Waterloo and Watergate and Waterlocked

Many of us are familiar with Napoleon's waterloo where he suffered a crushing defeat and President's Nixon's Watergate's scandal.

However, apart from their historical significance, we should all be aware of its significance in application to the validity of the Christian faith.

You see, Jesus declared a statement that would have been his WATERLOO if he were not God. He said repeatedly that he would be killed, die BUT three days later he would resurrect! He said this not only to his disciples but publicly.

Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mark 8:31[ Jesus Predicts His Death ] He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

Mark 9:31He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

Mark 10:33-34"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."

John 2:19-21Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" But the temple he had spoken of was his body.

Now, just imagine. If you wanted to start a religion, probably the most stupid thing you would want to say is to predict an event that would happen after your death! And most definitely not your resurrection from the grave! And even if you wanted to, you would say it secretly just in case it did not come true and there could be some face-saving measures done.

But Jesus spoke it everywhere which spurred the Roman guards to put a guard outside the tomb and to seal it with a Roman seal to prevent the prophecy from coming true.

But guards or no guards, Jesus resurrected all the same. And I am absolutely sure of it! Why?

Because the Watergate Scandal proved to the world one thing - that no one will be willing to suffer for a lie. When the FBI was questioning the suspects, everyone initially kept quiet but when the FBI started hinting that someone else had spilled the beans, everyone started confessing to save their skins.

ALL BUT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DISCIPLES OF CHRIST DIED A MARTYR REFUSING TO DENY THE FAITH! The last one was banished to the Island of Patmos for not renouncing his faith. If they had known that they had stolen the body, or that Jesus was not dead, or anything else except that Jesus was killed, died and resurrected, they would have chickened out. NO ONE WILL DIE FOR A LIE.

Why I believe that Jesus is God and is alive today? Because the world thought that Jesus was dealt a Waterloo but they were greatly mistaken. This was the most glorious day that the world had known. Death has been defeated. Christ rose from the dead. No one will die for a lie. All but one of Christ's disciples die for the faith.

Now you can know that you can believe in Christ with WATERLOCKED confidence!