Dr Paul Allen

It is Sunday, April 5, AD 33 . This day will change the entire course of world history , more than any other day before or after, though only a handful of people will know this by day’s end. In an ancient, arid, Near Eastern city, one singular event will occur this day, unleashing a movement so compelling, so enduring, so influential, so unstoppable that two thousand years and billions of adherents later, it will still be growing, faster than ever, while the mighty empire that witnesses its birth will long lay in ancient ruins. This movement will shape nations, span oceans, birth universities, launch hospitals, transform tribal peoples in the world’s remotest places, and be spoken, read, and sung about in more languages than any other religious movement by far. That singular event? The body of Jesus of Nazareth will exit his tomb. The Women The not-yet-risen sun is coloring the sky with purples and blues, the high clouds with reds and oranges, as a handful of women