05/25/2026
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For the first time in twenty-two years, the world is about to see Mel Gibson bring the most important moment in human history back to the big screen. The director who shook Hollywood in 2004 with The Passion of the Christ has now unveiled the first official image of Jesus from The Resurrection of the Christ, the long-anticipated two-part sequel currently set to release on Ascension Day, May 6, 2027. Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen steps into the sandals once worn by Jim Caviezel, and the first photograph released this week shows him standing on a sunlit hillside in Italy, his eyes fixed on something beyond the frame. The image alone has already moved millions of believers around the world. The Passion of the Christ became the highest-grossing independent film of all time and brought countless people face to face with the suffering of the cross. The Resurrection promises to do something even more powerful. It dares to show what happened after the stone was rolled away. An empty tomb. A risen Savior. A turning point in history that no other religion has ever even tried to imitate. Christianity does not rise or fall on a building, a denomination, or a political party. It rises or falls on a single weekend in Jerusalem two thousand years ago when a dead man walked out of a grave under His own power and proved every word He ever spoke. “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” Matthew 28:6. That sentence is the spine of the entire Christian faith. Without it, every Bible study, every hymn, every cathedral, every cross-shaped necklace is meaningless. With it, everything is rewritten. Death is defeated. Sin is paid in full. The grave is empty. And every soul that puts their trust in the risen Christ has a forever address that no diagnosis, no headline, no enemy can ever take away. Pray for this film. Pray for the actors. Pray that millions who walk into a theater come out face to face with the living God. He is risen indeed. What would change in your life if you really lived as though Jesus walked out of that tomb?
