True False Fact or Fiction Fiction or Nonfiction

Mary begins again her journey to the upper room, a bit slower with a bit less excitement in her voice and in her heart. She arrives and says:" He is risen. The tomb is empty. The angels told me and the others that he is risen as he told us he would. Remember his words? The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."

The people in the upper room starred at her in disbelief. How can this be true, they thought? How can it be tune?

''but these words seemed to them an idle tale and they did not believe them."

Is what happened 2000 years ago an idle tale, a story of fiction, or is it true, real, non-fiction, a fact to be reckoned , with? ?

Let us now turn to Peter and see his thoughts after Mary tells them what she an d the women had seen.

Peter thinking to himself says:"Mary just told us Jesus had risen. I want to believe that, I want to believe with my whole heart. But it can't be true. How can someone who was dead come alive again??

"I didn't see Jesus die, but John told me he was dead. The words that Mary brought from the tomb spoken by the two angels sound familiar. I think Jesus did say something like that not once but several times. I remember him even becoming angry with me for saying it would never happen!!

"Oh, how I wish I would have paid more attention to him instead of my own thoughts and emotions. I wonder I really wonder if this can be true!!"

"God could have raised Him, maybe He did?? Boy I don' t want to deny anything about Christ again, three times is enough!!!"

"I know, I'll get up an go to the tomb and check it out for myself. Then I will know, yes that is what I will do."

Peter gets us, leaves the room and John follows. They arrive, go in and find Jesus' body is gone. John believes and hurries back to tell the others,.

Peter wanders the hillside thinking, wondering, fighting with himself, wanting to believe, but not being really sure.

As it says in John's gospel, Peter returns to the upper room by darkness, then Jesus appears to the disciples saying, "Peace be with you."

After Jesus leaves these thought race through Peter's mind: "It is true, Hallelujah, it's true, He