Expert: Rusty Cohen - 9/22/2009

Question
Do JW's believe in the resurrection of Jesus?

Answer
Without Jesus rising from the dead no one can be saved,so yes Jesus was resurrected from the dead,the question is how did he rise not if he rose from death.

The churches teach he came back with the same body that he was put to death in,JW's correctly teach as scriptures the scriptures support he came back as a spirit not flesh and blood,the scriptures clearly say he was put to death in the flesh and rose in the spirit.

1 Peter 3:18
"Why, even Christ died once for all time concerning sins, a righteous [person] for the unrighteous ones, that he may lead you to God, he being put to death in the flesh, but being made alive in the spirit."

Now the so called theologians will take this and twist to say he was not raised up as a spirit
but I will say this ,he was given as a ransom for sin and what he gave was his perfect body,he didn't give his life as he was alive days later,in any ransom something was to be lost to regain something,just like in baseball a sacrifice means the batter gave up his turn,in the churches
teaching if he came back the very same way he died then he took back the ransom and all those who believe in this false teaching will not be saved.Jesus said himself during the last supper "take eat this means my body which is given"  if he took the very same body 3 days later what really did he give? he didn't give his life since he was alive again he just died if I believe the churches teachings,but God gave him his life back,so he didn't give anything in this teaching,Jehovah's Witnesses teach he gave his body and the bible supports them not the churches.


1 Corninthians 15:44-46 reads :

It is sown a physical body, it is raised up a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual one. It is even so written: " The first man Adam became a living soul." The last Adam became a life giving spirit.