reasons why jesus didn't rise from the dead?
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There are too many reasons to believe that He DID!!\n\nReasons to believe in the Resurrection\n\n\n1 Corinthians  15:29-32 "Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?    I die every day--I mean that, brothers--just as surely as I glory over you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised,  "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."\n\nWas Jesus raised from the dead?  This is one of the most important questions we can ask, because if He were not raised from the dead then we have no hope after this life and we might as well just "eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."  \n\nJosh McDowell called the resurrection either a fantastic hoax or a wonderful experience.   Jesus predicted the resurrection before his death in Matthew 16:21:\n\n"From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life."  \n\nHis purpose in life was to die for our hope.  He was seized, accused, mocked, tortured and whipped.  They ripped His flesh and they crucified Him.  Why would He do this?  Jesus was silent and no one spoke up on his behalf. He knew He had to die to carry sin upon Himself.   He knew He would be resurrected in three days to crush the power of death so that we would have the hope of eternal life.\n\nMatthew 28:1 "After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.  There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.  His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.  The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men."\n\nMatthew 28:5 "The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.  He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.  Then go quickly and tell his disciples: He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you.""\n\nMatthew 28:8 "So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.  Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped Him.   Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."\n\nSome people have a hard time believing this and have come up with alternate theories to explain the events that happened that day.  Let's take a look at the theories that have been proposed.\n\nAlternate Theory #1 - Jesus Did Not Really Die\n\nThe Muslims believe that Jesus did not really die on the cross, that he just passed out and was revived later in the tomb. There are several problems with this theory.  Many people saw that he was really dead.  Not just common people, but highly trained Roman soldiers were there to make sure that he was really dead.  They had no interest in seeing Him worshiped, and in fact a Roman soldier pierced Him in the heart and blood and water came out.  Pilot needed a certificate of death and four executioners had actually examined Him and declared Him dead.  The fact of the matter is that He really was dead.\n\nAlternate Theory #2 - The Disciples Stole the Body\n\nThe disciples had no thought of the resurrection.  They were devastated when He died and the last thing that was on their minds was for Him to be resurrected.  They were hiding from the Romans and the religious leaders, sc
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I believe there is a high likelyhood that a man name jesus exhisted and did much good in his time, just like i believe in the doctors of today who do good. \n\nNow as to him being some holy being, that I don't quite believe in because it doesn't make alot of sense to me, just as I wouldn't believe in a doctor brought a corpse back to life. \n(not talking about people who are legally dead for a few minutes because that happens somewhat often with today's science.. I mean someone whos really dead.. REALLY REALLY dead.)
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1st, none of us were there. 2nd, we are unaware of ppl's sex lives here on earth today,so, why would Jesus discuss what happens behind closed doors. 3rd, there is no reference in the Bible to prove if He did or didn't. He was human and Divine. A tough combination, that's why God chose Jesus and not any of His other children to die for the sins of the world.
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Christians will argue that it was not suicide but rather him giving himself to "save" you. trust me There are better augments against Christianity especially if you use their own texts against them.\n\nhear is a small sample\n1) The Gospels teach that Jesus appeared to the disciples after his resurrection. We are unclear, however, whether those appearances took place in Jerusalem or in the Galilee (or at both locales). According to our reading, the Galilean accounts seem to rule out prior Jerusalem appearances. Where did Jesus actually appear? If he appeared in Jerusalem, how should we read the Galilean accounts?\n\n(2) We find the genealogy of Jesus provided by the Gospels confusing. Who was Jesus’ paternal grandfather? (We notice that Matthew says that his grandfather was Jacob, but Luke says it was Heli). Also, we notice that Matthew declares that Jesus was separated from King David by only twenty-eight generations, but Luke’s list shows a forty-three generation separation. What does this contradiction mean?\n\n(3) The genealogical line linking Jesus and King David seems to pass through Jesus’ father. But since Jesus was the product of a virgin conception, then he does not share in his father’s Davidic ancestry. How is Jesus a descendent of David?
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The issue you really have to ask about is Why was Jesus buried in a stone enclosed cave to begin with. The answer is that this story is, also, based on Mithra-ism. Mithra, son of a human mother and a god, born in the Winter, died in the Spring, who died for the sins of the people, but who came back to life three days later, was also buried in Rock, and, when resurrected, rose out of the rock.\n\nJews would not bury any dead in rock. This would have prevented 'From dust to dust,' and is forbidden. The only reason for Jesus to have been buried in this way is to reflect the story of Mithra, like so much of the rest of his story.
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Yes jesus's human part was mortal, his human part died on the cross. But he was also divine and that part is immortal, it experienced human death, but did not die.\n\nSO, yes and NO!
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Pretty much the best way to prove that Jesus was either the Son of God or not is to look to the resurrection (it does more than save people).  People have a hard time trying to prove that Jesus wasn't resurrected.  The biggest problems for those who criticize the resurrection are:\n1)  the authorities (Jewish and Roman) who tried to keep the faith from spreading, and\n2)  the martyrs.\nThere are others, but these are the major ones.
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Jesus was not the messiah, and will not come back, as he is dead. Nor will he rise from the dead, or return from elsewhere. THis will be impossible for xtians to accept, I realize this, but someone has got to get them to see truth somehow. I might as well be speaking to a brick wall. I dont know why I bother, actually. Oh well. And if you think youre going to be 'raptured', then youre in for a rude awakening. Good luck with that...
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Perhaps because he didn't exist.  The stuff attributed to him was written decades after he supposedly died.\n\nPerhaps what he taught wasn't that interesting or he was illiterate.  Apparently, it took decades after he died before anybody (i.e. Paul/Saul) "remembered" his teachings.  And then decades after that some other people (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John or other people) "remembered" more of his teachings and weird details of his early years.
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jesus never died on the cross. he actually lived. he escaped to kashmir in india and spent his remaining life there . his tomb lies there to this day.
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Did Jesus give up Saturday for us?\nJesus? Christianity? .\n\nYour opinions only, no parroting or C&P from a Bible.\n\n\nIf Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.\nGods do not die? Do they?\n\nIf Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides Saturday was sacrificed? \n\nIf Jesus died for our sins, he should be dead,dead, dead!
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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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Yes I believe so cuz I'm a Christian. The reason his body is not found is because he is not a person, he is a supernatural being so he never died. You're thinking of Jesus, Jesus was the one that died and now he's a supernatural being too, I think
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Jesus never involved himself in the political landscape. He was more concerned with the spiritual.
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Christ was just a man. A very smart man who like many philosophers before him studied many cultures and ideology's. Incorporating them into his own personal beliefs. Using logic and misdirection he was able to convince many that he could to do god like healing. But the best magic trick of all time was the fact that years later there are those that still believe that he will rise up again. They have made many movie about the dead waking....Dawn of the dead...zombies....ect. I guess they are God like too? After all If Christ were to have risen...he would be killed on site for being a zombie...
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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
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You're right, He did not ascend to Heaven until 40 days later, the same thing happen to Jesus, just the same as Lazarus\n\nWHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT DEATH\n\nJesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.—1 Corinthians 15:6.\n\nLEARNING FROM THE RESURRECTION ACCOUNTS\n\nThe Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.—John 11:11.\nThe account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle. \n\nThink about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it?— And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place?— Of course not!\n\nYet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.\n\nThe Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.\n\nClearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection.