Grade 10 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

Sunday School Curriculum Grade 10
Week 1 - Feast of the Resurrection
Objective:
The Power of Resurrection as a revelation of the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Memory Verse:
―I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he
shall live again‖ (John 11:25)
References:
―Glory be to You in Your resurrection‖ - Samir Kamil
―Proofs of the Resurrection‖ - Anba Moussa
Introduction:
Christ‘s resurrection differs from any other resurrection. He is called ―The first fruit of them
that slept‖. So we notice that:
The Lord is only one who rose from the dead and his resurrection is followed by no death. He
is living forever, and death did not and will not dominate Him.
Christ is the Lord who rose from the dead by His own power without any prayer from his
disciples or the intercessions of anyone... such as the case with Lazarus or the widow‘s son
whom Elijah brought back to life.
The Lord said, ―I am the Resurrection and life‖. The power of resurrection was within Him
and not outside Him... so the verse ―God raised Him from the dead‖ does mean that He rose
by Himself with His own power, as He and the Father are one. The Father raised Him because
He is His only begotten beloved Son and He did not leave Him in the Hades. He rose with His
power and by the will of the Father and the work of the Holy Spirit. The Three Hypostases are
one essence as we said before ―and designated. Son of God in power according to the Spirit of
holiness by His resurrection from the dead‖ (Romans 1:4). This means that the Holy Spirit
performed the Resurrection, as He is the Spirit of Resurrection.
Lesson Outline:
His Divinity and His Humanity Never Parted
Godhead is the Divine Nature and manhood is our human nature that the Lord took from the
Virgin Mary. The Lord died on the cross and the human soul parted the flesh. Yet His
Divinity and His Humanity never parted and He Himself never parted His body or His soul.
The body that was in the tomb was the body of the Son of God. The body did not decompose
or suffer corruption although it remained in the tomb for three days. He rose with great power
and an active body and healed wounds after the body had attained a new bright nature.
When His soul went down into the Hades the devil did not arrest her. On the contrary, the
Lord went down into the Hades, broke its iron gates and copper trenches... and raised Adam,
his children and the prophets and brought them back to paradise.
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