Resurrection-The Women

Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.

The resurrection of Christ from the dead-can we know that it actually happened?  First, we should know that it is crucial that it did happen, and second, that we have good reasons to believe that it really did.

One good reason to believe the Gospel record of the resurrection is the pivotal role women play.  The fact that women were the first to find the empty tomb is telling for at least two reasons.  First, in the culture of the day women were not considered viable legal witnesses-their word could not be trusted.  Second, they were second-class citizens in almost every way.

But women were the first to bear witness to the empty tomb.  If the story had been fabricated to convince a male-dominated society, do you think women would be written in as the crucial witnesses?  Certainly not.  The account of the resurrection bears the marks of a true account of real events.

This has been Every Thought Captive.  I’m Phil Steiger, pastor of Quail Lake Community Church, and Director of Dayspring Center for Christian Studies.  For more information please visit everythoughtcaptive.org.