The resurrection of Jesus has given you eternal life and a living hope. Jesus loves you.
“Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen!” (Lk 24:5,6)
“Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.” (Jn 11:25)
“And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us” (Eph 5:2)
“To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood” (Rev 1:5)
“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us.” (1Jn 3:16)
“the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Gal 2:20)
“It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” (Rom 8:34)
“It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.” (Rom 4:24,25)
“and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” (2Cor 5:15)
“saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” (Lk 24:34)
“He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” (Matt 28:6)
“You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” (Mk 16:6)
“And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.” (Acts 4:33)
“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Phil 3:10)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1Pet 1:3)
“For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.” (Rom 14:9)
“But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” (1Cor 15:20)
“and what is the exceeding greatness [huperballo megethos] of His power [dunamis] toward us who believe, according to the working [energeia] of His mighty power [ischus kratos] which He worked [energeo] in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated [kathizo] Him at His right hand in the heavenly places” (Eph 1:19,20)
“Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. But God raised Him from the dead. He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.” (Acts 13:29-31)
“let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.” (Acts 4:10)
“killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses…to you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.” (Acts 3:15,26)
“Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.” (Rom 6:8-9)
“Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.” (Rom 7:4)
“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” (Rom 8:11)
“that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Rom 10:9)
“And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.” (1Cor 6:14)
“knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.” (2Cor 4:14)
“Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead)” (Gal 1:1)
“and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Eph 2:6)
“buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised [sunegeiro] with Him through faith in the working [energeia] of God, who raised [egeiro] Him from the dead.” (Col 2:12)
“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.” (Col 3:1)
“and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” (1Thes 1:10)
“Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel” (2Tim 2:8)
“who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” (1Pet 1:21)
Jesus predicted his death and resurrection
- “From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.” (Matt 16:21)
- “Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” (Matt 16:22)
- “Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up. And they were exceedingly sorrowful.” (Matt 17:22,23)
- “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.” (Matt 20:18-19)
- “And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” (Mk 8:31)
- “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.” (Mk 9:31)
- “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles; and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” (Mk 10:33-34)
- “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.” (Lk 9:22)
- “Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.” (Lk 9:44,45)
- “For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” (Lk 18:32-33)
- “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present” (1Cor 15:3-5,6)
- “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. This He said, signifying by what death He would die.” (Jn 12:32-33)
- “They answered and said to him, If He were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you. Then Pilate said to them, You take Him and judge Him according to your law. Therefore the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death, that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which He spoke, signifying by what death He would die.” (Jn 18:30-32)
Reading: Dan 9-11; 2Thes 1