{"id":2208855,"date":"2024-03-29T03:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easter-is-the-worlds-most-historically-verified-holiday\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T03:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:47:42","slug":"easter-is-the-worlds-most-historically-verified-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easter-is-the-worlds-most-historically-verified-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Is The World\u2019s Most Historically Verified Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feaster-is-the-worlds-most-historically-verified-holiday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200btext\u200c discusses how Easter, particularly \u200bin Christianity,\u2062 signifies the\u2063 Messiah\u2019s sacrifice\u2062 and resurrection. It\u2063 compares Jesus&#8217; unique role to\u2063 other religious\u200d figures and emphasizes the\u2062 prophetic anticipation of his coming. \u200bThe piece underscores the \u200cimportance\u2064 of eyewitness testimonies\u2062 regarding Jesus\u2019 resurrection, highlighting the historical \u2062credibility surrounding his life, teachings, and miracles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>From the beginning of recorded history, people have turned to religion as a way to find refuge, solace, and meaning. Judaism,\u00a0Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and most other religions point to their own prophets and teachers, but among those world religions, only Christianity has a founder who professed to be the Messiah \u2014 the Son of God. Easter is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-british-actor-defends-roles-in-chinese-propaganda-blockbusters-lake-changjin-has-beautiful-message\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 British Actor Defends Roles in Chinese Propaganda Blockbusters: 'Lake Changjin' Has 'Beautiful Message'\">historical account<\/a> and conclusive evidence of that Messiah. <\/p>\n<p>Easter weekend starts with Good Friday, the day of the crucifixion when God sacrificed His only Son, Jesus Christ, to fulfill His plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-anti-jewish-hatred-the-democrats-see-anti-asian-violence-as-a-marketing-opportunity\/\" title=\"Just Like Anti-Jewish Hatred, The Democrats See Anti-Asian Violence As A Marketing Opportunity\">provide salvation<\/a> from sin for all who believe in Christ, the Savior. Easter Sunday is the celebration of Christ\u2019s resurrection, the third day from His death by crucifixion, and the completion of God\u2019s plan for the world to know who Jesus was.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1100136542\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d2fdb446df0a9b7d91a5b911784e0e8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6d2fdb446df0a9b7d91a5b911784e0e8\"><\/div>\n<p>Every other religious founder in history came into the world to live. The death of other religious leaders \u2014 such as Abraham, Moses, Buddha, and Mohammad \u2014 brought an anticlimactic end to their lives and their work. But Christ came into the world to die, and His sacrifice was the ultimate climax of His life, done for the benefit of all mankind \u2014 opening the way to eternal life and a full relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p>Christ was also unique being the only figure in recorded history who was widely pre-announced starting 1,000 years before He was born, with more than 100 prophetic accounts from 18 different prophets from the Old Testament between the 10th and the fourth centuries B.C. \u2014 predicting the specifics of His coming birth, life, and death. Hundreds of years later, the details of Christ\u2019s birth, life, betrayal, and death validated those prophecies in astonishingly accurate and minute detail. In fact, 1,000 years before Christ, David prophetically wrote about the crucifixion of Jesus at a time when crucifixion had not yet been invented as a means of execution.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, among the other world religions built on personalities, only Christianity claims its founder is still alive, having overcome death through resurrection. No Jew has believed that after Abraham died and was interred, his tomb ever became empty. After Buddha died, no disciple claimed he or she saw or spoke to him again. As for Mohammed, the founder of Islam, there is no trace of his appearing to his disciples or followers after he died. His occupied tomb is in Medina and is visited by tens of thousands of devout Muslim pilgrims every year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Living Proof<\/h2>\n<p>The resurrection was central to God\u2019s providence because it provided \u201cseeing is believing\u201d evidence of God bringing Jesus the Savior back from being dead in a tomb to being alive \u2014 resurrected \u2014 for 40 days, so people would have irrefutable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/founder-of-black-lives-matter-in-st-paul-i-resigned-after-i-learned-the-ugly-truth-as-insider\/\" title=\"Founder Of Black Lives Matter In St. Paul: \u2018I Resigned\u2019 After \u2018I Learned The Ugly Truth\u2019 As \u2018Insider\u2019\">living proof<\/a> of who He was.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c030839857283e8791b66e26e8ece03d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-c030839857283e8791b66e26e8ece03d\"><\/div>\n<p>The New Testament provides accounts from multiple sources who witnessed Jesus firsthand after the resurrection. Jesus made at least 10 separate appearances to His disciples between the resurrection and his ascension into Heaven, over a period of 40 days. Some of those appearances were to individual disciples, some were to several disciples, and one was to some 500 at one time.