God himself got rid of what sent people to hell, unholiness. Through Christ, as only He could, Christ died, went to Hell on his own choice and POWER, taking our sins with him, challenged and warned Satan, and walked right out, showing that Satan certainly can't stop him. If he was just a man, Satan would of had the power to keep him there. No, he left, went to Heaven where our sins were destroyed. Then came back just long enough to let us know.
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What exactly are you asking? What am I agreeing with? If it's a matter of whether I think this verse sets forth biblical doctrine, then yes. I believe in a physical resurrection (for everyone--though only those who are covered by the atonement get to go to heaven). I also believe in a spiritual atonement and an entrance into the Kingdom of G-d, both made possible through the work of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) on the cross. And I believe that the only reason we can approach Him to praise Him is "through grace divine," because I certainly don't deserve to be in His presence. Only the blood of an innocent Man allows me to come near Him.\n\nWhat is the reference, by the way? I tried to find the verse...not sure what translation you are using.
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Excellent question.  But unfortunately, I have yet to hear a good answer.  God the Almighty Creator doesn't even blink for a second, nonetheless die.  If this were true and God died on the cross, then ALL existance would cease.\n\nHere's what makes the trinity questionable:  If you have a creature (i.e. a created being), and a third of that creature dies while the other two-thirds are still alive, then that creature hasn't really died.  All parts would have to die for the creature to be considered dead.  \n\nSo if this applies to a created being, how can it not apply to the Creator?  If a third of God dies, but the other two-thirds are still alive, then that third didn't really die; especially when he's resurrected within a number of hours.\n\nThe fact is that death in itself is a creation.  Therefore the dimension of death cannot be applied to an infinite entity which exists outside the realm of all creation.  i.e. No creator, or any part of a creator, dies.\n\nWhat does that mean anyways?  What does it mean that a third of God has died???  This can only indicate that the trinity is not true; it's merely a pagan practice that has filtered down to blemish the noble message of Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him).  (see link below)\n\nFor those who say angels, well who was sustaining the angels in God's absence?  Did you really hear yourself say that??
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Jesus continued training his disciples for this work. During the last evening before his death, he encouraged them with the words: “He that exercises faith in me, that one also will do the works that I do; and he will do works greater than these.” (John 14:12) The works of his followers would be greater than his because in their ministry they would reach far more people over a much larger area and for a greater length of time. Yet, after Jesus was killed, his disciples were paralyzed with fear. They went into hiding and did not carry on the work that he had trained them to do. Some even returned to the fishing business. However, in an unforgettable way, he impressed upon these seven what he wanted them, as well as all of his followers, to do.\n\nJesus does not mean that his followers will exercise greater miraculous powers than he did. No, but he means that they will carry on the ministry for a much longer time, over a much greater area, and to far more people.\n\nThere is no Biblical record that any of them performed a miracle surpassing that of Jesus in raising Lazarus who had been dead for four days. (Joh 11:38-44) But, since Jesus was going to the Father, and his followers would receive the holy spirit to be witnesses of him “both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most distant part of the earth” (Ac 1:8), they would cover a greater area and work for a longer time than did Jesus, in this sense doing greater works than he did.
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Isn't this quite disingenuous? If the verse were talking about a way of identifying a living human being, then perhaps you'd have a point, though a very strained one at that.\n\nBut, isn't this verse about whether one has a body or not in paradise? And isn't it saying that the body is, effectively, put back together, from the head to the tips of the toes..... or fingers?\n\nYou've taken words and then forced them on to something that is utterly non-applicable. Isn't that a sin?
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Interesting scripure. But I'm also interested in this: the term 'last days' has been mentioned, and keeping in mind two things: the lord's overwhelming power to stretch and shrink time, combined with the fact that the last 2000 years there have been scoffers like mentioned above, when exactly will these 'days' end? This could take thousands of years, or be in a minute. But in that very minute a 'scoffer' *could* convert to the true faith, so if the lord is truly patient, he'd wait that minute too, or those thousands years, else it wouldn't be fair, I'd say.\n\nAnd tell me this: I am no scoffer, but in your eyes I'd probably be. But which of my desires are actually evil? My strongest desires are that people all over the world be stopped by blind judging other people, that people actually think before they act, that they take other people in mind when they take decisions that might effect them, in short that they respect other people and let them be. Another desire of mine is that helping people develop themselves, seek out their potentials, and enhance them, that they enjoy living in this beautiful world, and teach other people to enjoy too.\n\nBut since I don't need Jesus to actually do this, I am truly an ungodly man and I shall be destroyed by your lord.\n\nIf I'm to be judged by someone who doesn't look at my actions or my desires behind them, but at my lack of faith, and still wants to destroy me, please, let him do his thing, for I have nothing to be ashamed of and I rather live in hell knowing I have done right, than living in heaven for being a hypocrite.
