What if the most important claim in history is also the most practical? We walk through why the resurrection of Jesus is the hinge of the Christian story—and why it changes how you face guilt, grief, and the future of your own body. Starting from Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 15, we connect the promise of the Old Testament to a real empty tomb, then to the promise that those who trust Christ will be raised with imperishable, immortal bodies at the last trumpet.

We explore the evidence and the stakes. Eyewitnesses said they saw Him alive: Peter, the Twelve, more than five hundred, James, and Paul. If Christ isn’t raised, preaching is pointless, faith is empty, sin still owns us, and hope is dead. But if He is raised, then the cross was not just an example of love; it accomplished atonement. He died for our sins—substitution that satisfies justice and opens mercy to anyone who turns and trusts Him.

From there, we dive into firstfruits and future bodies. Your present body is like a seed: perishable, weak, dishonorable. What God raises is glorified, powerful, and fit for a renewed creation. In a moment, at the last trumpet, the dead will rise and the living will be changed. Death gets swallowed up in victory, and the world we ache for—without violence, disease, or decay—finally arrives. Until then, resurrection hope fuels endurance, mission, and joy. There is nothing you face today that a good resurrection cannot fix.

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