"There is not a single iota of proof for the Jesus resurrection fairy tale" The proof for the resurrection of Jesus Christ isn't some visual proof in a video clip, to which the modern world has become accustomed. But that doesn't mean there is no proof of Jesus' resurrection. Consider the following details that serve as proof of Jesus resurrection. Despite everything that Jesus did and said, if he had died and remained dead, Christianity never would have even started. Consider the resurrection of Jesus' from his Apostles' point of view. For three years, they accompanied Jesus everywhere and and saw him perform incredible miracles. But when he hung on the cross, all of them except for John ran away and hid, fearing their own arrest and execution. But just over a month later, they returned to Jerusalem and unabashedly proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus, proclaiming to a massive audience that Jesus, "whom you crucified" (Acts 2:36), "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses." (Acts 2:32) Something very significant occurred during that month - something so astounding in fact, that it confirmed their faith in Jesus' deity even more than all of the miracles they had seen Jesus perform. But what could be more astounding than seeing Jesus feed 5000 with a boy's lunch (John 6), heal the blind and the sick (John 9), and raise the dead (John 11)? This time, it wasn't what Jesus did, but what he couldn't do: Jesus couldn't just quietly stay dead. During that month, they had seen and conversed with the physically risen Jesus, who even ate food in front of them to prove that they weren't just seeing a ghost (Luke 24:36-43). Consider the Apostles' proclamation also from the audience's point of view. They had sought the death of Jesus (Matthew 27:22-23), so they wanted to hear neither that He is risen again nor that He is their "Lord" (Acts 2:36). If the body was still in the tomb, they would have yelled back, "You are wrong. He is dead and his body is in that tomb!" But instead of contesting the Apostles' proclamation, the audience remained silent and then 3000 of them became Christians on the spot: "Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them." (Acts 2:41) Why would they do that? The only possible explanation is that they couldn't deny the resurrection of Jesus.
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