The Tomb of Jesus

Tonight, The Discovery Channel plans to feature a documentary entitled The Lost Tomb of Jesus. This show is supposed to reveal the stone casket in which Jesus' bones were finally laid to rest, along with the caskets of His brother Joseph, Mary Magdalene, and Judah, the purported son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

The airing is to be followed by The Lost Tomb of Jesus: A Critical Look.

As I understand it, the main proofs to be offered by the producers are the inscriptions on the vessels, the closely related time period, and some very questionable DNA evidence.

Now, if you are a Christian and take the words of the Bible seriously and as a matter of fact, then all of this is a moot endeavor by anti-religionists to demean the writers of the scriptures and vilify the very existence of Jesus as the Holy Son of God.

If you are a Christian that believes that the Bible is written and placed before us as a guide for our lives, then the idea of Jesus being not only the Son of God and a mortal just like the rest of us is a bit easier to accept.

If Jesus was and is the Son of God, could not the drama of His resurrection be a metaphor for the fact that His soul went to be with the Father almost immediately after His death, whereas the rest of us must wait until the day of judgment to know the final disposition our everlasting fates? The power of God allows for the soul of Jesus to appear before men (and women) as having a body that can be seen and touched; a voice that can be heard. After all, God is all-powerful.

To end this essay, the people that know me know how I feel about Christianity and religion in general. For anyone else, you'll have to wait for another sermon.