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Christology · Foundational

The Bodily Resurrection

Jesus rose bodily from the dead on the third day. Without the resurrection, the apostle says, our faith is vain.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

Show from Luke 24:39 and John 20:27 that Jesus rose in the same body that died, now glorified and immortal.

2

Explain what the resurrection accomplished: Christ declared the Son of God with power, raised for our justification, and the firstfruits of His people.

3

Describe Christ's present life and intercession, the Lord's Day, and the believer's hope in grief.

4

Answer the view that Jesus rose only spiritually, including the meaning of a spiritual body.

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