The New Testament gospels are based on eye-witness accounts of an incomprehensible but real happening. In the face of ruthless persecution, the early Christian community steadfastly insisted that the resurrection was an actual, unique historical event.-Christ's resurrection is the foundation of our hope of eternal life. Christianity is the only religion on earth whose founder claims to have conquered death by rising alive from the grave and promising that all His followers will, like Him, be raised to newness of life.