The Resurrection of Jesus

The Christian faith proclaims boldly that Jesus, the son of Mary and Joseph, is the Messiah who was promised by God to Israel.  Christians also proclaim that this Messiah is more than Moses and the Prophets.  He is the Son of God begotten of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit in a virginal conception.  Jesus lived and taught among us until that day when he was arrested, crucified and died on the cross.  Three days later, Jesus rose from the dead having traveled to the place of the dead souls and proclaimed himself victorious over death.  As proof of that victory, Jesus rose from the dead, transforming his body into a resurrected form which enabled him to appear and disappear at will, to eat and to talk, and finally to ascend to his Father in heaven.    Today we will look at the comparison between the disciples of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth.  They are very different and that difference is the genesis and the continuing vitality of the Christian Church.