The Resurrection: Victory over Death Unit 3 Lesson 9 The Resurrection: Victory over Death Class Discussion: Have you ever had a dream or deep desire crushed? How long had you carried that dream or desire? How did it die? Have you ever thought something was dead, but it somehow came back to you? Let’s Discuss… What happened three days later? ________________ said that something started happening on the __________ day of the week in chapter 28 verse 1. Women discovered __________________ life! The _______________ was empty and the _________ was rolled away. The disciples were not _________________ for such an event, even after Jesus’ repeated __________________. Who saw it? The world turned ______________ _______________ Jesus showed himself to the ______________ and to __________ other people over a period of ______ days. The _________________ proved that Jesus is the Lord who would one day __________ the whole ______________. The _____________ had left them at the point of _____________ and ______________, but the resurrection brought ___________ and ____________ out of __________________. What is Easter all about? Easter has long been the _______________ Christian _______________. Christmas marks Jesus’ _______________. Good Friday marks Jesus’ _______________. Easter is a very significant holiday because it shows how Jesus disarmed the _______________ and ________________, making a public ___________________ of them, __________________ over them by the ______________ (Colossians 2:15) Do we need a real resurrection? Some have tried to claim that _______________ can follow Jesus without him actually rising from the ___________. Apostle Paul says that thinking is ___________. If Jesus’ ___________ did not come back to _________, then we cannot expect that our ___________ will come back to life either! What happens to the world because of the resurrection? Easter is the celebration of Christ’s ________________ over all the powers of _________. That Sunday morning, the powers of ___________ received their __________ blow; one day Jesus will ____________ the task by ___________ wiping out all __________. The events of __________ ___________ and _______________ have __________________ impact for us and for all ________________.