| Subject: The Gospel | Level: Graduate |
| Topic: Historical Reliability of The Resurrection of Jesus | Date: January 30, 2019 |
| Major Strategy: Expert Jigsaw | Class Duration: 15 Minutes |
Materials:
1. Jigsaw piece of paper, 5 items in one set.
2. Handout of the Lesson
Instructional Objectives:
By the end of the class, students will be able to
1. Identify the historical aspects of the resurrection of Jesus.
2. Analyze each of the five aspects.
3. Integrate it to their spiritual responsibilities.
4. Participate actively in the jigsaw activity.
5. Accurately share the concepts with one another.
Introduction:
Have you ever thought of what was actually happen after the dead of Christ? Did He really rise form the grave? Did the resurrection of Jesus really a historical event?
Presentation:
| Teacher Activity | Student Activity |
| 1. | |
| 2. Divide the whole class into 3 home groups. | Join their respective groups quietly and orderly. |
| 3. Give out the jigsaw cut-out papers stapled together by set to each group. | Distribute five cut-out papers in a set among themselves. |
| 4. Instruct students to read silently the cutout piece given to everyone. | Read silently. |
| 5. Direct students to go to their respective expert groups according to the number of the given partial material. | Assemble in expert group (where everybody has a common number of segments at hand) |
| 6. Instruct them to find some places near by the class and share the idea that they found from the segments. | Find some area and discuss the common topic among members of expert groups, which includes sharing of other valuable insights. |
| 7. Go around the groups for encouragement and after several minutes inform students to go back to their home group for further sharing of what they have gained from expert groups. | After discussing, come back to their home group and share their original and gained ideas of their own segment. |
| 8. Prompt the whole class to end their discussions after some time | Stop sharing. |
| 9. Ask review questions pertaining to the topic randomly to the student using call card. | Listen to the questions and give answers according to what they have learned. |
Lesson
Five Historical Facts of the Resurrection of Jesus
- Jesus Died on the Cross
Jesus was brutally executed on the cross by Roman soldiers under the sentence of Pontius Pilate the Roman Governor for Judaea. We have many evidences for this from the Bible and outside the Bible. For example, Flavius Josephus, a Romano-Jewish historian wrote about this execution. There is an idea come from Koran that Jesus is not really died. However, it comes from seventh century document which is historically unreliable for explaining first century event.
- Jesus was buried in Jerusalem
The first thing that happened after his crucifixion was Jesus buried in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea. This fact is highly significant because it means that the location of Jesus’ burial site was known to Jew and Christian alike. In this case, people in Jerusalem wouldn’t believe the story of the resurrection if they never knew where His tomb was. Instead, when Peter preached about it in Jerusalem, 3000 people believed and be baptized.
- Jesus’ tomb found empty after several days
Gospel has multiple attestation for this event. Matthew recorded the story of how rumor about the disciple had stolen the body of Jesus was spreading in Jerusalem to justify the fact that the tomb was empty (Matthew 28:11-15). Of course, it doesn’t prove that Jesus rise from the dead, yet. However, it showed that as a result of the empty tomb, speculation had raised to explain that fact. This fact is so important because the disciples could never have proclaimed his resurrection in Jerusalem if the tomb had not been empty.
- Jesus’ disciples claimed that Jesus had risen and appeared to them
The most important biblical creed that supports the resurrection is found in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7. The creed dates back to several years after the dead of Christ. The creed states that “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas [Aramaic term for Peter], then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles” (1 Corinthians 15:3-7). Paul then records that he himself saw the risen Jesus.
- The disciples strongly believed it and willing to die for it
“There is a virtual consensus among scholars who study Jesus’ resurrection that, subsequent to Jesus’ death by crucifixion, his disciples really believed that he appeared to them risen from the dead” (Habermas & Licona 2004, 49). It doesn’t mean that their belief is true. To proof that the belief is true is another thing. However, the facts that they were all willing to die for it showed that they did not lie. It showed that they truly believed that they saw Jesus after they found the tomb was empty.
Assignments:
1. Journal #1
2. Read Material for next class
3. Be prepared for quiz
Reflections:
1. Be more relax and watchful.
2. How to make the transition of every step of the learning process smooth and fast?
3. How to be flexible but also be timely at the same time?
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