There is a popular declaration among Christians the world over this time of year. Quotingthe messenger at Jesus’s tomb the declaration is made, “His is risen!” And thenpeople respond: “He is risen indeed!”.   But that English declaration is actually incorrect, or is an incorrect translation. The angelicdeclaration about Jesus is not about what Jesus did, but about what someoneelse, namely God, did to Jesus. In Greek, the declaration is a passive.  Jesus was acted upon. He received the actionof the verb in the sentence. A more correct declaration is “He has been raised!”or, “He was raised”.  That is, someoneelse raised Jesus.For full text notes of this episode, click here: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2023/04/he-has-been-raised-he-has-been-raised.html_ Did God DieTraditional Christianity seems to be really confused as to just who died on that cross some2000 years ago. I hear conflicting claims. Often people, even preachers, willsay that “God died”, like the Charles Wesley hymn, “Amazing love! how can it be, That thou, my God, shouldst diefor me?” Or Max Lucato, touted as a New York Times Best Selling (Christian) Author whoposted recently about a book he wrote saying: “God is on a cross. The Creatorof the universe is being executed.” If your theology brings you to a place where you think God died, you betterre-think your theology. Such a claim is completely non-biblical, contradictory tothe Bible. The Bible says categorically that God is immortal. God does not die (Rom. OtherChristians will say, “Well, it was only the human Jesus who died, or thehumanity of Jesus who died”.  My responseis that a dual-natured Jesus is made up figment of peoples’ imagination, and heis a liar. The Bible never says the God-man who died is our mediator. The Bibleonly says the man Christ Jesus died and is our mediator (e.g., Rom. Cor. I suggest that the so-called dual-natured, fully-god-fully-man Jesus of modernChristianity is a dual-minded liar. Ask your Jesus a question: Did you die? Ifyour Jesus says “No (the god Jesus) and yes (the human Jesus)”, he is a liarand is not the biblical Jesus. If your Jesus hesitates and has to explain howsomething of him died but something else of him didn’t die, you have a lying, falseJesus. The biblical Jesus of Nazareth, the son of God, the Lord Messiah declares for all to hear: “I was dead” (Rev. Two verses in John’s Gospel? Did Jesus Raise Himself from the dead?” One God Report Podcast #14 Web resources for this episode:Full text of podcast: https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2023/04/he-has-been-raised-he-has-been-raised.htmlNET Translation and Note on Matthew https://netbible.org/bible/Matthew+28 Revised English Version note on Matthew 27:6https://www.revisedenglishversion.com/Matthew/28/6 Did Jesus Raise Himself from the Dead?https://landandbible.blogspot.com/2020/04/did-jesus-raise-himself-from-dead-john.html Charles Wesley Songhttps://www.invubu.com/music/show/song/Charles-Wesley/And-Can-It-Be%252C-That-I-Should-Gain.html Max Lucato quotehttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=762063085288722&set=pb.100044551114485.-2207520000. #biblicalunitarian, #deityofchrist, #trinity, #resurrection, #billschlegel--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onegodreport-podcast/support