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The resurrection sets Christianity apart from other religions. Only Christianity claims a Messiah that conquered death. The founders of other major world religions are venerated in their final resting place on earth. But those of us who worship Christ have no need to visit His tomb to worship Him there. Instead, we make an audacious claim that no other religion even attempts to make: we worship a risen Savior.

Christ Himself cited the resurrection as the ultimate "sign" of His deity. Like Babe Ruth pointing to the fence before hitting a home run, Christ said He would rise from the dead on the third day. He knew it was a claim so shocking, so utterly impossible for a mere mortal, that it would settle once and for all any questions about His deity, any doubt about His messianic stature. If Christ could rise from the dead, He was no ordinary man. If He could not, He was a liar.

We now have the benefit of two thousand years of hindsight. Looking back, we can weigh all of the historical evidence for and against the resurrection. And when we do so, we will discover that the resurrection is not theory or conjecture, it is a historical fact; and like any other historical fact it can be verified. Christ not only claimed He would rise from the dead. Three days after His burial, right on schedule, He did.