This chapter is called "Resurrection: God Saves" and this is the nineth chapter in this book. I don't really understand what the picture at the beginning of this chapter is of. It looks like a dark cave with something wrapped up outside of it, but I'm not sure what it actually is.
It is very bluntly said that if Jesus is dead, then Christianity is dead, and if Jesus is alive then Christianity is alive. If Christ was never risen from the dead by God then there would be no Christianity, but since God did raise him Christianity is in full effect.
This book clearly states that resurrection does not mean that everyone avoids hellish punishment in the end. Resurrection means that those who have a personal relationship with Christ will be accepted into heaven through God.
The object of worship changed after the resurrection because people are now worshiping Jesus for making a way for us to be in relation with God through him. Since one of the ten commandments forbids the worship of false Gods, it is impossible for Jews to simply worship Jesus as the one true God without the proof of Jesus' resurrection that they don't believe in.
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