Do We Really Have the Tomb of Jesus Christ?

1. It is hard to imagine how Christianity could have gotten started in Jerusalem if Jesus Christ was in a burial box. The Pharisees and priests could have just said, "Hey, there he is, right over there in that cave!"

2. How likely is it that a faith that believed and rooted itself in the resurrection of Jesus would at the same time be building a tomb for the body and bones of Jesus? How likely is it that they would be able to roll away the stone and steal the body from under the watchful eyes of the Roman government? And how likely is it that the disciples would be willing to suffer and die for a religion that they knew was a lie? The answer is that it is unlikely to the extreme.

3. What we have here is 1) a cave full of people with very common names, 2) a man whose DNA doesn’t match that of the woman buried with him, and 3) a tomb in the wrong part of the country to belong to Jesus’ family but in the right part of the country for the Pharisees and priests to turn up the body if it was really His.

4. These burial boxes were found in Jerusalem back in 1980. But the family of Jesus Christ is from the other side of the country! They’re from Nazareth! For this reason, the boxes were studied and shelved years ago, with the conclusion that they were not related in any way to the biblical characters.

5. This story is all about making waves and making money. It is ironic that the director of Titanic has jumped on board another sinking ship. And just like the Titanic, it is dead in the water.

6. The word of God is still the most reliable source for information about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is not here, He is risen, just as He said!