How can anyone believe that Jesus Christ came back to life after dying on the cross?
Strictly speaking. Christians do not believe that Jesus “came back to life”, They believe that God. his Father, raised Jesus to a new kind of life — a life which is eternal and which death can no longer touch. If he had “come back to life” he would still be subject to death because death is an inevitable part of this present life. But Christians believe that the risen body of Jesus can never die again. He has conquered death. That is why Christians say that Jesus is alive now. The foundation for belief in the resurrection rests on the witness of the first disciples of Jesus, They saw him after his resurrection and ate and drank with him. This experience of meeting the risen Lord transformed them. They became his witnesses — proclaiming that Jesus who was crucified had been raised to life. Many of those first witnesses were put to death for their belief. The resurrection of Jesus is a unique event. We cannot describe it or say how it happened. Nor can it be proved scientifically. We can
