Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 189 -- The Resurrection
1. What might have been the purpose of the seven members of the Paradise Incarnation Commission?
2. Why do you think the exact time of Jesus’ resurrection was given?
3. How does one understand that matter is the shadow of spiritual reality?
4. From the Biblical account of the risen Jesus, is this a description of a material body as we know it?
5. Why was it logical for the early Christians to assume the resurrection of the physical body?
6. Do you think the morontia form of Jesus which could be seen could have been touched by material beings?
7. Why were the apostles so hesitant to believe Jesus had risen from the dead when he clearly told them that he would do so?
8. Why do you suppose the chief of archangels asked for permission to dispose of the body of Jesus by the method of accelerated time instead of their technique of dematerialization?
9. Was the story that the disciples removed the body of Jesus from the tomb while the twenty guards slept very believable?
10. How might the circuit of the archangels be used in our times?
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