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b'Christianity is based on faith in Jesus and the factual, historical events\\nof His life, death, and resurrection. Because of eyewitness reports, we can\\nknow these things really happened in time and space. Without the historical\\nresurrection of Jesus Christ, Christianity would be nothing but fairy\\ntales. It would be nothing more than humanity\\u2019s attempt to explain reality.\\n.\\nWhen Jesus died on the cross, the Pharisees and the High Priest knew of\\nJesus\\u2019s claim that He would rise from the dead. They were afraid His\\ndisciples would steal the body and tell people that Jesus had resurrected.\\nIf that happened, everyone would follow Jesus instead of their teachings.\\nSo the Pharisees asked Pilate to secure Jesus\\u2019s tomb. Pilate gave them a\\nRoman guard unit\\u2014soldiers from the best trained military force in the world\\nat that time. If any of these guards fell asleep at their post, they would\\nbe executed. The Roman officials also put a seal on Jesus\\u2019s tomb. If this\\nseal was broken, the penalty was death. Nobody would dare break a Roman\\nseal.\\n.\\nSo, when Jesus did rise from the dead, this was a problem for the\\nPharisees. They worried that His followers would tell everyone about it. So\\nthey came up with a plan: they would say the disciples stole Jesus\\u2019s body.\\n.\\nYes, they would tell people that the disciples came and overpowered the\\nbest trained military force in the world, broke the Roman seal\\u2014risking the\\npenalty of death\\u2014and stole Jesus\\u2019s body. People from that area knew how\\nfoolish this story was. Besides, when Jesus died, His disciples thought\\ntheir Messiah had failed and got Himself killed. They didn\\u2019t understand\\nthat He would rise from the dead, even though Jesus had told them about it\\nbeforehand. All hope in Jesus died when they saw Him on the cross. Why\\nwould they steal a dead body?\\n.\\nThe truth of the resurrection was apparent to the thousands of people who\\nbecame Christians soon after this event (Acts 2:41; 4:4). Now we, too, can\\ntrust in the factual, historical account of the resurrection of Jesus\\nChrist. And because of His resurrection, we can trust that He will raise us\\nfrom the dead at His return, and all His people will live forever in His\\nloving presence in renewed creation. \\u2022 \\nDoug Velting\\n.\\n\\u2022 What questions do you have about Jesus\\u2019s resurrection? Who are trusted\\nChristians in your life you could bring these questions to? \\n.\\nBut in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a\\ngreat harvest of all who have died. 1 Corinthians 15:20 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1Cor.15|Matt.27.62-Matt.27.66|Matt.28.2-Matt.28.4|Matt.28.11-Matt.28.14'