10 Proofs of the Resurrection: Who Moved the Stone?

by David Chadwick

Who moved the stone? Our last proof of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is found in this question. In fact, it is essential to answer this question. 

Let me ask it again. Who moved the stone? 

It wasn’t the Romans. They wanted a dead body behind the one ton stone.

It wasn’t the Jews. They had the same motivation as the Romans. They wanted Jesus dead. His body in the tomb forever. 

It wasn’t Jesus’s disciples. The tomb was surrounded by Roman guards and there was no way they would have been able to bypass all of them and move the stone.

So, who moved it? 

Here is the truth of what happened to that stone. The power of God pushed the stone away! Maybe it was even an angel. The soldiers ended up in a trance. Dumbfounded. And Jesus walked right out in resurrection glory! Politely folding his head coverings on the way out. 

Frank Morrison, a noted lawyer and spiritual skeptic, put the Resurrection on trial. He set out to disprove the Resurrection of Jesus. He knew it was the heart of the Christian faith. Disprove it and Christianity is proven to be false. 

After all his examinations, Frank became a Christian. Devoted his entire life to Jesus. He went on to write a powerful book entitled, “Who Moved the Stone?” to prove his findings. It’s a worthy read even today. 

And always remember: God didn’t move the stone to let Jesus out, but to let us in. He wanted us to see the tomb empty! To have marked evidence of the Resurrection. To always enjoy and celebrate our risen King. The King of Kings. Lord of Lords. Ruler over all. 

In Jerusalem today, there are supposedly three different possible tombs for Jesus. We don’t really know which one was Jesus’s, if any of them were! But they all have one thing in common: they are empty!

That’s because Jesus is alive. Forever and ever alive!

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Our "10 Proofs of the Resurrection" series was originally released in 2023. For additional resources on this subject, please visit our website.

10 Proofs of the Resurrection: Produce a Body and Christianity Dies

by David Chadwick

There are many proofs of the Resurrection. Proofs give evidence to the reality of something. I want you to walk in confidence that Jesus is God and is our risen Savior. 

Here is a significant proof to examine. Produce a body and Christianity dies. What do I mean by this? Well, it’s pretty simple. If anyone could produce a dead body of Jesus, the game's over. Finished. Movement stopped.

That is all it would have taken to crush the so-called “bogus lie” of Jesus’s deity. One person could have stopped Christianity immediately by producing a body. 

The Christian faith is based entirely on the fact that Jesus’s earthly body was raised from the dead. 

The Jews and Romans concocted a story that Jesus’s disciples had come and stolen the body. But how? The tomb was sealed with a Roman seal. It could not be broken.  

There were Roman guards surrounding the burial place, knowing that the disciples might try to go and do something like this. They ruthlessly guarded the body knowing that if the body were to go missing, they would experience death on a cross like the dead prisoner within the tomb. And these were crack Roman guards. Their entire job training was to do this very job!

Yet…the stone is removed. The body is gone. How did the disciples elude the Roman guards? Break the seal? Move the stone?  

The authorities never could produce a body. This one thing would have stopped the movement of Christianity, but it never happened. Why?  

This proof has to make you pause. Reflect. Wonder. Could the message of Jesus actually be true? Is Jesus really God? Why could no one produce a body? Because that body was raised from the dead! Jesus is alive and has a new resurrection body. We, too, will receive a resurrection body one day. 

Celebrate, dear friends! Jesus is alive! And Lord over all!

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Our "10 Proofs of the Resurrection" series was originally released in 2023. For additional resources on this subject, please visit our website.

10 Proofs of the Resurrection: Jesus Received Worship

by David Chadwick

I love the many proofs of the Resurrection of Jesus. They provide evidence to the message that has captured my heart and changed my life. 

I want to share this proof with you today: Jesus received worship from those who saw him after the Resurrection. 

Why is this significant? Because only God is worthy of worship. Only God can receive worship. If any creature demands your worship, you should adamantly refuse. 

Yet when Jesus appeared to Thomas in his resurrection, Thomas fell to his knees and said, “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28). Note the personal “my.” After much doubting and questioning, the reality of Jesus’s Resurrection became personal to him. He saw the nail-marked hands and the scar in his side. He worshiped the risen Jesus.

Jesus came to restore us to a relationship with God. He did not come to give us a set of rules and regulations. Jesus was now a personal Lord and God.

And here’s what’s most astounding: Note, JESUS RECEIVED IT!

There are other places in the Bible where angels appear to humans and they fall to their knees to worship the angel. But the angel always tells the humans to arise. Get up! The angels tell humans that they are NOT to be worshiped. They are creatures, not the Creator. Only the Creator is worthy of worship. 

But Jesus allows Thomas to worship him. Why? He has been raised from the dead. He is alive! Therefore, he is God! It’s an audacious claim to deity!

And he is worthy of all worship, honor, and praise!

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Our "10 Proofs of the Resurrection" series was originally released in 2023. For additional resources on this subject, please visit our website.