The resurrection is like a receipt you are given when you pay a debt. The receipt does not pay the debt; it is evidence that the debt has been paid. In the same way, when Jesus died on the cross he paid the debt of sin. The punishment which should have been ours fell on him. The resurrection three days later is God’s great receipt and proof to us that the debt of sin has been paid. Forgiveness is available.

Val Grieve, 2017, 'Your Verdict on the Empty Tomb', Welwyn Garden City, UK: Evangelical Press Books, p.64