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BSHDFC E-Mag April 2018 | Page 9 they dropped the cross in a hole in the ground between two other crosses bearing convicted thieves. But it wasn't the end. The Jesus movement did not disappear (obviously), and in fact Chris anity exists today as the world's largest religion. Therefore, we've got to know what happened a er Jesus' body was taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb. In a New York Times ar cle, Peter Steinfels cites the startling events that occurred three days a er Jesus' death: "Shortly a er Jesus was executed, his followers were suddenly galvanized from a baffled and cowering group into people whose message about a living Jesus and a coming kingdom, preached at the risk of their lives, eventually changed an empire. Something happened… But exactly what?" That's the ques on we have to answer with an inves ga on into the facts. There are only five plausible explana ons for Jesus' alleged resurrec on, as portrayed in the New Testament: Jesus didn't really die on the cross. The "resurrec on" was a conspiracy. The disciples were hallucina ng. The account is legendary. It really happened. Jesus hung [on the cross] for approximately six hours. Then, at 3:00 in the a ernoon – that is, at exactly the same me the Passover lamb was being sacrificed as a sin offering (a li le symbolism there, you think?) – Jesus cried out, "It is finished" (in Aramaic), and died. Suddenly the sky went dark and an earthquake shook the land. An even greater darkness of depression annihilated the dreams of those who had become infatuated with his charisma and joyful vitality. Former Lord High Chancellor of Britain, Lord Hailsham, notes, "The tragedy of the Cross was not that they crucified a melancholy figure, full of moral precepts, asce c and gloomy … What they crucified was a young man, vital, full of life and the joy of it, the Lord of life itself … someone so u erly a rac ve that people followed him for the sheer fun of it." Pilate wanted verifica on that Jesus was dead before allowing his crucified body to be buried. So a Roman guard thrust a spear into Jesus' side. The mixture of blood and water that flowed out was a clear indica on that Jesus was dead. "The dead do not bleed, ordinarily, but the right auricle of the human heart holds liquid blood a er death, and the outer sac hold a serum called hydropericardium." Once his death was cer fied by the guards, Jesus' body was then taken down from the cross and buried in Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. Roman guards next sealed the tomb, and secured it with a 24-hour watch. Meanwhile, Jesus' disciples were in shock. Dr. J. P. Moreland explains how devastated and confused they were a er Jesus' death on the cross. "They no longer had confidence that Jesus had been sent by God. They also had been taught that God would not let his Messiah suffer death. So they dispersed. The Jesus movement was all but stopped in its tracks." All hope was vanquished. Rome and the Jewish leaders had prevailed – or so it seemed. …TO BE CONTINUED NExT mONTh HOW MUCH DO YOU CARE FOR YOUR FRIEND THAT DOESN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE? GET A SUBSCRIPTION FOR TWO TODAY! 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