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IV.
Life, Parables, and Miracles of Christ
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Chapter 38
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The Resurrection of Christ
1. IN what psalm was the
resurrection of Christ foretold?
"For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell
[Heb., Sheol, the grave]: neither wilt Thou
suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption." Ps. 16:10.
2. In what way was Jonah a type of Christ?
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the
whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth." Matt. 12:40.
3. In what plain words did Christ foretell His
resurrection?
"From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His
disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and
suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third
day." Matt. 16:21. "And while they abode in
Galilee, Jesus said unto. them, The Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill Him,
and the third day He shall be raised again."
Matt. 17:22,23. "The Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests
and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third
day." Luke 9:22. See also Matt. 20:17-19; Mark
8:31; 9:31,32; 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34.
4. When asked by the Jews for a sign of His
Messiahship, what did Jesus say?
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this
temple, and in three days I will raise it up." John
2:19.
5. To what temple did He refer?
"Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple
in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days? But
He spake of the temple of His body." Verses
20,21.
6. After His resurrection, what effect had this
prediction upon His disciples?
"When therefore He was risen from the dead, His
disciples remembered that He had said this unto them;
and they believed the scripture, and the word which
Jesus had said." Verse 22.
7. How did the chief priests and Pharisees seek to
prevent the fulfillment of Christ's words concerning His
resurrection?
"Now the next day, that followed the day of the
preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came
together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that
deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days
I will rise again. Command therefore that the
sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest His
disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say
unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last
error shall be worse than the first." Matt. 27:62-64.
8. How did Pilate comply with their request?
"Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way,
make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made
the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a
watch." Verses 65,66.
9. How futile was all this?
"In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward
the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was
a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended
from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the
door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like
lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear
of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not
ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
He is not here: for He is risen, as He said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly,
and tell His disciples that He is risen from the
dead." Matt. 28:1-7. See also Mark 16:1-16; Luke
24:1-8, 44-46; John 20:1-9.
10. Was it possible for Christ to be holden of death?
"Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands
have crucified and slain: whom God hath raised up,
having loosed the pains of death: because it was not
possible that He should be holden of it." Acts
2:23,24.
11. How does Paul speak of the
resurrection of Christ?
"For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how 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." 1 Cor. 15:3,4.
12. Who does the apostle say saw Christ after He was
risen?
"He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
after that, He was seen of above five hundred
brethren at once; . . . after that, He was seen of
James; then of all the apostles. And last
of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out
of due time!' Verses 5-8.
13. What importance is attached to Christ's
resurrection?
"If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and
your faith is also vain. . . . Ye are yet in your sins.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are
perished." Verses 14-18.
14. What positive assurance of the resurrection is
given?
"But now is Christ risen from the dead; and
become the first-fruits
of them that slept." Verse 20.
15. What great truth therefore follows?
"As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made
alive." Verse 22.
16. What cheering message has Christ sent to His
people touching His resurrection?
"I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am
alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of
hell and of death." Rev. 1:10.
17. What is the measure of the
power of God which believers may experience in their
daily lives?
"That ye may know. . . . the exceeding greatness of His
power to us ward who believe, according to the
working of
His mighty
power, which He wrought in Christ, when He raised
Him from the dead." Eph. 1:18-20.
18. What Christian ordinance
has been given as a memorial of Christ's burial and
resurrection?
Baptism, the symbol of the new birth. Rom.
6:3-5.
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