And helpful for my preaching next Sunday! The Mind is a powerful force and auditory hallucinations for example are real voices that the brain hears but science has revealed that auditory hallucinations occur in people at the same time as imperceptible sound but electric vibrations are generated and recorded in the subject’s throat and of course we all know that hearing takes place in the brain and not in the ears of the mechanical process. Which do you believe he showed himself? ( Log Out /  Kevin Michael "GG" Allin (born Jesus Christ Allin; August 29, 1956 – June 28, 1993) was an American punk rock musician and songwriter who performed and recorded with many groups during his career. I’ll be posting on this topic shortly, actually, so you can read my full treatment at that time. Jesus will never return to the earth to kill sinners; there is no Second Coming and if you think there is you missed the whole point of Jesus message about the coming of the Son of Man in his day just as the Pharisees missed Jesus point when he told them that “before Abraham was, I am” referring not to himself personally, but to himself as a microcosm of the whole human race of the Sons of Man, of people who pick up the torch for freedom as a champion the downtrodden, as a “Messiah”, in every generation. The owner of the tomb, Joseph of Arimathea is described clearly in the gospels as both a rich man and a prominent member of the council. No one ever claimed “Iam the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me” Jesus Christ is Lord and will surely return to execute final judgement. For those who have understanding no explanation is necessary; for those without understanding no explanation is possible. It might have been (and probably was) written by a scribe. A. (Exodus 12:1-6; Leviticus 23:5) This indicates that Jesus’ death should be commemorated only as often as the Passover—annually—not monthly, weekly, or daily. The winding route from the former Antonia Fortress to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — a distance of about 600 metres (2,000 feet) — is a celebrated place of Christian pilgrimage. The southern aspect of this mount is known as Lehar HaMaschiyith , the “hill of destruction” or the “destroying mountain”. He said you must be born again of water and the Spirit, and John the baptist testified it is Christ whom baptises with the Holy Spirit. The truth is that atheists are free to admit that there’s much about the universe that we don’t understand. But, I tell everyone God is real and Leonardo, He loves you very much. While there are anomalies in the human experience that only a few people hear, see, understand, we don’t attribute them necessarily to the supernatural. That Which Defiles (). Jesus was sinning because they, the Pharisees, claimed he committed blasphemy. Jesus fell and couldn't rise again, not with the cross too. The entrance of a Jewish tomb was quite small, so the stone needed to cover the opening would only be 4-6’ in diameter, and approximately 1’ thick. They’re also free to admit that if such brilliant extraterrestrials exist, the bible and the koran are going to be even less impressive to them than they are to human atheists. Thomas, belief is not for me any more than it was for Jesus. Religion is a doctrine of a God with absolute certainty that cannot be believed by anyone who has studied anything scientific, anything historical, anything archaeological, anything palealogical, anything biological; it can only be believed by someone who wants to be a plaything and a slave to a pitiless, totalitarian power. 0. When Jesus appeared to the disciples was he in body form or in spirit form? My father is starting to come around. Why Did Judas Identify Jesus with a Kiss? I appreciated it. Go to Google and type MADE THE POPE RETIRE then press the button, […] The Size of the Stone Covering Jesus’ Tomb […], Thank you very much for this information, i needed to write a report for my conformation class about angles and this is just what i needed. So, I don’t know who you think you’re praying to but it doesn’t seem to have done you much good does it? Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit of The Lord says. Depending on the type of stone used, it could weigh between 1-2 tons (2000-4000 pounds). The women would have needed more men than even a full Roman guard of sixteen men to roll away the stone. That’s not evidence. Mark 15:43 tells us that Joseph was a honourable councillor . as ludicrous as snatching loaves and fishes out of thin air; no miracle, just common sense! Then the author states that Lithos (λίθος) would have been the proper term for Jesus to use if he intended to call Peter “small rock,” but in reality lithos is used in Greek for many purposes, including the size of stone that sealed Jesus’s tomb (Mark 15:46), which was pretty big. this was very helpful far a paper i am writing, thank you for posting it! Isa 53:9 And He appointed Him His grave with the wicked, but He was with a rich man in His death; though He had done no violence, and deceit was not in His mouth Source? I made the pope retire. As for Jesus, if he was just a fictional character, you are right to say that he could still inspire people to good. If someone says Jesus Christ is Only a teacher, then that person is saying (directly or indirectly) Jesus must either be a liar or crazy (liars and insane people are not good teachers). But it is even more obvious that neither the bible nor the koran reflects our best understanding. The body of the deceased was laid out on a stone bench and a heavy stone was set into the small entrance door and sealed to thwart the unwanted entrance of animals and grave robbers. If you cannot see that the Mosaic Law of eye for and eye and tooth for a tooth was a Law of Revenge, well…. If you’re a Christian. There is a creator and all He wants is a relationship with us. No one ever thought this was inconsistent with Jesus’ teachings because Jesus was speaking about personal ethics, not political ethics. You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument