WAS THE RESURRECTION A HOAX? - Part 3 - Garner Ted Armstrong - July 1977

Garner Ted Armstrong

The Bible is very hard on its heroes. It exposes the sins, the flaws, the faults, the appetites, the compulsions, the inadequacies, the lack of faith and the doubts of its most vaunted heroes. It discloses the fact that every last one of Jesus' disciples fled the scene in abject fear when their leader and champion was about to be crucified. Yet barely fifty days later they were willing - to a man - to be lashed to the bone, imprisoned and even put to death for the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Here were men who, only weeks before, had escaped for their lives in fear and craven cowardice. Now they were suddenly willing to endure excruciating pain and even death on the rack. Why? What caused these men to so completely change their approach? What great event in history filled their minds and hearts with such incredible courage? From ashamed anonymity to open acknowledgement, from hiding behind closed doors to standing on platforms before thousands of Jews, from talking in whispers to boldly proclaiming the gospel with great power and conviction, from trying desperately to lose themselves in crowds to openly jeopardizing their very lives - such is the unbelievable transformation of a small cadre of men destined to alter the course of history. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library