Posted: Nov 27, 2017 9:54 am
There's still people who blindly parrot these PRATTs:
His apostles were eye witnesses to the resurrection. They spent the rest of their lives proclaiming the Risen Christ, for no money, no glory, just hardship. Most went to their deaths proclaiming the Risen Christ.
People will die for what is a lie but what they believe is true, but they won't die for what they know is a lie. It makes no sense, then, that those apostles would have fabricated a story, then went their separate ways, and died for that story.
They did what they did because they obviously saw the Risen Christ.
James the Brother of Jesus was a skeptic in Jesus' lifetime. Yet he went on to become the bishop of the church in Jerusalem, and died a martyr's death proclaiming the Risen Christ, which he saw.
Saul of Tarusus (a.k.a Paul) was a devout Jew who was determined to persecute Christians. Yet, he did a 180 on the road to Damascus and became perhaps the greatest Christian missionary of all.
Why? Because he said he saw the Risen Christ. History tells us Jesus lived, and died from Roman crucifixion in about the year 30 AD.
Christianity sprang up in Jerusalem right after the crucifixion. This was no mere legend that came later. This was a news story, not a bedtime story.
If the Sanhedrin could have produced his body, they would have to quell the idea of his resurrection. They didn't produce it, because there was no body of the man who had just been crucified three days before.
Further, Jesus fit perfectly the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah. He's the only one who's ever fit all of them.
Do some research. If what I'm telling you is true, it holds great promise for you. Do your own research. Best wishes.