Over a Billion Will Celebrate
It’s really astounding to me how in a few days over a billion people will celebrate and commemorate Easter. It boggles my mind that something which happened over 700,000 days ago can still fire up a passion in people to get up early, (some before sunrise) and go to a house of worship or some public arena to be among those whose attendance on this day proves the fact that Jesus Christ is still the most popular person in all of history. There is no other comparable at the core of any other religion or cult. He is absolutely matchless!
Jesus Christ, never traveled more than a couple hundred miles from his home. He never married, never attended college, never wrote a book, matter-of-fact, the only record we have of him writing, was in the sand, and no doubt the first rain washed that away. He died homeless and poor.
More songs have been sung to him and more books written about him than anyone who has lived on this planet. At least a hundred films have been made about him. There are even Jesus wrestling federations, such as Wrestling for Jesus, The Christian Wrestling Foundation and Ultimate Christian Wrestling.
The Scriptures record nearly forty specific miracles that Jesus performed. In Mark’s short Gospel alone, roughly one-third of the verses deal with miracles. The popular Jewish historian Josephus reported that Jesus was a “doer of wonderful works.” But it’s His resurrection that has captivated millions for the last 2000 years. Thomas Arnold (professor of modern history at Oxford), said “No one fact in the history of mankind…is proved by better and fuller evidence of every sort” than the fact that “Christ died and rose from the dead.”
Gary
Fort Myers Vineyard Christian Fellowship (Fort Myers Churches)
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