JESUS Has Been Raised From The Dead

 "When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint the body.  And very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb.

They were saying to one another, 'Who will roll  back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?'  But, as they looked up, they noticed that the stone had already been rolled away.  It was a very big stone.

As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right, and they were amazed.  But he said to them, 'Don't be alarmed; you are looking for JESUS of Nazareth who was crucified; HE has been raised and is not here.  This is, however, the place where they laid HIM.  Now go, and tell HIS disciples and Peter: JESUS is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see HIM there, just as HE told you.'" - Mark 16:1-7 

(JESUS' history comes to an end with the discovery of the empty tomb.  In the last pages of the Gospel we find a brief account of the most important apparitions of JESUS after HIS death.  HE is no longer the earthly JESUS but the resurrected one, born again of the FATHER and never to die again, as Psalm 2 says: "YOU are MY son.  This day I have begotten YOU."

JESUS has risen.  The Gospel narrates events that took place after HIS death and mentions the names of those who saw the resurrected JESUS.  Can we believe them?  We would like more details to support our faith, but if even thousands of interviews with eyewitnesses were published, with pictures in full color to support the statements, there would always be room for doubt.  We do not see HIM, we cannot find HIM.  Where is HE?

Actually it is not important whether there are few or many witnesses.  This is a matter of faith and faith is something personal.

We doubt, not because there is not enough evidence, but because the event overwhelms us.  How can we believe in a resurrection?  The evidence, nevertheless, is there and has withstood recurring criticisms and even modern studies.

Finally, who will believe?  Those whose own experience has prepared them to accept the most fundamental truth: the living GOD loves people and restores them to life.  Some persons are predisposed to believe because they have experienced that GOD HIMSELF walks with them in their trials and gives them hope when everything seems lost.  Because of this, they recognize in CHRIST the ideal human being and understand that HE had to suffer before reaching HIS glory.  They have learned the ways of GOD and that is why they believe the witnesses of the resurrected CHRIST.

It is not more difficult to believe in CHRIST's resurrection than to believe in HIS words, for both go together.  "Those who believe have overcome the world," John the apostle says [1 John 5:5].  This means overcoming the false meaning that most people give to their existence due to their ignorance of GOD.  Whoever believes has overcome the fears each of us has when we have to pass through uncharted paths, when we have to set reason aside and entrust ourselves to GOD's hands.)

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