Resurrection and life after death

• Christians and the resurrection

  • Jesus’ resurrection assures Christians that they too will rise and live on after death 
  • Christians have differing views about what happens when a person who has died is resurrected 
  • Belief in resurrection affects the way Christians live their lives today

  
• Differing Christian beliefs about the resurrection

  • Some Christians believe a person’s soul is resurrected soon after death 
  • Other Christians believe the dead will be resurrected at some time in the future , when Jesus will return to judge everyone who has ever lived 
  • Some other Christians believe resurrection will just be spiritual, not physical as well
• Catholic and Orthodox beliefs about the resurrection

  • Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe in bodily resurrection 
  • This means they believe that resurrection is both spiritual and physical  
  • They believe the body lost at death is restored and transformed into a new spiritual body

  
• Impact of belief in resurrection

  • It inspires Christians to live life in the way God wants them to, so they can remain in his presence in this life and the next 
  • It means life after death is real 
  • It gives hope of a future life with Jesus 
  • It gives Christians confidence in the face of death 
  • It shows Christians how much God loves them

  
• Arguments For the resurrection

  
• Arguments Against the resurrection