The Preface of N.T. Wright's book, The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, explains what Wright's intent and purposes were for writing this book. Wright's purposes for writing this book was to show who the real Jesus was, what his teachings meant and how they can be applied to the modern society. Wright presumes that Christians go Sunday to Sunday repeating scripture and repeating the same things over and over, not fully analyzing what the text is saying. He claims that people need to analyze who Jesus really was and what his teachings really meant to fully grasp his purpose on Earth and how it affects humans in today's modern society.
Chapter 1 of Wright's book talks about why studying Jesus is a hard subject and why it …show more content…
This chapter talks about how Jesus wanted to end the in place kingdom model, and wanted to bring God's kingdom model into actuality. Jesus wanted to turn the kingdom over from the Pharisees' to the people of God. Wright states that Jesus didn't want to turn away from Judaism but rather unite the people under the one true God. Jesus called on his followers to repent from their old ways and follow this new way of thinking through Jesus Christ. Jesus would then promise his followers that the preexisting Temple of Israel would fall then would be rebuilt in the name of …show more content…
Wright explains that in order to learn the relationship between them, one must understand how the Jewish people saw God. The Jewish people believe that God is divine, that he was revealed to people through his spirit and his teachings. His spirit was with Moses and that God would return to Zion one day and would rule with someone by his side. The Jews believe that YHWH, or "The One Who Is" (Wright, 101), could raise people from the dead. So when Jesus was resurrected from the dead, people believed that Jesus was the incarnation of YHWH. They believed that he was God on earth because of the interaction God had with David. God told David that he would raise David's son, who was the Son of God, from the dead and he would live among the people because "God will indeed dwell with his people" (Wright, 110) This proved that Jesus was the Son of God who dwelled on
Chapter 1 of Wright's book talks about why studying Jesus is a hard subject and why it …show more content…
This chapter talks about how Jesus wanted to end the in place kingdom model, and wanted to bring God's kingdom model into actuality. Jesus wanted to turn the kingdom over from the Pharisees' to the people of God. Wright states that Jesus didn't want to turn away from Judaism but rather unite the people under the one true God. Jesus called on his followers to repent from their old ways and follow this new way of thinking through Jesus Christ. Jesus would then promise his followers that the preexisting Temple of Israel would fall then would be rebuilt in the name of …show more content…
Wright explains that in order to learn the relationship between them, one must understand how the Jewish people saw God. The Jewish people believe that God is divine, that he was revealed to people through his spirit and his teachings. His spirit was with Moses and that God would return to Zion one day and would rule with someone by his side. The Jews believe that YHWH, or "The One Who Is" (Wright, 101), could raise people from the dead. So when Jesus was resurrected from the dead, people believed that Jesus was the incarnation of YHWH. They believed that he was God on earth because of the interaction God had with David. God told David that he would raise David's son, who was the Son of God, from the dead and he would live among the people because "God will indeed dwell with his people" (Wright, 110) This proved that Jesus was the Son of God who dwelled on