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<div class="head"> Redi-Answers on Jehovah's Witness Doctrine</DIV>
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<div class="subhead"> Resurrection of Jesus</DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="main-just"><DIV CLASS="pad2030">
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<P><b>The Current Teaching of the Watchtower Society:</b></P>
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<div class="center"><p>Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus. They believe he took on different bodies, and was a spirit. The Watchtower Society's publication, Truth That Leads to Eternal Life, p. 52, teaches that Jesus was not given human life again because that would mean he was taking back His ransom.</P>
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<P><B>What the Bible Says about RESURRECTION OF JESUS:</B></P>
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<P><B>1. Key Facts About The Body And The Resurrection Of Jesus</B></P>
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<tr><td class="td1">Ransom paid was Christ's blood, not His body</td>
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<td class="td2"><a id="si-Hbr 9:14, 20" onClick="return mV('Hbr',9,14,20);">Hbr 9:14, 20</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Shed His blood</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Hbr 9:22" onClick="return mV('Hbr',9,22);">Hbr 9:22</a></td></tr><tr>
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<TD class="td1">Purchased with His blood</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Act 20:28" onClick="return mV('Act',20,28);">Act 20:28</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Flesh and blood cannot enter God's Kingdom</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-1Cr 15:50" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,50);">1Cr 15:50</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">"It is I myself, a spirit hath not flesh and bones," then He ate</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Luk 24:36-43" onClick="return mV('Luk',24,'36-43');">Luk 24:36-43</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Thomas touched Jesus' wounds and said, "My Lord and my God</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Jhn 20:27-28" onClick="return mV('Jhn',20,27,28);">Jhn 20:27-28</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td3">Jesus said He would raise His own body</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Jhn 2:19-21" onClick="return mV('Jhn',2,'19-21');">Jhn 2:19-21</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE></CENTER>
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<P><B>2. According to the Scriptures, Jesus Was Raised PHYSICALLY from the Dead:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">He will return as He left</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Act 1:9-11" onClick="return mV('Act',1,'9-11');">Act 1:9-11</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Antichrist denies Jesus is coming in the flesh</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-2Jo 1:7" onClick="return mV('2Jo',1,7);">2Jo 1:7</td></tr><tr>
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<TD class="td1">If Christ has not been raised our faith is in vain</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-1Cr 15:14, 17" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15 14,17);">1Cr 15:14, 17</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Believe in your heart that Christ was raised from the dead</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Rom 10:9" onClick="return mV('Rom',10,9);">Rom 10:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">God raised Jesus from the dead</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Act 2:24" onClick="return mV('Act',2,24);">Act 2:24</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Jesus raised His own body, <I>SOMA</I>—Greek word for tangible physical body</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Jhn 2:19-21" onClick="return mV('Jhn',2,'19-21');">Jhn 2:19-21</a>; <a id="si-Jhn 10:18" onClick="return mV('Jhn',10,18);">Jhn 10:18</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td3">The Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Rom 8:11" onClick="return mV('Rom',8,11);">Rom 8:11</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE></CENTER>
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<P><B>3. The Physical Resurrection Of Jesus Christ Is Confirmed By:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">The empty tomb</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Jhn 20:1-9" onClick="return mV('Jhn',20,'1-9');">Jhn 20:1-9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Angelic testimony</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 28:5-7" onClick="return mV('Mat',28,'5-7');">Mat 28:5-7</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td3">His enemies</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-Mat 28:11" onClick="return mV('Mat',28,11);">Mat 28:11</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE></CENTER>
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<P><B>4. Additional Confirmation Came after the Resurrection when Eyewitnesses Saw Him:</B></P>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Mary Magdalene</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mar 16:9" onClick="return mV('Mar',16,9);">Mar 16:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Other women</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 28:9" onClick="return mV('Mat',28,9);">Mat 28:9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Two disciples</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Luk 24:13-15" onClick="return mV('Luk',24,'13-15');">Luk 24:13-15</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Simon Peter</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Luk 24:34" onClick="return mV('Luk',24,34);">Luk 24:34</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Ten Apostles</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Jhn 20:19, 24" onClick="return mV('Jhn',20,19,24);">Jhn 20:19, 24</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Apostles at Sea of Galilee</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Jhn 21:1" onClick="return mV('Jhn',21,1);">Jhn 21:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Apostles in Galilee</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-Mat 28:16-17" onClick="return mV('Mat',28,16,17);">Mat 28:16-17</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">500 Brethren</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-1Cr 15:6" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,6);">1Cr 15:6</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td1">Paul</td>
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<TD class="td2"><a id="si-1Cr 15:8" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,8);">1Cr 15:8</a></td></tr>
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<tr><TD class="td3">James</td>
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<TD class="td4"><a id="si-1Cr 15:7" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,7);">1Cr 15:7</a></td></tr>
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</TABLE></CENTER>
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<div class="cite2"><p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Grieshaber, Erich and Jean Grieshaber<br>Title: "Resurrection of Jesus"<br>Work: <em>Redi-Answers on Jehovah's Witness Doctrine</em><br>Date Added: 1 Jul 2002</p></DIV>
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