18 April 2025Jesus

Dead people do not rise

The fact that it is impossible for dead people to rise is why the resurrection of Jesus is so important

Dead people do NOT come back to life.

It is vital for us to remember that.

There are no "weird" or "rare" occasions when dead people do, sometimes, come back to life.

It is an ABSOLUTE rule of this universe that dead human beings, never, EVER come back to life.

There are NO natural processes by which a decomposing dead body returns to full health.

So...

What can it possibly mean if ONE human being did in fact come back to life?

Or RATHER... what if this ONE human being did not come BACK but went FORWARDS into a totally new kind of human life?

It is silly when people try to fit the resurrection of Jesus into the normal patterns of what is probable or even possible within this universe.

We all know - just as all the ancient people knew - that there are no natural possibilities within this universe for a man to walk out of a tomb in perfect health after three days of death and decomposition.

Whatever happened with Jesus of Nazareth was NOTHING to do with the natural possibilities of this universe.

The reason the Prophets and Apostles thought that Jesus was declared with power to be the Living God BY HIS RESURRECTION is very simply because dead people do NOT come back to life.

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