re did he really rise another issue of importance was the crucification the will of god or a tragic mistake i believe it was a tragic mistake god s will can never be accomplished through the disbelief of man jesus came to this world to build the kingdom of heaven on the earth he desperately wanted the jewish people to accept him as the messiah if the crucification was the will of god how could jesus pray that this cup pass from him was this out of weakness never many men and women have given their lives for their country or other noble causes is jesus less than these no he is not he knew the crucification was not the will of god god s will was that the jewish people accept jesus as the messiah and that the kingdom of heaven be established on the earth with jesus as it s head just like the jewish people expected if this had happened years ago can you imagine what kind of world we would live in today it would be a very different world and that is eactly what god wanted men and women of that age could have been saved by following the living messiah while he was on the earth jesus could have established a sinless lineage that would have continued his reign after his ascension to the spiritual world to live with god now the kingdom of heaven on the earth will have to wait for christ s return but when he returns will he be recognized and will he find faith on this earth isn t it about time for his return it s been almost years mike in article athos rutgers edu oser fermi wustl edu scott oser writes in article apr athos rutgers edu mcovingt aisun ai uga edu michael covington writes the two historic facts that i think the most important are these if jesus didn t rise from the dead then he must have done something else equally impressive in order to create the observed amount of impact nobody ever displayed the dead body of jesus even though both the jewish and the roman authorities would have gained a lot by doing so it would have discredited the christians and the two simplest refutations are these what impact the only record of impact comes from the new testament i have no guarantee that its books are in the least accurate and that the recorded impact actually happened i find it interesting that no other contemporary source records an eclipse an earthquake a temple curtain being torn etc the earliest written claim we have of jesus resurrection is from the pauline epistles none of which were written sooner than years after the supposed event it seems probable that no one displayed the body of jesus because no one knew where it was i personally believe that the most likely explanation was that the body was stolen by disciples or by graverobbers don t bother with the point about the guards it only appears in one gospel and seems like exactly the sort of thing early christians might make up in order to counter the grave robbing charge the new testament does record that jews believed the body had been stolen if there were really guards they could not have effectively made this claim as they did scott o
