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Jesus After His
Resurrection
Timeline of Jesus' Ministry after His resurrection!
Christ,
after preaching His Father’s message to the world for three and one-half
years, is illegally arrested, tried, and executed in the spring of 30 A.D.
God,
however, resurrects Him from the dead after He spends three full days in
the tomb.
Though
the work of providing a sinless sacrifice through which man can be reconciled
to God was complete, Christ had a few more things to accomplish before His
final farewell to his disciples.
The Bible tells us that Jesus appeared eight times, in human
form, to various sets of people before the birth of the New Testament church
occurred on Pentecost.
This timeline delineates each of these manifestations during
this ministry period.
Dates of Jesus' appearances are listed in the below timeline
in both Roman (modern) and Biblical (Hebrew) calendar formats.
Please note that while Roman days begin at midnight,
Biblical days begin at sunset.
Mary Magdalene
Sunday, April 9, 30 A.D. (Nisan 18,
3790)
Mary Magdalene was a woman who had SEVEN demons cast from
her early in Jesus' ministry (Mark
16:9, Luke 8:2-3).
She was one of a very close circle of family and friends who
followed His ministry until His life ended on the cross.
Mary is the FIRST human Jesus chose to reveal himself alive
to, early Sunday morning, after God brought Him back from the dead the
previous day (Mark 16:9-11, John 20:11-18).
A surprise visit
Sunday, April 9
Jesus miraculously appears to two while they are walking to
Emmaus (Luke 24:13-33), a small village that was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
He chides them for not believing what the prophets foretold
regarding the Messiah then explains to them all the Biblical verses that
pertained to Him.
The two men do not realize whom they are talking with until
they all sit to eat.
The moment 'their eyes were opened' and they realized it was
JESUS they were talking with, He vanished from their sight!
Appearance behind closed doors
Sunday, April 9 after sunset (Nisan 19)
This is the FIRST time Jesus shows Himself alive to those
who participated in His last Passover meal.
His miraculous manifestation occurs while the disciples are
behind closed doors in fear of the Jews.
For reasons unknown, the disciple named Thomas was not with
the group at this time (see John 20:19).
After Christ leaves, the disciples tell Thomas that the Lord
appeared to them.
Thomas doubts (which is where the phrase 'doubting Thomas'
came from) their words and states "Unless I see the nail marks in His
hands, and put my finger into the nail marks, and put my hand into His side, I
will not believe at all" (John
20:25).
Doubting Thomas
Sunday, April 16 after sunset (Nisan
26)
Jesus miraculously manifests Himself again to His disciples,
but this time Thomas is present (John 20:26 -
29).
Although this constitutes the Lord's fourth time He has
shown Himself to humans to prove He has risen from the dead, this is the first
time all those (except Judas) who ate Passover with Him see Him as a
group.
The Lord allows Thomas to observe the wounds He received in
order to strengthen his faith.
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Five hundred see Christ alive Between April 17 and May
17
(Nisan 27 to Iyar 26)
The apostle Paul is the only New Testament writer that
mentions Jesus appeared to over five hundred brethren at one time after His
resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:6).
He does not specify an exact date when this event occurred.
An appointment in Galilee
Between April 17 and May 17
After partaking of His last Passover, Jesus told His eleven
disciples (Judas was betraying Him at the time) as they walked toward the
Garden of Gethsemane, "But after I have been raised, I will
go before you into Galilee" (Matthew
26:32, see also Mark 14:28).
The Bible records this meeting did occur (Matthew 28:16-17).
On the shores of Galilee
Between April 17 and May 17
Jesus shows Himself to seven of His disciples while they are
fishing on Lake Galilee
Those who saw Him were Peter, John, James, Thomas,
Nathanael, and two other unnamed disciples (likely Andrew and Philip, who lived
in the general area).
During this next-to-last appearance Peter miraculously
catches 153 fish in his net, then has Jesus ask him three times if he loves Him. Peter then learns he will die a martyr’s death.
Christ also alludes that John will remain alive long enough
to write about the end of the age and His Second Coming.
Commission and ascension
Thursday, May 18 (Iyar 27, 3790)
Jesus meets with the disciples on the Mount of Olives
Just before his ascension into heaven He gives them what is
referred to as the Great Commission.
He also tells them to wait ten more days, in the city of
Jerusalem, so that they may receive the power of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-18, Acts 1:4-5).
The disciples ask Jesus if He will NOW restore the kingdom
to Israel.
He states that it is not for them to know when this will
occur and reminds them of the POWER they will soon receive from God.
He then blesses the disciples and begins to rise above the
mount as He ascends to heaven.
Two angels in white appear as the disciples gaze at the Lord
lifting above the clouds.
The angels tell them that Jesus will come back to the earth in
the same way they saw Him leave (Mark 16:19-20,
Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:6-11).
The Day of Pentecost
Sunday, May 28 (Sivan 8, 3790)
The disciples wait ten days in Jerusalem, as instructed by
Christ, for the promise of God's spirit.
On the day of Pentecost, the BIRTH of the New Testament
church occurs when God gives His Spirit to more than 3,120 people (Acts
2)!
Jesus' ministry after His resurrection sets the groundwork
for the perfect beginning of the Christian church!
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