Death and resurrection of jesus christ

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:Religion

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Some communities believe in supernatural powers which they claim to sustain lives. Some even use symbolism to refer to a god whom they worship and respect as their savior and the one who sustains their lives. It is however important that we respect each other’s beliefs for the interest of harmony in the society. Some communities around the globe might have some religious beliefs which might not sound as correct to other communities, but still need to be respected (Edward par. According to researchers and scholars of religion, every community is always right about their faith and religious perspective as long as they believe in what they worship. The new testament of the holy bible has twenty seven books in which the first four books give an account of Jesus’s life.

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The four books talk so much about the life of Jesus Christ as the promised messiah. They give information from His birth, his work, his death and resurrection. The gospel books were written by some of his disciples to try and explain about what happened during the messianic time. However many scholars and researchers mostly base their arguments from the time Jesus Christ was arrested by the Roman authorities, his death and mostly the events surrounding his resurrection (Edward par. According to the book of Mathew these two women where the first to meet Jesus, then his disciples met him in Galilee. Luke a disciple of Jesus Christ also records the events from death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the book of Luke.

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In this book Luke notes that it was Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Joanna and other women who first received the news of the resurrected Jesus as they went to attend to his body after Sabbath (Williams par. Luke also speaks of two disciples on their way to Emmaus and how Jesus appeared to them and conversed with them and how they did not recognize him. Jesus appears to his disciples who seem scarred but proves to them that he was really alive. Jesus then appeared to Mary Magdalene and told her to tell his Disciples that he had risen. Mark also records that Jesus appeared to two of his disciples as they walked. He also appeared to his disciples as they were in their room and proved to them that he had risen and then commissioned them to go and spread the gospel to the world.

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Then mark records that he was taken to heaven and sat on the right hand of God. Mark gave the account of resurrection and accenting of Jesus in front of his disciples. In occasions of his resurrection in the four books, Jesus seems to be transformed from the canal nature and had become a sort of spirit. He does supernatural things that a human being cannot do. This is proven by the way he would appear in rooms that were completely closed and the way he would appear to his disciples without them recognizing him. Jesus would speak to them without them recognizing his presence until their eyes were opened. What seems to be driving these four authors is to prove to the world about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Although the books are in a unanimous agreement that the individuals who went to see Jesus’s body did so after the Sabbath, there is a difference in the persons said to have gone to the tomb. Mathew says that there were two women who went to the tomb early that morning to attend to Jesus’s body. These two women were Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany. Mathew also notes of an earthquake that had occurred and how the guards were bribed to lie about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mathew is the only author who speaks of an earth quake during the resurrections of Jesus Crist (Josh par. The faith of the disciples seems to be increased and boosted by the resurrection of Jesus.

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They seem to hope hope in the teaching of Jesus and the eternal reward of the heavenly kingdom. Although some had doubted, they finally believed that Jesus had really risen and was now ready to accent to heaven. They were renewed in faith and were strong enough to face the cruel Roman Power that had ruled over them (Gerd par. They preached without any fear or persecution from the high priests or even the Roman empires. Some scholars argue that Peter founded Christianity. I do not in my view agree to that. In my opinion God Himself started Christianity when he sent his son to the world for the sake of humanity. Neither Paul nor Peter would be the founders of Christianity but God through Jesus Christ.

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