The Case for Christ Student Response #9

In the first term of this school year my grade 7/8 class has read The Case for Christ: Student Edition by Lee Strobel. At the end of the study of the book each student was asked to answer one of the questions posed in the chapters of the book. I told that I would be sharing their responses online. So, throughout the rest of the year I will be posting their work. Please note, I have not edited these responses, they are exactly what the student handed me.

Did Jesus Fake His Death?

Did fake Jesus His death? What evidence do we have proving that He resurrected? During this unit we were studying the book The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Person Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus.  And one of the chapters was Did Jesus Fake his Death? I'm going to explore deeper in this subject.

We know that multiply people saw Jesus after supposedly He rose again. Now some people can argue that they were just imaging it, like a hallucination. The thing is many people saw Him at the same time and it's very unlikely for more than one person to have the same hallucination at the same time. Some of the causes for hallucinations are illness, chemicals or drugs (both legal and illegal), accidental poisoning, or lack of sleep. I don't think that the disciples were poisoned or on drugs but the lack of sleep is a possibility.

Was Jesus just in a coma or in a swoon state? Was Jesus not dead at all? So people believe Jesus never died He was just in a swoon state and then got put in the tomb while in that state and then removed the stone and acted as if He had risen. Jesus by the time He died was in very bad shape, He had been beaten with a whip and had the crown of thorns digging into His skull. And He was on the cross, even though He wasn’t on the cross for very long He still would been pretty weak. In his condition He would not be able to move the stone even if He woke up. Some of the causes for comas are intoxication, poisons or damages or disease of the nervous system. He could of been in a coma because of damages from being whipped which could of exposed his insides. But I think a lot of people forget or don't know that jesus was stabbed in the side in the lungs to make sure he was dead. So he was in fact dead.

As a christian in this world people will question our faith. We need to be ready for this and be able to talk about it. We need to have a reason for our faith and why we believe it. Knowing that Jesus didn’t fake his death is probably the biggest point you can make. When people doubt our faith we don't want to be left standing with no idea why you believe. And through this unit my belief has grown.  

Bibliography:

"Coma." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.

"Hallucination." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2016.

Strobel, Lee, and Jane Vogel. The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: ZondervanPublishingHouse, 20