liberals affirm that Christ died but did not literally rise from the dead, thereby casting doubt upon the significance of His death. (2) Some few have held that Christ did not actually die and was merely revived. In this case both the death and resurrection of Christ are in question. Either of these two positions are destructive to Christian faith. The Biblical record of the death of Christ is a complete presentation both from the prophetic and the historic standpoints. Many passages in the Old Testament