Christ is Risen! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη!

Happy Easter!

Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth. Behold, he offered himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered . . . No flesh [can] dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise. Wherefore, he is the first fruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved. And because of the intercession for all, all men come unto God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him, to be judged of him according to the truth and holiness which is in him. Wherefore, the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting of the punishment which is affixed, which punishment that is in opposition to that of the happiness which is affixed, to answer the ends of the atonement. (2 Nephi 2:6-9 | Book of Mormon)

But for ours also. It [righteousness] will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification. (Romans 4:24-25 [NRSV]).

Of course, being an apologist/bibliophile, let me end this post by recommending two excellent, scholarly resources defending the historicity of the bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ:

N.T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God

Michael Licona, The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach