Providing assurance of a physical resurrection at Christ's coming . . .

Proposition: The first appearing of Christ, and his resrruction from the dead, is a fact that cannot be blotted out from history, and one which will vitally affect the future.

Whatever vew you may take of Christ, you cannot exclude him from history: he isone of those stubborn things that men call facts. You may ignore him, but you cannot expunge him. You may ndglect ormisinterpret him but you cannot get rid of him.

Now, this matter of undeniable fact calls for explanation.