ANASTASISANASTASIS

Why the Why the resurrection has to resurrection has to

be truebe true

An Ancient An Ancient ConceptConceptJob 19: 23-27Job 19: 23-27

Psalm 49: 10-15Psalm 49: 10-15

Redeemed from the grave

An Ancient An Ancient ConceptConceptIsaiah 26: 19Isaiah 26: 19

Daniel 12: 1-2Daniel 12: 1-2

Quwm, Quwts

An Ancient An Ancient RealityReality

I Kings 17: 17-23I Kings 17: 17-23

II Kings 4: 32-37II Kings 4: 32-37

The dead are raised

A First Century A First Century PossibilityPossibility

Mark 6: 14-16Mark 6: 14-16

Mark 8: 27-29Mark 8: 27-29

Who is this man?

A First Century A First Century RealityReality

Luke 7: 11-15Luke 7: 11-15Luke 8: 49-55Luke 8: 49-55John 11: 38-44John 11: 38-44

Jesus raises the dead!

The reason for The reason for resurrectionresurrection

John 11: 25-26John 11: 25-26

I AM!

God of the God of the livingliving

Luke 20: 27-40Luke 20: 27-40

God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

““Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your victory?victory?

Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your sting?”sting?”

Luke 20: 36Luke 20: 36

No longer dieChildren of the resurrection

““Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your victory?victory?

Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your sting?”sting?”

John 5: 24-29John 5: 24-29

Crossed over from death to lifeGood will rise to liveEvil will rise to condemnation

EASTEREASTER

The First SundayThe First SundayAfter the First Full After the First Full

MoonMoonAfter the Vernal After the Vernal

Equinox (1Equinox (1stst Day of Day of Spring)Spring)2005

March 20th – 1st Day of SpringMarch 25th – Full MoonMarch 27th - Easter

““Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your victory?victory?

Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your sting?”sting?”

John 6: 35-59John 6: 35-59

I AM the bread of lifeEat & not dieI will raise them up

““Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your victory?victory?

Where, O death, is your Where, O death, is your sting?”sting?”

John 8: 51John 8: 51

“I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

““On the third On the third day…”day…”

John 2: 18-21John 2: 18-21Matthew 16: 21Matthew 16: 21

Matthew 20: 17-19Matthew 20: 17-19John 14: 19John 14: 19

“the world will not see Me, but you will see Me”

A meeting of the A meeting of the living!living!

Matthew 17: 1-9Matthew 17: 1-9

“until the Son of Man has been raised form the

dead”

Without the crucifixion, Without the crucifixion, there can be no there can be no

resurrection;resurrection;without the resurrection, without the resurrection,

there can be no lifethere can be no lifeMatthew 27: 45-Matthew 27: 45-

5353I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed . But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

John 12:24

HE IS RISEN!HE IS RISEN!

Matthew 28: 5-7Matthew 28: 5-7

He is risen indeed!

The Preaching The Preaching BeginsBegins

Acts 2: 31-33Acts 2: 31-33Acts 13: 36-37Acts 13: 36-37

Psalm 16: 9-11

The Preaching The Preaching BeginsBegins

Acts 4: 2, 33Acts 4: 2, 33Acts 23: 6Acts 23: 6

Resurrection of the Dead

The Preaching The Preaching BeginsBegins

I Corinthians 15: I Corinthians 15: 14-1514-15

Would we die for a lie?

The Preaching The Preaching BeginsBegins

““If we have been If we have been united with Him like united with Him like this in His death, we this in His death, we will certainly also be will certainly also be united with Him in united with Him in His resurrection.”His resurrection.”

Romans 6: 5

If Christ has been If Christ has been raised from the raised from the

dead, then…dead, then…

I Corinthians 15: I Corinthians 15: 16-2416-24

“If only for this life we have hope in

Christ…”

One new body, One new body, to go!to go!

I Corinthians 15: I Corinthians 15: 42-4442-44

And make it And make it snappy!snappy!

I Corinthians 15: I Corinthians 15: 51-5251-52

In the proper In the proper order…order…

I Thessalonians 4: I Thessalonians 4: 13-1813-18

Caught up together to meet with the Lord!

As originally As originally planned…planned…

““Dear friends, now we are Dear friends, now we are children of God, children of God,

and what we will be and what we will be has not yet been made has not yet been made

known. known. But we know But we know

that when He appears, that when He appears, we shall be like Him, we shall be like Him,

for we shall see Him as He for we shall see Him as He is.”is.” I John 3: 2