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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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Heron by the Sea, I still stick to my answer below, but I appreciate your information.\n\nSchneb, I appreciate your kind words,   Bill\n\nTime of his death. \n\nThe death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish calendar. (Mt 26:2; Joh 13:1-3; Ex 12:1-6; 13:4) That year the Passover occurred on the sixth day of the week (counted by the Jews as from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday). This is evident from John 19:31, which shows that the following day was “a great” sabbath. The day after Passover was always a sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it came. (Le 23:5-7) But when this special Sabbath coincided with the regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week), it became “a great one.” So Jesus’ death took place on Friday, Nisan 14, by about 3:00 p.m.—Lu 23:44-46.
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Huh? Who is Jesus? Do you mean that jewish rabbi Jeshu that the greek christians renamed Jesus and claimed him as their God in the flesh? Didn't he already come back once? How many lives does that guy get any way? The last event would probably be "WORLD-WIDE PANIC"
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Hi, there was a time span between the Ascension of the Lord into heaven and the Roman murdering of the Christians in the coliseum so these Christians may not have seen Jesus directly, but how powerful was their faith in the Teaching of the Apostles to have gone so willingly to their death, and don`t forget that the Apostles willingly gave their lives too for Jesus and still modern people doubt the reality of the living Christ.
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By definition, not mystery, the everlasting, one God, in whole or in part, does not die, disintegrate, or decompose: "For I the Lord do not change" (Malachi 3:6). Did Jesus' flesh dwell in safety after his death? 1 Peter 3:18 states Jesus was "put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit." 1 Corinthians 15:44-45 claims Jesus was "raised a spiritual body," that is, he "became a life-giving spirit." No mention of the survival of the flesh is alluded to. In Acts 2:31, it is claimed Peter stated that following the alleged resurrection Jesus' body did not see decay. Paul is alleged to have also made this claim (Acts 13:34-37). However, unless Jesus' body never underwent "decay" during his lifetime he could not be God, but if it did not undergo "decay" then he was not truly human.\n\n\nQuestion: If Jesus was God as well as man how could Satan expect to tempt him?\n  \nAnswer: Mark simply states that Jesus was tempted by Satan (1:13) but Matthew (4:1-11) and Luke (4:1-13) elaborate the story. It is claimed that during Jesus' alleged forty days' sojourn in the desert, following his baptism by John, Satan tempted him with promises of an earthly kingdom if Jesus would only worship him.\n\nIf Jesus is part of God, how could he possibly sin, and how could Satan possibly hope to tempt him? Satan's words would be absolutely meaningless. Surely, even the earthly Jesus was incapable of committing as sinful an act as the worshipping of Satan. Indeed, unlike a mere mortal, it was decreed that the Gospels' Jesus follow exactly the life outlined for his earthly existence by the very godhead of which he was an integral part.\n\nIn assuming a human body, the Jesus of Christian theology knew what God's purpose for the future of mankind was and what was expected of him in order to bring this about. Did Jesus, the perfect god-man, have free will to sin while on earth? Obviously not! Had he failed to carry out God's plan, the entire timetable would have been eternally disrupted. Lacking free will to do as he pleased, Jesus could not truly have been tempted.\n\nNeither could Satan, as one of God's creations, promise Jesus, who was already divine and in control of the universe, a mere kingdom as a reward for worshipping him. As puffed up with pride as one might envision Satan to be, he is certainly not stupid. In the Gospel narrative Satan knew Jesus was not a mere human, given to flattery and subject to the temptations of the flesh. Jesus was not one who would accept worthless promises.\n\nEven if we suppose that Satan did make Jesus the most extravagant of offers, as reported by the New Testament, it would not in the least have been a temptation to the divine Jesus of Christianity. In view of the claim by Christian theology that Jesus was offered an earthly kingdom by God: "Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession" (Psalms 2:8), can anyone believe that a member of the Trinity would have difficulty in choosing between the two opposing offers? Certainly Satan would not have wasted his time on such a futile endeavor. It is obvious that the account of Satan's attempt to tempt Jesus cannot be reconciled with the overall view of Jesus as held by Christians.\n\nOf Jesus it is said: "For because he himself has suffered and has been tempted, he is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted" (Hebrews 2:18). But if Jesus was God as well as man at the time of his temptation by Satan, how is this verse, and indeed the entire temptation episode, to be reconciled with the belief expressed by the author of James? He states: "Let no one say when he is tempted: 'I am being tempted by God'; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone" (James 1:13). If according to James "God cannot be tempted by evil," then the J