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly noteworthy is that there were no accounts of witnesses who came forth and disputed these appearances or called it a \u201choax.\u201d Not a single one. Nor do we find any historical record of any witness accounts that were contradictory.<\/p>\n<p>While there are skeptics of the biblical Jesus, there\u2019s far more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesus-christs-resurrection-is-probably-the-best-documented-historical-event-ever\/\" title=\"Jesus Christ\u2019s Resurrection Is Probably The Best-Documented Historical Event Ever\">reliable historical evidence<\/a> for His life, teachings, miracles, death, and resurrection than for other leading historical figures of ancient times, such as literary greats Virgil and Horace and military kings like Alexander the Great. The veracity of ancient history revolves around three things: the number of eyewitness accounts, the lapse of time between the eyewitness events and the written record, and the number of surviving manuscripts of that record.<\/p>\n<p>No one doubts Virgil and Horace lived and originated great poetic masterpieces a few decades before Christ, although the written manuscripts of their works were recorded more than 400 years after they had died. No one doubts the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great in the fourth century B.C., even though there are only two original biographers of his life, Arrian and Plutarch, who wrote their accounts some 400 years after Alexander died.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-684ffeda89c7e658f7806c844dfea0fc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-684ffeda89c7e658f7806c844dfea0fc\"><\/div>\n<p>The eyewitness accounts of Jesus were recorded in writing within a generation of his life. And there are about 1,000 times more manuscripts that preserve the deeds and teachings of Jesus in the New Testament (about 25,000 total) than there are preserving other classical ancient works of historic figures who lived at the same time, with the exception of Homer, whose <em>Iliad<\/em> is backed by 1,800 manuscripts. But that is\u00a0<em>still less than one-tenth<\/em>\u00a0the number of ancient manuscripts that back the authenticity of the New Testament.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Apostles\u2019 Witness<\/h2>\n<p>We know the historical Jesus through four different accounts known as the gospels \u2014 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John \u2014 not written hundreds of years later but within a generation or two of Jesus\u2019 life. Apostles Matthew and John provide eyewitness accounts from their years of walking with Jesus as disciples. Mark also had eyewitness experience, although he was only a teenager when Jesus began his public ministry. Luke, the doctor, learned about Jesus from his friend Paul, the apostle who wrote the most letters in the New Testament.<\/p>\n<p>Because of their experience with the resurrected Jesus, the apostles were in a unique position, knowing with certainty that Jesus was truly the Son of God. They had been present for the life, ministry, miracles, death, and resurrection of Jesus. If the claims about Jesus were a lie, the apostles would have known it. That is why their commitment to their testimony was so powerful and compelling.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the apostles\u2019 willingness to die for their claims has tremendous evidential value, also confirming the truth of the resurrection. No one will die for something he invented or believes to be false.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing, talking to, and touching the risen Jesus transformed the apostles, who then committed the rest of their lives to educate and advocate for the truth about the message of salvation through Christ. Eleven of the 12 apostles, including Matthias who replaced Judas, the betrayer of Jesus, died as martyrs for their beliefs in the divinity of Christ. The twelfth, John, was exiled to Patmos Island, where he recorded the book of Revelation.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Easter, which has its ultimate meaning in the resurrection, is one of ancient history\u2019s most scrutinized and best-attested events.<\/p>\n<p>While the mind can recognize the truth of the story of Jesus, God\u2019s course from the cross through the resurrection and beyond is the transformation of the human heart, captured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John%203%3A16&#038;version=ESV\">John 3:16<\/a>: \u201cFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Easter is the commemoration and celebration of the single event \u2014 God\u2019s loving sacrifice for us \u2014 that has more power to transform the human heart for good and love than anything else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0ab40864b3f7514ffdf58301ca4f685f fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0ab40864b3f7514ffdf58301ca4f685f\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the beginning of recorded history, people have turned to religion as a way to find refuge, solace, and meaning. Judaism,\u00a0Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and most other religions point to their own prophets and teachers, but among those world religions, only Christianity has a founder who professed to be the Messiah \u2014 the Son of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2893,"featured_media":2208856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1280px-Entrance_to_the_Garden_Tomb_1_4015106152.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1280px-Entrance_to_the_Garden_Tomb_1_4015106152.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}