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Today is Wednesday, April 24th, 2019, and we, of course, are still celebrating in the season of Easter.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are talking about Easter.

We talked about how it's the biggest feast day in our church, how it really happened, it really did,

and what happened to Jesus between the time when he died on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Sunday,

how he went and even conquered hell. Today, we are going to answer a common question. Maybe you've wondered it, maybe you haven't, but it's important to consider.

And that question is this.

Why did Jesus have to die and then rise from the dead?

Now, of course, God could have one victory over sin in any way that he wanted. He is God. He can do

anything. But a lot of what Jesus did and what God willed for Jesus to do, they did in order

that we might believe, that it can make sense to us, that we can identify Jesus as the true God and

Savior. So in a very real way, Jesus had to die and then be raised from the dead so that we would

have proof.

By Jesus not even being held by death, the fact that he rose from the dead, it proves that everything he said while he was on earth.

All the times he claimed that God was his father, all the times that he said he was doing his father's will,

all the times that he demonstrated he had power over demons.

It proves that everything he said and did was true, that he really is God, that he really is

the Messiah. It proves all of these things. In fact, when Jesus

rose from the dead, he wanted his disciples to know that he really, really did rise from the dead.

Now, there can seem a little mysterious when we read the stories about

the resurrection. Oftentimes, Jesus is there and then he vanishes, or he comes through

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