Do you believe in resurrection? Do you know that many people do not believe in it? Do you know Christians who are unsure about it? Are you unsure about it? Have you ever thought about what it would be like to see someone who had been resurrected?
We mention resurrection often when talking about Jesus. Yet, we don’t really discuss it much. We don’t go into much detail about how it occurred or will occur for us. In fact, we discuss it so little that many Christians may not fully believe that we all will be resurrected.
Why is it so hard to believe? First, I would venture to state that none of us have encountered someone who has been resurrected. We may be aware of people whose heart had stopped and had been resuscitated, but not someone who had died and been resurrected. To think that someone had been dead for three days then resurrected is far-fetched for our human medical knowledge. But that is exactly what God did through Jesus.
How can we be sure? Scripture tells it happened. We have eyewitness accounts. Not only do have eyewitness accounts but we have appearances to large numbers of people at one time. We know Jesus appeared to His disciples in an upper room. Likely it was at least the remaining eleven apostles but could have included other followers of His. The Apostle Paul tells us Jesus appeared to more than five hundred disciples at one time.
Some will still want to doubt. Doubting eyewitnesses does not make it any less true. We would be far better off to believe their witness. We would also do well to believe Jesus’ promise that we will be resurrected and that He will come back to take us to be with Him.
I pray we all believe that Jesus was resurrected. I pray we believe the eyewitnesses of His resurrection. I pray each one of us believe we will be resurrected, and Jesus will come for us. Believe in the resurrection. Believe Jesus. Believe the eyewitnesses. Know that you will be resurrected.
1 Corinthians 15:6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.
Marty Pressey 