The Resurrection Caused an Insurrection 2nd edition

By Rev. John Eugene Miller

The Christian celebration held on Easter Sunday is the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection occurs after a violent and horrid crucifixion. The crucifixion came as an insurrection to the law of sin and the law of Roman Empire at the time.
There was nothing cute or tasty about the first easter celebration. But it was the proof that what Jesus said was true. Some Roman soldiers were told to fabricate stories. They were told to say that Jesus body stolen by his followers. Unfortunately, for the Roman government the stories were debunked by some guards.
Over 500 people saw Jesus after his resurrection. There is too much evidence for any knowledgeable person to believe that Jesus did not truly resurrect as he promised that he would before his death on the cross.
Many people today refuse to believe because of the consequences of such a belief. It would mean there is life after death. It would also mean that what Jesus said about sin and judgement are true too. It is easier for some to believe a lie than the truth. Because believing the truth has consequences.
The reason I write this book is explain why the crucifixion and the resurrection are necessary. I will have to take you back to the beginning of time to do that.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nazkine TV Publishing LLC
• Release date: Apr 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201144463

Rev. John Eugene Miller

Rev. John Eugene Miller is an Ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene. John has been in full time Christian ministry for 23 years and has a diversity ministry experience. John has pastored churches in Colorado, Florida, West Virginia and Hawaii. John attended Olivet Nazarene University where he studied Marketing and Psychology until transferring to Nazarene Bible College where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in Biblical Studies. Now he is working towards his Master!s Degree at Point Loma Nazarene University. John has opened and directed two Life Skills Learning Centers, that teach the Learning to live, Learning to love curriculum, founded by Dr. Paul Hegstrum. John produces and delivers a weekly radio broadcast in West Virginia, that brings messages of hope, on a country music station called K96.5. John currently writes and delivers weekly messages of hope, encouragement and victory on a local cable network on the Island of Oahu Hawaii, called Nazkine TV. John has traveled extensively throughout the world on mission trips for the Church of the Nazarene. He has journeyed to Djibouti Africa, Ethiopia Africa, Lima Peru twice, Nicaragua twice, Guatemala twice, Honduras, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Russia, and Belize. He gained experience working with and speaking to other cultures on these trips. John has been married 27 years to his wife, Carla, they have two sons and and a daughter. Peter their middle son has global developmental delays and receives all his food through a feeding tube in his stomach. John has multiple life experiences which enables him to speak to diverse groups of people and can relate his story to many different types of people. John published his first book in February of 2015, Journey to the Center of the Heart, One man’s journey from hell to paradise, published by Chart House Press LLC. He published his second book, Forgiveness, The Greatest Gift Yourself, was self published in December of 2020, and the second edition released on November of 2021. John published, Inside the Mind of a Pastor in March of 2022,and  The Adventures of Loki and Nani in March of 2022, and The Resurrection Caused an Insurrection, in April of 2022.

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Introduction

While shopping recently at Long’s Drugs, I noticed the signs of the Easter season based a world view. If I were to summarize what Easter is by the store shelves and floor displays, I would say, chocolate easter bunnies and easter eggs? These are cute and tasty morsels, but they fall short of any Christian easter celebration definition.

The Christian celebration held on Easter Sunday is the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection occurs after a violent and horrid crucifixion. The crucifixion came as an insurrection to the law of sin and the law of Roman Empire at the time.

There was nothing cute or tasty about the first easter celebration. But it was the proof that what Jesus said was true. Some Roman soldiers were told to fabricate stories. They were told to say that Jesus body stolen by his followers. Unfortunately, for the Roman government the stories were debunked by some guards.

Over 500 people saw Jesus after his resurrection. There is too much evidence for any knowledgeable person to believe that Jesus did not truly resurrect as he promised that he would before his death on the cross.

Many people today refuse to believe because of the consequences of such a belief. It would mean there is life after death. It would also mean that what Jesus said about sin and judgement are true too. It is easier for some to believe a lie than the truth. Because believing the truth has consequences.

The reason I write this book is explain why the crucifixion and the resurrection are necessary. I will have to take you back to the beginning of time to do that.

Let’s dive in and find out why the resurrection caused an insurrection in the worlds power system and why it still does today.

All Scriptures in the first 18 chapters are from the American Standard version. Quoted From biblegateway.com

All Scriptures in chapters 19 and 20 are from the King James version. Quoted from biblegateway.com The scriptures are in the public domain, but my comments are copyrighted by me.

Chapter 1

In the Beginning

Genesis 1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  ² And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  ³ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  ⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.  ⁵ And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

⁶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. ⁷And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. ⁸And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

⁹And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. ¹⁰And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. ¹¹And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. ¹²And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. ¹³And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

¹⁴And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: ¹⁵and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. ¹⁶And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. ¹⁷And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, ¹⁸and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. ¹⁹And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

²⁰And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. ²¹And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ²²And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. ²³And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. ²⁵And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ²⁷And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ²⁸And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth,