The Resurrection under the Light of Gospels

Written by Aderexi Schmidt Tuesday, 11 November 2008 10:19

The dogma of Christ’s physical resurrection has become the basis of Christian faith and the stumbling block preventing human beings from seeing the truth about INRI CRISTO, the reincarnated Messiah. Once the dogma is unmasked and dissolved, what is left of Christianity? Let us see the dogma without mask. The gale of the truth demolishes the houses of cards, the lies that have been preached in the name of Christ for centuries. The following revelation is destined to the ratiocinating beings who aim for freedom of consciousness.

In the same Bible where it is supposed to be written that Christ physically resurrected to heaven, we can find the proofs that resurrection was not physical, but spiritual. We transcribe, as follows, the main quotations from the Gospels that mention and clearly show the occurrence of spiritual resurrection, as INRI CRISTO has already explained under the light of coherence and logic. The sources of research were International Gideon’s Bible and the Catholic Bible, New Revised Standard Version.

In the occasion of what was reported as a miraculous fishing, the Lord appeared to the disciples incorporated in another’s physical body, and so he ate bread and fish with the disciples. Here follow the main verses of John’s Gospel chapter 21, that allow the understanding of such episode:

“Jesus appears to seven disciples: After these things (appearing to Mary Magdalene and in a house with the doors shut), Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them: “I am going fishing”. They said to him: “We will go with you”. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach, BUT THE DISCIPLES DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS JESUS. Jesus said to them: “Children, you have no fish, have you?” They answered him: “No”. He said to them: “Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some”. So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: “IT IS THE LORD”. When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes, for he was naked, and jumped into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off. When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said to them: “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught”. So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them: “Come and have breakfast”. Now NONE OF THE DISCIPLES DARED TO ASK HIM: “WHO ARE YOU?” BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS THE LORD. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead”.

The Lord appeared incorporated in another’s body and so he ate with the disciples. We ought to observe that at first the disciples did not realize that it was the Lord (why not?), afterwards only the disciple that Jesus loved realized (John, who in the Scriptures was evidently the one with closer intimacy and the only one that remained faithful at the moment of crucifixion). John reported what he had seen to Peter, who went to put on clothes for respect to the Master. And finally, proving that he was using another’s physical body to appear to the disciples, the Scriptures clearly state that the disciples were not sure it was the Lord, for none of them DARED TO ASK who he was, knowing it was the Lord as John had warned them. There is the clear, evident, vehement proof that he manifested spiritually to the disciples using another’s physique.

It’s also worth mentioning the first time of his appearance, to Mary Magdalene incorporated in the gardener, as it is mentioned above that it had already been “the third time Jesus had appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead”. The first one to Mary Magdalene, the second to the disciples with Tomas and the third one while they fished by the Sea of Tiberia. The apparition to Mary Magdalene is in chapter 20 verses 1 to 17 of John’s Gospel (whose account on the crucifixion shall be considered the most clear and reliable, as he was eye witness, he had authority to register the facts). Here follows the transcription of the biblical quotation to provide better elucidation:

“Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them: “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him”. Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her: “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him”. When she had said this, SHE TURNED AROUND AND SAW JESUS STANDING THERE, BUT SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS JESUS. Jesus said to her: “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER, SHE SAID TO HIM: “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away”. Jesus said to her: “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew: “Rabboni” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her: “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to the others and say to them, I am ascending to my FATHER and your FATHER, to my GOD and your GOD”. Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her”.

There it is very clear that the Lord was incorporated in the gardener, for such reason Mary Magdalene had not seen at a first glance that it was the Lord, and only later, when speaking to him, she recognized him. These three mentioned verses are in the Gospel of John; as already mentioned, it is the most reliable one.

Since knowledge does not occupy place, it is not too much to mention the account of the disciples in Emmaus, in the Gospel of Luke, which also shows very clearly how the Lord’s apparition happened incorporated in another’s physique. Next, we transcribe the verses 13 to 35 of chapter 24 from the mentioned Gospel.

