THE POET'S CORNER ARCHIVES

A CHRISTIAN ANSWERS SKEPTICS OF THE RESURRECTION

Christ did not arise as He always said.
No one ever came back from the dead!
His followers stole the body away.
His bones, somewhere in the dust, still lay.

Let's assume the body of Christ could be found,
Somewhere in Jerusalem, even DNA in the ground,
It would have been most famous news ever heard!
But after 2,000 years, there's been not a word.

The atheists and agnostics would shout with glee,
If Archaeology with their false claims would agree.
They won't find the body, if they search until time's end.
Christ's bringing it with Him when He comes back again!

You Fool! The soldiers made sure of the prisoners' death,
By breaking their legs so they could not get breath.
When they came to the Savior, He was already gone.
They fulfilled the Scripture and did not break a bone.

But, just to make sure, they thrust in a spear.
Blood and water flowed out; death diagnosis was clear
He was placed in a tomb behind a 10-ton stone.
A guard was set; He seemed to be there alone.

A Roman guard who failed in duty set,
A sentence of death was sure to get,
Levied by Caesar with no appeal.
There was no chance anyone the body could steal.

Many of the disciples ran away,
They believed Christ was in that tomb to stay.
The women bought spices to anoint a deceased.
Their faith in Resurrection had certainly ceased!

Suddenly, an earthquake rolled the stone from the door,
And a bright ray of light shone across the floor,
Revealing the place where Christ should lie in repose,
Was filled with a pile of linen grave clothes.

Mighty angels were the welcome committee;
Sending all who came back to the city;
With a message to the disciples from the Risen Lord,
"He is risen, as He said! Spread the Word!"

"The Bible's no good for proof." so you say.
But it's History in advance; fulfilled every day,
Giving written testimony to what people saw,
Admissible evidence in any court of law.

"Who saw the empty tomb?" the Judge would ask.
The Chief Priests and Elders would be taken to task.
"I saw," said Mary, Peter, and John.
As will 500 in the disciple's throng.

Josephus' History tells He appeared on the earth,
In a body; not a vision, which would have little worth.
He ate fish and honeycomb; he had flesh and bone.
His blood He gave at Calvary for sin to atone.

A sacrifice made useless if He had not died;
Faithful to the end, "It is finished!" He cried!
He paid the price for all mankind's sin.
Triumphed over death and returned to Heaven again.

Don't be a fool! The facts of the Resurrection believe.
A merely crucified Savior we cannot receive.
But when He stands on Resurrection Ground,
If in that we believe, eternal life we've found!