with science. And we can test the resurrection hypothesis, and I think it does better than any other explanation at explaining the historical facts. Jesus was right with the whole whoa unto you routine. Everyone can name a God in which they do not believe; say, Zeus for example. We have become like modern day dogs and cats. To open the tomb, the stone would have to be rolled up the groove at an incline. I mean at least we know that Elvis actually existed. So my point being This was a new tomb of the very wealthy Joseph so reasonable to assume the newest and finest. Tough? The home to some of the world's best heavy psych, stoner, doom and heavy metal. Christ himself made these claims about himself. Their sin was having a myopic view of the world from a skewed religious/cultural predisposition of indoctrination. Christ covers ones sin, it is not by being perfect that one is saved, Christ did die, but he rose again; now in him those saved by him live. All the accounts, including John’s, are consistent with a round stone being rolled away or removed from the mouth of the tomb. added). Mom, he doesn’t even Leonardo, if those two stories were my only claim on this issue, I could see your point and even agree with you. Regardless of the semantics and spin on words you use, atheism is simply not a belief in your proposition because the proposition is the reason atheism exists at all. Jesus talked about hell more than any other person in the Bible, and He is the one who will return to the Earth to destroy sinners in what can only be described as the greatest bloodbath the world will ever see. Holidays. This verse is so important in prophecy, that in Ezekiel 43:1-7, we see how that Tawech (Tav-Vav-Kaf] is reinforced so that it clearly defines how that the entire Temple Mount area, including that which would later become known as “Gabbatha”. When the death of Jesus at the hands of the Romans is considered one of the best-attested historical facts of ancient history, you better have some good evidence for this wild assertion. We have all come to the same conclusion. That isn’t going to happen today! 12:40, 41; Gal. He is Risen. Without sin I am sinless, as soon as I am in contact with other people, especially the family, I am soon made aware of the sins it seems, I am suddenly full of. Unfortunately the Justice System in the free world today still operates on the penalty/punishment aspect and sinners are convicted to carry the albatross of a “record” for the rest of their lives. This latter point requires a road leading north on the westward side of Olivet from En Rogel to this bridge. – carltonmoss, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434153/shroud-turin-christs-blood-both-there-and-sudarium-oviedo, Message Monday: Willing to Go to Extreme Lengths (16:1-20) | Pastor Steven's Blog, https://theosophical.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/the-size-of-the-stone-covering-jesus%E2%80%99-tomb-2/. The heavy stone should have been good enough for the religious authorities, but their paranoia that a story might circulate about a resurrected Jesus prompted them to seal His grave. My grandfather was only 62 and we flew kites that day. The body would have had to come through the cloths with the head wrapping. Isn’t it amazing that there are still so many who are seeking fame and fortune, while actually misleading readers? Thanks. So Jesus probably went to France. BAS Publication Awards – Call for Entries. But He loves us and patiently waits for any to come to Him. ( Log Out /  A collage of theological and philosophical musings. A Vital Date in Bible History Nisan 14, (2015 this occur Friday, April 3 after sunset.) I see that Jesus’ Tomb was one of the four tombs with disk-shaped blocking stones that belonged to the wealthy families of Jerusalem because, according to all four canonical Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea (who was rich) was the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus’ crucifixion. One thing for sure for unbelievers is: When you die and are laid inside that dark, wet and cold cemetery and you are inside your coffin with all your beautiful clothes for eternity, your biblical beliefs you had while alive won’t matter anymore. Matthew 28:2 – And behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. Required fields are marked *. The only things capable of being an atheist are those things that are capable of denying that the proposition “God exists” is true. I can’t tell you why God has replaced most of my faith with proof that it’s all the real. May God have mercy on all who are blind in their hearts to the true gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The verse about them sleeing at the stable was not because he could afford nothing else, Have any of you ever traveled with a pregnant woman? How silly that was; an example of how my own experience caught me totally off guard and rendered me scratching my proverbial head as it were. The tomb in which Jesus lay belonged to an ordinary person. As I did it, the people in back of me were furious. In perplexed awe, I scanned the ceiling and around the walls looking for a speaker to explain the voice thinking that it was a tactic of the administration to deter patients from taking the elevator to ground level. Hello, While I can’t tell you factually 100% of the Bible is true, I can tell you that through my life experiences I can verify about 30%. Sure, if Jesus lived in modern times, and 2000 years from now nobody could find any reports about him from CNN, NBC, CBS, etc., that would be strange. So many times I have contemplated these three words; “What is truth?” For years, everyone believed the world was flat. “And the glory of YHVeH went up in the midst of the city, Placebo seems to work for some people and hypnosis on others. April 20, 2017 Leave a comment. It is a short whip consisting of nine heavy leather thongs, each with small lead balls, embedded with bits of glass, stone, or bone attached near the ends. Was Jesus’ Tomb Found Empty Because Joseph of Arimathea Moved the Body? So, it is possible that the supernatural is really only a part of nature we have yet to understand. Summary. http://eutychusnerd.blogspot.com/2009/04/rolling-stone.html, http://www.onenesspentecostal.com/jesusexisted.htm, http://www.kiwibox.com/kellymsqr/blog/entry/107903935/einige-weitere-varianten-sobald-ihr-schokoladenkuchen-ebe/?pPage=0, The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus: A Short Case | Theo-sophical Ruminations, What a huge rock we have there. It turns into a squabble and then gets heated. My whole life and those around me have no choice but to believe. Your time is running out, just as mine is. But it is what it is. Ever since I was a kid I have always wondered how a round block of stone could have stayed in place and . Romans never took down crucified remains for burial. There is no longer any excuse. Jesus was dead for a full three days and three nights, and that fact can be established from Jesus’ own words. The entrance of a Jewish tomb was quite small, so the stone needed to cover the opening would only be 4-6’ in diameter, and approximately 1’ thick. Since God the Father is alive, the day will come when everyone will be held responsible for the things they have done. Olivet, and likely still remains unmolested. You asked, “What “best attested historical facts” besides the bible are you talking about?” The Bible is not a fact, the facts are contained in the Bible. Whatever is true about our ethical and spiritual circumstance in ethical and spiritual terms is discoverable now. I don’t know anyone that would gladly lay down their life for someone they like or thought was a good leader. The works of literature we have from the 1st century are sparse. Such a feat would not be possible for one healthy man, yet alone a man who had just been beaten to a bloody pulp by the Romans. Excuse me?! The heavy stone remained in place, the seals were untouched, the guards were quietly observing the area when the Lord of Life and Victor over death emerged from the tomb. Woodside Bible Fellowship. I dont even think Jesus really existed, much less rolled anything. The same rhetoric that was said of Zeus, of Odin. ! That is such an abuse of language. Very helpful in preparing Sunday school lesson. Genesis 13:10, and Ezekiel 26:4); it is also translated as “to wound” in Exodus 21:26. Jesus's tomb was safely secured by a very large and heavy stone. The earliest reference to the burial of Jesus is in a letter of Paul.Writing to the Corinthians around the year 54 AD, he refers to the account he had received of the death and resurrection of Jesus ("and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures").. A Response to Tim O’Neill on the Resurrection of Jesus | faithful philosophy and the past, http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200274126. And can you please define the God you implore to have “mercy on all”? to say nothing of the wars they’ll fight with each other, to say nothing of the cruelty they will inflict as well as the ones they will suffer for just existing. Mark 16:3-4 – And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? So Think again. The world today is no different. He would have to roll the 2000+ pound stone back up the groove without having anything to grip. Making your A natural assumption if you exclude the supernatural. This happens all of the time throughout the ages. The second holiest site in Judaism (after the Western Wall in Jerusalem), it is also sacred to the other two Abrahamic faiths, Christianity and Islam.. I must retract that; he/she did mention that one evangelical Evangelical Protestant Greek scholar admitted the equivalence of petros and petras, and that was D. A. Carson in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary. Why did the Roman guards at the tomb go along with their plot? My grandfather died at the hospital and no one was in my grandparent’s house to stop the clock or any funny business. He should have been as famous as Elvis. Yet, I know to keep a very close eye on church people. Jesus was not raised back to life, Jesus was nourished back to health after the crucifixion ordeal and escaped from the tomb through a well planned and organized method. Perhaps more so than the rich young man of Matthew 20:16-22. These things I have seen and been told come from somewhere. The Bible is fairly accurate in its accounts of religious history, laws and the like but when it comes to Myths, Miracles, Magic one needs to take the bible in the context of supernaturalism, creative concepts and common sense. (Luke 22:29) To this day, the Christians gather each year to commemorate the Lord’s Evening Meal on the same date of the Jewish calendar—Nisan 14.—Luke 22:19. How about one of the wealthiest men in town who not only had an upper room but the mansion also had been contructed with safe rooms, secret entrances and exits and since that person was Jesus best friend, Jesus knew all the secrets of that mansions including how to get in and out through the scret passageways. He would have to roll the 2000+ pound stone back up the groove without having anything to grip. Not by any standards of […], @Leonardo the Atheist http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434153/shroud-turin-christs-blood-both-there-and-sudarium-oviedo, […] And most challenging factor, they recognized on the way to the tomb, according to verse 3 that they still had to contend with the stone. [1]It has been difficult finding sources which indicate the average weight of rolling stones. You won’t find a reputable historian who will agree with you. If your version were correct, I could do a few things I don’t do because I know “What is truth?” People may follow someone they like or think is a good leader. None-the-less, when God pulled me to Him and I believed in Christ, my heart was healed, and I live to show the world love and tell of this. You might ask how many “flips” constitute a “role”.

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