Is the bodily resurrection of Jesus then the best explanation of the available evidence, or is there another hypothesis that explains the evidence better?
Jesus Resurrection and his short return in a human flesh to his Apostles and Disciples were crucial though for them only. There was no other way to let them accept freely devoting their life to spread Jesus teachings which oppose clearly the instincts of the human’s body. They do it while they were hated, cursed, persecuted and crucified by the world.
In our days, I didn’t hear of any Christian preacher (who wasn’t involved in Politics or the like) was assassinated because of Jesus. The reason is simple; almost every Christian preacher knows that many Jesus teachings are considered taboo in all ruling systems in the world; religious and political. So, all preachers, anytime they are allowed to address the common people in the world (mainly via satellites), cleverly avoid talking of these teachings as clear and loud as Jesus does on the today’s Gospel.
But after the Resurrection of Jesus body, the world started living the Resurrection of Jesus Message instead. How?
Let us recall first that when Jesus was on the cross, He let the world witness that both, His flesh and message, died for good. On that day, there was no one on earth who dared saying: “I believe what this man said”. And to emphasize this picture even more, Jesus let His Peter (His Rock) to deny Him 3 times (not once, not twice) on that day. And this is not the end of the story.
Jesus let His Apostles isolate themselves (hide) for 40 days. This is the exact period of time in which a widow has to be isolated in order to be certain that she has, for sure, no life in her, from her dead husband (in case he was an important person).
Now, after about 2000 years (...thru too many generations), I hear Jesus saying:
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
So I wonder if a reader here can help me know just one powerful ruling system in the world that allows someone to address its people as Jesus did (see above verse). But, at the same time, NO ruling system on earth dares considering the printing of Jesus teachings as a crime that deserves punishment. These two FACTS contradict each other in a way which is clearly illogical to any human brain. In fact, they reflect every day the Resurrection of Jesus Message; a living miracle that no one can deny.