2 Peter 1: 16 For we
have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His
majesty. 17 For He received from God the Father
honour and glory, when there came such a voice to Him from the excellent glory,
This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. 18
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the
holy mount.
The disciples and up to 500 hundred other people saw Jesus after He arouse from the grave as Jesus had foretold them before it ever happened as proof, so that they would believe He really was and is the Son of God. They, being weak humans, as we all are, didn't believe that He really would arise from the dead, but He did and then they knew He is really the One True Savior and Lord of all.
That's why so many of the disciples were willing to give their lives and be tortured on behalf of Jesus when authorities tried to get them denounce His existence. How many people would knowing allow themselves to be tortured and killed for a lie? They would have denounced Jesus as the arisen Lord if that were the case, but they gave their lives, because they believe in Jesus, because they saw Him after He arose and ascended to heaven. Do your actions say that you believe that Jesus is the risen Lord?
