The Resurrection stands not only as one of the most certain events in history, but it remains and will continue to be, by far, the most important event of all history.
If the Resurrection is true, then there is a God, and Jesus is Savior of the world.
Does it really matter if the Resurrection actually happened? Of course! Why? Because the Resurrection is the key to Christianity.
If the Resurrection is not true, the Bible says that Christians would be great fools (1 Cor.
15:14-19).
If the Resurrection were proved to be false, it could be shown that Christianity is not the ultimate truth for mankind.
Without the claim of the Resurrection, Christianity could never survive the attacks of its critics.
The Resurrection is the key to evaluating the claims of Jesus Christ.
Many have sought to know if Jesus is truly God and not found the answer.
Perhaps this is because they have been asking the wrong questions.
The key to getting the right answers is asking the correct questions.
The answer to the question, "Is Jesus God?" may best be answered in the question, "Did Jesus rise from the dead?" The Resurrection is the starting point for any investigation as to the identity of Jesus of Nazareth.
One of the strongest evidences for the empty tomb lies in the burial of Jesus.
The burial of Jesus is one of the best-established facts about Jesus.
Jesus was buried by Joseph of Arimathea, who was a member of the Sanhedrin.
Had the early Christians made up the account of the burial, they could not have been successful in spreading a false story that one of the Sanhedrin buried Jesus.
If the burial were a fictitious story, it would have been disproved very quickly.
The burial account is a well-known Christian tradition which was widely spread by the first disciples (1 Cor.
15:3-5).
Thus, if the burial is true, so is the account of the empty tomb.