“Disciples in Emmaus: Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, JESUS HIMSELF CAME NEAR and went with them, BUT THEIR EYES WERE KEPT FROM RECOGNIZING HIM. And he said to them: “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along, looking sad?” Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him: “ARE YOU THE ONLY STRANGER IN JERUSALEM WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THERE IN THESE DAYS?” He asked them: “What things?” They replied: “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before GOD and all the people, and how our chef priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel free. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see him”. Then he said to them: “Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?” Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying: “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over”. So he went in to stay with them. WHEN HE WAS AT THE TABLE WITH THEM, HE TOOK BREAD, BLESSED AND BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT TO THEM. THEN THEIR EYES WERE OPENED, AND THEY RECOGNIZED HIM, AND HE VANISHED FROM THEIR SIGHT. They said to each other: “Were not our hearts burning while he was opening the scriptures to us?” That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying: “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon” Then they told what had happened on the road, AND HOW HE HAD BEEN MAKE KNOWN TO THEM IN THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD”.

Once more it is evident that the Lord appeared in spirit, this time, however, using the stranger’s body. The disciples recognized him only by the time of breaking bread, as he has a special, particular way to perform such a sublime deed. And there is one more quotation in the Gospel of Mark (whose chronology is quite a little different in relation to John’s one, however deserves credit), chapter 16 verses 9 to 14, transcribed as follows:

“Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went out and told those who had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After this HE APPEARED IN ANOTHER FORM TO TWO OF THEM, AS THEY WERE WALKING IN THE COUNTRY. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen”.

Now in the Gospel according to Matthew, and only in this one, despite presenting some contradictions in relation to the other Gospels concerning the accounts post-crucifixion, there is a very particular quotation that, under the inattentive glance, non-investigative criterion, could be considered one more justification for the possible physical resurrection of Christ (or even bestow wings for the imagination and delirium that after crucifixion Christ went down from the cross, joined Mary Magdalene and lived the rest of his days in India, where he would have raised his own children). Behold what follows in chapter 28, verses 11 to 15:

“While they were going, some of the guards went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them: “You must say: ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep’. If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble”. So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story is still told among the Jews to this day”.

By analyzing this quotation with critical spirit, away from allowing the physical resurrection, it is clearly saying that the body of Christ was effectively withdrawn by his followers and taken to an anonymous tomb. If we simply follow the opposite order of the narrative, we come to the following ratiocination: amidst the Jews, and consequently amidst the Romans, it was well-known that Christ did not resurrect physically and that his body was carried by his followers and buried in an anonymous place, since the very soldiers confessed that they had slept. The roman soldiers destined to keep the sepulcher, even though they disobeyed the duty of keeping vigilant all night long, were not chastised by the governor. Then, Christ’s faithful servants, who were keeping watch at the sepulcher, took advantage of the occasion and removed the great stone to carry the Master’s body away. When it is mentioned in the Evangelist’s account that the soldiers had a meeting with the priests and received a large sum of money to declare such things, in truth this was a deduction that only the very Evangelist could have formulated (or it was added to the Gospel some time later), for two reasons:

1st) he could mention this conspiracy with so many details only had he personally witnessed the agreement between the soldiers and the priests, but this would have simply been unviable at that time considering his condition of disciple and Christian; if not even at the moment of crucifixion Matthew was present and despite of this he wrote some fantasies (like the one that “the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many…” – Matthew c.27 v.52-53), he was not forbidden to do so in other circumstances;

2nd) had the priests really made an agreement with the soldiers, it would have been in a very secret, discrete, imperceptible way, inaccessible to the public knowledge; one cannot underestimate so much the intelligence of those that planned a plot for delivering the Son of GOD to the Rome’s power in order to execute him and eliminate him from the scene.

Therefore, instead of justifying the disappearance of Christ’s body from the sepulcher and allowing the belief in the physical resurrection, this biblical quotation confirms the fact had he was really taken to an anonymous sepulcher, away from the session of mockery and debauch that endured even after crucifixion and consequent disembodiment. Actually, at the view of the Roman Empire, Christ was only one more crucified man as thousands of others at his time; although he was considered a prophet by many and had influenced the society of the epoch, he did not have anything so special that made him different from the others and prevented his execution. The proof is that only in year 325, in the Council of Nicea, for a merely political matter, humane sinner priests, supported by emperor Constantine, decided that Christ was GOD. Such procedure was the tool used by the proscribed roman church (the whore of Revelation c.17) to increase the political power and exert greater psychological influence upon the Christian people in order to satisfy their voracious ambition to dominate and manipulate the crowds at any cost.

INRI CRISTO teaches us to read and analyze the Holy Scriptures with critical spirit, with acute and penetrating view, always asking help and inspiration from GOD to understand it, otherwise we are condemned to fanaticism. Reading the Bibles requires the use of coherent ratiocination in order to dodge from the ideological fundamentalism, which feeds the belief in the dogma and prevents the human beings from glimpsing the overpowering truth. The resurrection as it is taught nowadays by so-called Christianity (physical resurrection in a glorified body) is completely mistaken and may perfectly be cleared out under the light of the Bible (as above exposed), of reason, of science and of history, as it follows.

Under the light of reason and science, “scientifically speaking”, it is not possible that a physical body goes to heaven without the help of an appropriate equipment, as it contradicts the natural law of gravity, which attracts the bodies to the earthly surface (without it life on Earth would simply not exist). Furthermore, in sidereal space temperature borders absolute zero, that means, 273°C negative, there isn’t air to breath or nutrition to feed a body over there. Only the morbid, murderous, cruel, merciless and ignorant beings would be capable of demanding Christ to eternally carry the brands of hate produced by his enemies, to return from heaven with a body brutally lashed, full of excoriations, chastised by asphyxia, full of lacerations and signs of torture (as it is possible to testify through the Shroud, historical authentic relic preserved by the hands of Divine Providence, indelibly registered how the body of the Son of GOD was found after crucifixion).

In the context of history we may also find the elucidation. Yet in the first centuries of the Christian Age, the roman emperors, beginning by Constantine, realized that they would have many economical and political advantages if, instead of persecuting the Christians, they added Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire. A way of not losing the pagans and more easily converting the new subjects, they soon managed to merge pagan cults, beliefs and rituals to the Christian religion. Turning Christianity into the official religion of the Roman Empire, the introduction of the worship of images, the change of the resting day from Sabbath to Sunday (the pagans’ Dies Solis), the masses and festivities, the ecclesiastic titles, the sumptuousness of the temples, the belief in the physical resurrection of divinities (like Horus and Osiris), among others, were changes inserted in the bosom of Christianity as a way to merge the two religions into one. The Christians who dared to remain faithful to the teachings left by the Son of GOD were persecuted, tortured, massacred and even murdered. The tribunal of the Satanic Inquisition (current Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith) was established as the most cruel, perverse and diabolic tool of repression, manipulation and domination of the Christian people. Despite the voices that were raised in the name of justice, of truth and fidelity to the words of Christ, they were suffocated by such terrible instrument of abuses headed by the Apostolic Catholic Church for centuries, in the name of GOD!

When Luther and Calvin appeared in the XVI century to head the Protestant Reform, they were the precursors of all the current evangelical and Pentecostal Christian factions. But as they were not perfect beings but humane men, unfortunately they inherited some mistakes from the Catholic Church (even because they emerged from it) and transferred such mistakes to posterity, amidst such the belief in the dogma of the physical resurrection of Christ. This is the historical and irrefutable truth. But since nothing happens on Earth without the acquiescence of GOD, the evangelicals (heirs of Protestantism) are fulfilling an important mission by weakening more and more the proscribed Roman church (the whore of Revelation c.17), that will be unavoidably extinguished by the divine executioner called time. The sick tree is drying and in its place flourishes SOUST – the Supreme Universal Order of the Holy Trinity, the good tree planted by the ALMIGHTY’s ineffable hands on the historical Feb 28th 1982, in the formation of only one flock and one shepherd (John c.10 v.16).

Therefore, in the light of the logic exposed above, the physical resurrection of Christ merely consists of one more dogmatic lure, without any ecclesiastic validity. History simply comes to confirm this fact.

Aderexi Schmidt

Communication Advisor / SOUST English Spokeswoman