[Jesus’s] body had not been abandoned in the tomb. Nor had it merely been resuscitated, coming back into a more or less identical life, to face death again at some point in the future. It had been transformed, changed, in an act of new creation through which it was no longer corruptible. ‘The Messiah, once raised from the dead, will never die again; death has no more dominion over him.’ [Romans 6:9]
N. T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God 3 (London: SPCK, 2003), p. 361
There is so much about the world that no longer makes much
sense to me. The older I become, the less sure I am of what my life means and
has meant. But there is one thing that does continue to make sense, and that is
the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I am convinced, despite my doubts, and despite
all my questions, that Jesus is risen – and that what is a present reality for
him is a future, an eschatological, reality for me; and not just for me, but for
all those who are in Christ, and even for the world. If this is not so, then
there is no hope, and the gospel message is not really good news at all.
And let’s be clear: as my namesake affirms, the hope of
resurrection is not a simple resuscitation or some kind of zombie apocalypse.
Christ’s resurrection has destroyed the power of death, the sting of death,
once and for all. Although it is something many of us, including me, continue
to fear, death is also something to be mocked, because, in Christ, death has
died. And so resurrection has to be more than resuscitation; it is the life
according to the physics of the age to come; and this age is assured because
Christ is risen.
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Matthew 27:52-53?
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But the "resurrection" never occurred - could not have occurred - IMPOSSIBLE
ReplyDeleteThis essay (plus others too) describe why, or more correctly what Saint Jesus of Galilee actually taught and demonstrated while he was alive - END OF STORY.
http://www.aboutadidam.org/articles/secret_identity/beyond_hidden.html
And speaking of Doubt this essay is from a remarkable book titled The Transmission of Doubt.
http://www.dabase.org/hardware.htm
Among other things this essay describes how most/all of conventional exoteric religiosity is completely devoid of any depth-level psychic and more importantly, Spiritual content.
http://www.adidam.org/teaching/gnosticon/universal-scientism
This essay describes how we now all "live" in our Spirit-killing left-brained minds: remember how "Paul" told us that the (left-brained) letter always kills the Living Spirit
http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/Aletheon/ancient_walkabout_way_2.html
This essay on the illusory nature of the much vaunted death-haunted Western mind
http://www.dabase.org/illusion-weather.htm
Multiple references on the paradoxical nature of Quantum Reality
http://spiralledlight.wordpress.com
Lastly the TRUTH ABOUT DEATH
http://www.adidam.org/death_and_dying/index.html
http://www.aboutadidam.org/dying_death_and_beyond/index.html
Remind me why resurrection is impossible. Have a conversation with me, not a link-fest.
DeleteGood stuff Terry - I'm in complete accord with you on this one, and with your namesake. I obviously don't understand the resurrection but nor do I need to. Christ is risen - he is risen indeed, hallelujah! :)
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