Ascension of Jesus

The first word in the original Greek in the book of Revelation is apokalupsis, which means an uncovering, an unveiling, a disclosure, a revelation. Our church currently meets in a school multipurpose room which has a stage covered by a large, mustard-yellow curtain. While the curtain is closed, it hides the items behind it. But when we draw the curtain open, everything behind it is disclosed or revealed. This is the idea behind the word, apokalupsis or apocalypse. Dennis Johnson writes in his…

Traditionally, most people believe that what propelled the Jesus movement was Jesus’ crucifixion was seen as a massive defeat, where his followers were ready to leave and give up on the hopes of a new kingdom, but then Jesus was resurrected and this resurrection was going to give Jesus’ followers another chance at experiencing the Kingdom of God. Aside from these traditional views, some theologians argue that there are other events that propelled the Jesus movement and caused its expansion. In…

seal this room, this house, this neighborhood in the precious blood of Jesus Christ and I bind all forces of evil in Jesus name. I renounce Satan and all his works and empty promises. I renounce evil spirit who has dared to take up occupancy in my life, whether invited or uninvited. I throw open the doors to my heart, mind and soul who triumphed over the enemy by his death on the cross and subsequent resurrection and ascension into heaven. I command every evil spirit who resides there to…

While there are many theologians who view God as one and the first mode of being due to His role as creator, God is also three in hypostasis or person. The correct description of the plurality or threeness of the Trinity can best be explained in the following depiction: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are truly distinct from one another because of their relationship with one another; however, they are entirely God due to sharing the same essence. This suggests that the threeness of God can be…

Christianity believes that Jesus’ life on earth, his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension into heaven are proof of God's love for humanity and God's forgiveness of human sins. Christians believe that god is love, true, holy, just, he is the all powerful, and that he is sinless. Christianity believes that there is only one god and Jesus is son of god who was send to save mankind from death and sins. They believe that god is eternal…

relationship of Jesus and God and man. Wolfhart Pannenberg here looks and analyses the contrasting theories between the Alexandrian fusion of Jesus with God and Antiochene separation between Jesus and God. He demonstrate that neither side was able to express and justify the unity or duality of Christ. Theological ideas at stake Pannenberg says “The teaching about Jesus Christ lies at the heart of every Christian theology”[ Wolfheart ,19] , that involves what Christians have to say about…

That’s what happened in the garden of Eden. But prior to this in-cident occurring Lucifer, was expelled or as we like to say kicked out of heaven because he wanted to be God. He was created by God and he wanted to be God to be worshipped as God was being worshipped by the angels he had created. But God is God and he will not share his glory with another. Earth became corrupt because of the pronouncement of God upon it. Man would now have to live by the sweat of his brow. No longer could he walk…

First the images do not describe a theory of the atonement or the plan of salvation that explain what God must do and what must happen to Jesus if God wants to save the world. They used these images not to explain what God must do in order to save us, but to interpret what God actually did do. He suffers as the representative of sinful people so that they may be reconciled with God. One way to get at the meaning of the doctrine of the atonement in biblical religion is to contrast it with what…

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Have you ever wondered if Jesus really rose from the dead? Many atheists target this as their main source of disbelief of Jesus. Muslims suggest that he didn’t die, but fled to India. Some say that the Roman soldiers, having a faulty knowledge of human anatomy, only assumed that they had killed Jesus. Still others say that he was drugged to appear dead, and then was later awoken by the tomb’s cool air. They back this up with Mark 15:36, where he was given a…

The Gospel of John is one of the important synoptic books that has series of events that later culminate with the Raising of Lazarus. After that, there came the death and resurrection of Jesus. Having a wider description of the working of Jesus, forms the significant part of the Gospel hence, the need to understand more about its contents. There are different dates related to the gospel of John citing various arguments and pieces of evidence that individuals stand for while discussing the time…