A bodily resurrection means Jesus isn’t a likable revolutionary. He can’t be. Kurt Cobain, Will Hunting, Gandhi, Mandela, MLK—none of those men walked out of their graves. An actual resurrected Jesus does not make him a great man. It makes him Lord. It means he flooded the recurring darkness with constant light—overcame systemic evil, swallowed up personal failure, and defeated death. The parts of life so painful that the best we can do is “change the subject”—he cut a way through. If Jesus really rose, we fall on our knees in worship or stand up in offense because it means he is either Lord
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