The Empty Tomb
Did Jesus Really Rise From The Dead? The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus is the pivotal factual question in the Christian faith. In his first letter to the church in Corinth, Paul underscored this point quite clearly: 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 The Resurrection of Christ Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved , if you hold fast to the word I preached to you— unless you believed in vain ." Here he makes it very clear that the heart of the gospel message is the resurrection, even going so far as to say that if the resurrection were not true, we have all believed in vain. However, Paul didn't stop there. He went on to provide compelling, testable evidence. Scriptural Evidence Lets look at the entire passage cited only in part in the introduction: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 The Resurrection of Christ Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you