Hope in the Resurrection

Jesus Christ’s resurrection was foreshadowed in the OT

In Abraham and Isaac:

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In Jonah:

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Jesus Christ’s resurrection was predicted

In the OT

1 Corinthians 15:3–4 NLT

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

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By Jesus Christ himself

Matthew 16:21 NLT

From then on Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead.

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Jesus Christ’s resurrection was anticipated by the raising of the dead

In the OT

None of the OT or NT miracles are true resurrections. Those raised resumed life as before, their bodies unchanged. Resurrection for Jesus Christ and therefore for his people means a changed body and permanent life in glory. This is the “better resurrection”.

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In the miracles of Jesus Christ

Luke 7:22 NLT

Then he told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.

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The sequence of events in Jesus Christ’s resurrection

It was preceded by suffering and death

Philippians 2:8–9 NLT

he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names,

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It took place on the first day of the week

John 20:1–2 NLT

Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

It was announced by angels

Matthew 28:5–6 NLT

Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.

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The disciples were reluctant to believe it

Luke 24:25–26 NLT

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”

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The disciples saw the evidence and were ultimately convinced

John 2:22 NLT

After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.

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The risen Christ appeared to many people

Acts 1:3 NLT

During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.

To the disciples:

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To Mary Magdalene:

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to two on the Emmaus road

To Peter:

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To Paul:

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; to over 500 people; to James

The resurrection was followed by Jesus Christ’s entry into glory

Romans 8:34 NLT

Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

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Jesus Christ’s resurrection body was spiritual but not ghostly

Luke 24:37–39 NLT

But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost! “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt? Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”

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