If you consider yourself to be a "Christian" (Christ Follower) but do not believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus, you are kidding yourself. Without this fact being accepted, you deny His Word and the eyewitness testimony of those who were there. The accounts are clear and concise; Jesus arose from death. He ate food, he had flesh and bones and even the scars that could be touched and examined.

The body was never produced by the powers of the day, which desperately sought to deny the resurrection. If there were a body, it would have been found. Consider the fact that they never really looked for it, rather, they bribed and lied.

Consider also; His disciples died in their belief for professing the resurrection. Who dies defending a lie? Another fact; a Roman soldier would suffer death for failing to keep a watch, so they didn't let it happen, nor conspire with the pauper-cowards who had abandoned Jesus. (I mean no disparagement to Jesus' disciples, but the adjectives would apply in the view of the Romans, and comply with the text).

Moreover, the whole Bible points to the resurrection, start to finish. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life and died as an unblemished sacrifice for mankind; the only sacrifice that can save. Only Jesus has the power to save. All others will only lead to death and separation from God for eternity. If Christ did not rise, neither will you.

Please don't just read books ABOUT the Bible, read The Bible, and ask God's Holy Spirit to show you the truth. It is a promise from The Lord himself in His Holy Word; seek and you will find. God always keeps all his promises; the good, the bad and the eternal.