(But wait. . .the saga will not quite be done with this section on resurrection, but the blog will continue with "Snapshots II - Armchair Safaris into the Birth of the New Testament". And you can now get the first volume of Snapshots, including a loving forward by good friend David Fishman - just click the book in the left sidebar.)
Resurrection - A Very Private Matter
Once more I scan my self-appointed title, ‘Jesus through the Lens of History’. What has history discovered about the resurrection of Jesus? What have we, together, discovered as we took snapshot, after snapshot?
The original and first gospel, Mark’s, never mentioned resurrection and ended with an empty tomb. Only much later grieving followers began grappling with the death of Jesus. To find answers they went to the only place of wisdom used by Jews for centuries – the scriptures and the prophets. Here, they plumbed the eloquence of Isaiah and found the words that would both comfort and explain. A messiah would come and lead them to a new world. Jesus was this messiah.
Are the stories of Jesus’ resurrection accurate or allegory? I must come to my personal conclusion. The glory and splendor told in the New Testament I will need to accept on faith. And so I ask the next obvious question - What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to me? And perhaps, you must ask this also -What does it mean to you?
I will put away my camera and close my eyes. Inside my own heart and mind will I ask for Jesus to enter . . .
Here, he is fully alive, resurrected in the spirit.
Here, I ask him to explain it all to me.
Here, I will discover the meaning of his death and his resurrection . . .
. . . and here, in my heart,
I will melt into the loving presence of my savior.
(for another perspective on Jesus that is my personal view in a very poetic and tangible style, click the book, "The Jesus and Mary Diaries" in the left sidebar)
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