The Empty Tomb

The Resurrection Story has various versions, one for each Gospel.

The differences only corroborate with the principle that the Gospel is not to be read like a book of history. It is not about historical truth but Theological truth.

One thing common among the Gospels is that Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.

Jesus is alive not dead. One must bear in mind, however, that Jesus resurrected and was not resuscitated. His body is no longer that of his physical body before he died but a glorified body.

Whether his physical body during the course of his resurrection was transformed into a glorified body or whether his glorified body is completely new in itself independent to that of his earthly body does not really matters.

The important point is that Jesus is alive and not dead. His love overcame death. Death has no power over him neither over us.

The empty tomb story can be literal or figurative, but it doesn not really matters. It is however very important during the early years of Christianity because it makes the resurrection story easily understandable.