
Matthew 28:6-7 says, “He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Biblical and historical evidence supports the resurrection of Christ. He is not buried in Joseph of Arimathea’s tomb today, He ascended to Heaven. Go, make it as secure as you can." So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.” Jesus Rose from the Dead Matthew 27:62-66 says, “The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.' Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Guards were placed in front of the tomb blocked by an enormous stone in an effort to prevent any possibility of taking Jesus’ body. They listened to His words and remembered that He said He would rise in three days. The religious leaders who helped kill Jesus always kept a close eye on Him during His ministry. The Chief Priests and the Pharisees’ Response This charge I have received from my Father." I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. John 10:17-18 says, “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. Mark 8:31 says, “He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.” Matthew 16:21 says, “From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” Matthew 12:40 says, “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

His followers did not comprehend what He was saying to them, but after He returned, they understood. There are times in Scripture when Jesus predicted His own resurrection.

“We can enjoy the stability of resurrection hope,” writes Mitch Chase for TGC, “because the promises of the world to come will never waver or fail.” When our daily circumstances are too hard to bear, we can submit them to God through Christ, knowing He hears and sees us, and that the pain and struggle of this world is temporary.” Death will cease to exist, and we will go home to heaven with Him. He will right all wrongs and mend all hurts. Meg Bucher from iBelieve shares “ Christ ’s resurrection gives us hope for today, and for our future. Because “He has risen,” hope triumphs in a desperate world. Had He remained dead, His name would mean nothing to our world and would be powerless. Had he not made Himself alive again, Jesus would have been a liar, therefore a sinner, and not God.

But had He not risen from the dead ( Luke 24:6), Christ would not have been God.

Jesus died for the sins of humanity ( John 3:16-17, Romans 5:8, 1 Peter 2:24-25). Jesus claimed to be God ( John 10:30, John 1:18, John 10:33). Many people refer to Easter as Resurrection Sunday in honor of the main reason for celebrating. The angel told the women to not be afraid for Jesus was not there - "he has risen from the dead, just as he said!". On Easter Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene and Martha went to the tomb of Jesus and discovered the stone rolled away, guards frightened, and an angel sitting on the stone. Come and see the place where he lay." Matthew 28:6 "He is not here he has risen, just as he said.
