Atlantic Gospel Chapel Leadership 04-05-2026 | From Empty Tomb to Eyewitness: The Evidence That Jesus Rose from the Dead

If 12 men couldn't keep the Watergate cover-up going for three weeks, how did 12 apostles maintain a "lie" about the resurrection for 40 years while being beaten, tortured, and killed? They couldn't—unless it actually happened. This Easter message from Atlantic Gospel Chapel's leadership team traces Jesus' post-resurrection appearances through four Gospel accounts. Grant Nelson opens at the empty tomb, where Roman soldiers passed out cold at the sight of an angel, and women became the first witnesses of history's greatest event. Doug Schorle walks the road to Emmaus, where two disciples' hearts burned as Jesus opened the Scriptures. Ned Brown meets us at the Sea of Tiberius, where Jesus restored Peter with a piercing question: "Do you love me?" And Alex Kremer presents the historical evidence from 1 Corinthians 15—over 500 eyewitnesses, hostile testimony from Jewish leaders, and a converted persecutor named Paul. The resurrection isn't just alive in our hearts. Jesus is actually, bodily, historically alive. And that changes everything.