The Resurrection and its importance to the Christian.
When Christians are faced with the biggest question that they can be asked or ask themselves, what evidence do you have, what reassurance can you give, that Christ was actually God? Saints have miracles attributed to them as Christ did, but they are not God. Jesus is considered to have been a prophet by the Jews. Jesus was unquestionably a man. So, what can be used to demonstrate his existence, the justification for faith in him rather than the God of the Hebrews? It is, for the Christian, the Resurrection that cements belief. It is the Resurrection, the moving of the rock, and the disappearance of the Body of Christ followed by His reappearance that proves his divinity to the Christian. While Lazarus was raised from the dead, he did not do so of his own accord. Christ, however, was released from his mortal body thus freed to return to his state as the Deity. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the Resurrection and its significance as the single most important event for the Christian faith.