Wednesday, January 19, 2005
A resurrection and new birth
It seems there is a resurrection and a new birth in our midst.
thereisonlyonerk seems to be back :) and apparently chd is out there somewhere as yet unknown writing a masterpiece:
The Resurrection
I was talking to Jeem about this last night. I don’t get the resurrection part of the whole jesus died for us thing, what’s the point of it, if you go to heaven when you die, why was there a resurrection? Why did Christ need his body in heaven? What were the 40 days for?
Jeem, who I believe attended a good religious all boys school had no straight forward answer for me and my education was certainly lacking in religious studies. So here is my research so far.
Definitions:
Resurrection - The act of rising from the dead or returning to life. In Christianity, the rising again of Jesus on the third day after the Crucifixion.
Ascension - In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.
From Google:
I think this indicates that the resurrection and 40 day gap were so he could make a few appearances before his ascension.
From wikipedia (yey for wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus#Judical_view
Now, this by far gave me the closest thing to an answer, but I still don’t think it makes enough sense that millions of people can follow it and understand it. I think the point of the resurrection was that jesus took our sins with him and I think they allude to the idea that before jesus, there was no heaven, but still there is no clear reason why this means his body should be missing, when other religious ppl who go to heaven when they die don’t take there bodies.
¶ 6:20 PM
It seems there is a resurrection and a new birth in our midst.
thereisonlyonerk seems to be back :) and apparently chd is out there somewhere as yet unknown writing a masterpiece:
"my blog will easily out weigh bigg's, and from what I can see, jeembeen will have a run for his blog ( or money)...The threat is on........ the anticipation is building........."
The Resurrection
I was talking to Jeem about this last night. I don’t get the resurrection part of the whole jesus died for us thing, what’s the point of it, if you go to heaven when you die, why was there a resurrection? Why did Christ need his body in heaven? What were the 40 days for?
Jeem, who I believe attended a good religious all boys school had no straight forward answer for me and my education was certainly lacking in religious studies. So here is my research so far.
Definitions:
Resurrection - The act of rising from the dead or returning to life. In Christianity, the rising again of Jesus on the third day after the Crucifixion.
Ascension - In Christianity, the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection.
From Google:
Joseph of Arimathea went to the Praetorium to ask Pilate for Christ's body. The tomb used for His burial was only about 130 feet from Calvary.On the third day after His death, Christ rose from the tomb. The Scriptures relate eight appearances of Christ before His Ascension, which occured forty days after the Resurrection.
I think this indicates that the resurrection and 40 day gap were so he could make a few appearances before his ascension.
From wikipedia (yey for wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus#Judical_view
Now, this by far gave me the closest thing to an answer, but I still don’t think it makes enough sense that millions of people can follow it and understand it. I think the point of the resurrection was that jesus took our sins with him and I think they allude to the idea that before jesus, there was no heaven, but still there is no clear reason why this means his body should be missing, when other religious ppl who go to heaven when they die don’t take there bodies.
¶ 6:20 PM
