Denny answers:
A resurrection is when someone rises from the dead – they become alive again after dying.
Jesus was resurrected after He died on the cross. He never died spiritually; He was still God and still existed even when His physical body died. He was physically dead for three days, and then He came back to life and appeared to His friends and many other people.
The Bible also tells us about a few times when Jesus resurrected some people had died. God is a God of unending power, and Jesus showed us His love by doing this amazing miracle. Today, we still experience a resurrection of our spiritual lives when we trust in Him as our Savior. While we once lived as spiritually “dead” people, we receive forgiveness for our sins and a new life that overcomes that spiritual death. That means that, even when our bodies die, our spiritual selves will live on forever in heaven with Jesus.
Bible Truth
- “The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. Then go quickly and tell His disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ Now I have told you” (Matthew 28:5-7).
- “For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
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