Ressurection+ascension Flashcards
Why is resurrection important?
Without it there would be no christian faith also becuase it is significant evidence for christians of the divine nature of jesus
What happened
Sunday morn feale followers including mary magdalene cisited timb to anoint jesus’ boud it wasnt there
Angels told women to spread the news that jesus risen from dead
Over next few days jesus appeared to several people including mary and discioles.He said he rise from dead as he alredy predicted
Ascension of jesus what happened
After meeting with disciples and asking them to carry om his work jesus left tehm for last time returing to father in heaven.
“While he was blessing them he left them and sas taken up into heaven”
Significance of resurrection
Shows power of good obver evil and life over death
How powerful god is
Means christians sins will be forgiven if they follow gods laws
Christians will be resurrected if they accept jesus so there is no need to fear death afterlife is left
Gives people strength to live christian lives
Stregthens faith in jesus
Significance of ascesion
Shows jesus is with god in heaven
Paves way for god to send the holy spirit to provide comfort and guidance
What does jeuss resurrection assure
Christians that they will rise and live on after death
What are the different christians views about resurrection
- Soul resurrected soon after death
- Dead resurrected some time in future when jesus returns to judge
- Catholic +orthodox believe bodily both spiritual and physical body is involved physical body lost and restored into soiritual body
- Resurrection will be just spiritual
Quote for resurrection?
The body that sown perishable is raised inperishable it is sown in dishonour raised in glory sown in weakness raised with power sown a matural body raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body there is spiritual body
What does quote for resurrection explain
Explains differences between living body and resurrected body.
For catolics and orthodox suggest there is physical element to resurrection as it talks about resurrected body being a body even if it is spiritual one
What are impacts of beliefs in resurrection
Means life after death is real Gives hope of a future life with jesus Gives confidence to face death Shows christians how much god loves them Inspires christians to live life the way god wants them to so they can live in presence of god in this life and the next
For and for jesus resurrection was bodily
For
Gospels said he ate and showed wounds to them
He could appear and disappear suddenly so his body was transformed
Paul said body perishable raised imperishable suggest the natural body is raised as a spirtual body but a body neertheless
Catholic orthodox christians believe peopes bodies transformed into glorified state in which suffering will not exist
Against for jesus bodily resurrection
- Science shows body decays sk cant be physical resurrection
- Some people cremated so bodies no longer exist
- Stories of resurrection couldve been exagt
- Disciples couldve felt hesus spirtually rather than seeing him physically
- Christians believe in soul and its soul that rises not the body
