Acts 1:3 “After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive.”

A quick glance back through history shows that just about every culture has some sort of resurrection myth. Even here in our modern world, we have our own resurrection myths with superheroes (anyone remember when Superman died and came back to life). Since this idea of a hero dying and coming back to life is so common in the stories and fables of world cultures, including our own, what makes the resurrection of Jesus Christ so special? Have you ever wondered that? We’ve all heard the question of whether art is imitating life or life is imitating art. In the case of Jesus’ resurrection and all those other resurrection myths, it’s art imitating life. Jesus Christ was a real person of history; that fact is not disputed. He really walked, talked, and died on this earth. But what sets him apart from every other figure in history is that he didn’t stay dead. He rose from the grave and proved to his followers that he was alive. Then he told them to go and tell everyone that good news, a charge that we need to continue to carry out today. Jesus Christ is no mythological figure, he’s not a fable, and he’s not a comic book character in tights and cape. He was and is very real, and his tomb is empty; isn’t that good news worth sharing?