Denying the Resurrection of Jesus is Like Denying the American Revolution

Last updated on: April 16, 2020 at 1:53 pm by Josh Daffern

Denying the Resurrection of Jesus is Like Denying the American Revolution 2020-04-16T13:53:39-06:00 Josh Daffern

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House of Delegates Sgt. at Arms, Jay Pierson, holds the mace, as he announces the opening of the House session during opening ceremonies at the start of the 2016 Virginia Assembly at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Back at the end of January, my 9-year-old son and I got to drive down to Richmond, VA and I gave the opening prayer for the Virginia House of Delegates. It was a pretty neat experience. Now, I thought my son would be super impressed, I’d be a big shot, but when I finished my prayer, he didn’t tell me how awesome my prayer was. He wanted to know about something else. He wanted to know about the huge mace that was presented at the start of the legislative session.

The history of this mace goes all the way back to 1700 when Virginia was a colony of England. It was given by the royal governor to the House of Burgesses. Now, the mace has changed over the last 319 years, but I thought it was fascinating that the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America starts its House of Delegates meeting with a mace that symbolizes when it used to be a colony of England.

Now, it’s obviously symbolic because the American Revolution happened 76 years after the original mace was given. That got me to start thinking: how weird would it be if I lived like the American Revolution never happened? What if I saw that mace as a sign that Virginia was still a colony of England and I was a citizen of the British Empire?

What if I started paying all of my taxes to England because I believed I was a citizen of Great Britain? Do you think the Internal Revenue Service just down the road would have a problem with that? What if I started driving on the left side of the road because that’s how everyone in England drives? Do you think anyone in Northern Virginia would have an issue with me driving on the left side of the road? It doesn’t make any sense to live like the history of the American Revolution never happened. 1776 did happen, and we have to adjust our lives to the reality that past events actually happened.

I’ve got a lot of respect for Britain, I’m grateful for James Bond, the Beatles and fish and chips. But Virginia is a part of the United States of America because the American Revolution of 1776 happened. That’s why all of us are going to drive today on the right side of the road, not the left side. Just like the American Revolution of 1776 happened, Jesus of Nazareth died by Roman crucifixion and rose from the dead three days later. It’s what Christians celebrate every Easter. And because of the resurrection of Jesus, we can believe, we can rejoice, and we can change the world.

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