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There have been many theories attempting to explain away the facts of Jesus’ empty tomb, including the following:

• The Swoon theory—Jesus didn’t actually die on the cross and He resuscitated in the cool tomb. His disciples then deceptively proclaimed His resurrection;
• The Conspiracy theory—the disciples stole the body and deceptively proclaimed his resurrection;
• The Jewish authorities removed the body unbeknownst to the disciples, who mistakenly thought He had resurrected;
• The Wrong Tomb theory—the women and the disciples went to the wrong tomb and mistakenly thought He was resurrected;
• The Legend Theory—the disciples left Jerusalem for a long time and much later returned to propagate an imaginary myth of resurrection;
• The Hallucination Theory—the disciples had hallucinations in which they imagined seeing the resurrected Jesus. They then proclaimed His resurrection.

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Invariably when Jesus is discussed, someone will boldly proclaim that He wasn’t actually God, but the Son of God. The contrast is unwarranted—it’s not either/or but both/and. Jesus’ identity as the Son of God includes having the same attributes as the Father, that is, He is from eternity, has all authority, etc. (see John 5:18). They are in essence, equal, as demonstrated in John 10:30 and claimed by Jesus in John 14:7-11. Jesus is also recorded as saying He has complete authority over heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18) and that He alone is the means for people to know the Father (John 14:6). [Read more…]