The Radical Implications of the Resurrection

Over the years on the blog, I have reflected a number of times on the significance of the earliest Christians’ belief in the resurrection.  On this Easter morning, I thought it would be appropriate to return to one of those reflections.

The most important result of the disciples’ belief that God had raised Jesus from the dead was that it radically changed their understanding of what it meant to say Jesus was the messiah.  As I have explained before that in my view, ,Jesus did believe he was t...