Has Christ Actually Risen?

Was it really necessary for Him to rise?

By: Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty, Bishoy Boshra Behnam

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

If the life of Jesus, our Lord, has ended with His death on the cross or His burial in the sepulcher, which is not possible, because in Him is the power of the resurrection and life and thus it is impossible for corruption to grab hold of Him. His mission would have failed and the cross would have not been able to reveal God's true and active love for mankind, able to forgive the sins and raise the dead. Hence, the life of Jesus, our Lord, on earth would have become a mere humane story recorded by history, and the cross would have been considered a disgrace, and the disciples would have tried to hide its features or to remember it with sorrow and grief pitying poor Jesus for the oppression of the evil ones! + Outline of the book: - The Resurrection affirms God's almighty love. - The prophets and the risen Christ. - Confirming the Truth of the Resurrection: 1. The empty sepulture 2. The pierced side 3. The fear of the Jews and their breaking of the Sabbath 4. The sealing of the sepulture prevents any manipulation 5. His burial in a new sepulture 6. Bribing the guards confirms the resurrection 7. His resurrection within three days 8. He left the napkin and the linen clothes 9. He had risen carrying the marks of the wounds and He ate, too - Refuting the most important Protestations to the Truth of the Resurrection: 1. First objection: The Body of Christ was stolen 2. Second objection: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ was fabricated by His followers 3. Third objection: There were no neutral trustworthy witnesses to confirm His Resurrection 4. Fourth objection: Christianity started as a moral philosophical move, while Jesus’ Resurrection is more a mythological theory than a historical fact 5. Fifth objection: The New Testament is not authenticated as a historical Book 6. Sixth objection: All the living of Jesus’ apparitions after His death were just hallucinations 7. Seventh objection: Jesus didn't die on the Cross, rather He fainted and was brought down from the Cross and put in a sepulture, and was awakened thereafter and left the sepulture in a state of weakness: 8. Eighth objection: Everyone went to another sepulture, by mistake, other than the one where Jesus was buried - What the Fathers say About the Resurrection of Christ: - The Apparitions of Christ