Jesus and history

Christianity is the major religion that educates us about the life, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ and is the largest of the world’s religion (Encyclopedia Britannica Website, 2017). Jesus Christ was not a rich and powerful teacher, but his teachings and lessons were talked about from the Roman world and even beyond (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014). Historians are able to explain the history and affect of Christianity with dates such as BC (Before Christ) and AD (in the year of the Lord).…

Gospels use the support of eyewitnesses to push the truth. This is pointed out by Jones as he discusses Mark’s Gospel was around 70 A.D., which means that there had to be people still alive who were present for the risen Jesus. Ehrman argues this reasoning, by stating the followers of Jesus spoke in Aramaic not Greek. These Gospels would not have been formed on the accounts of eyewitnesses because the people were from a lower class and were probability illiterate. The Bible, Jones explains,…

and even more. Throughout history, individuals have caused society to change as a result of their actions. Large institutions, whether they represent a government or religion, do not cause society to change by themselves, but, instead, an member of the group can cause a change within the group which, in turn, changes society. It takes a person of a certain stature to be able to shift how things work around them, but many of those people are the ones who live on in the history books, and whose…

Jesus Christ – A Man Like No Other Jesus of Nazareth is one of the most well-known figures of history. He lived more than two thousand years ago and yet he has more than a billion followers world-wide (Web 2018). The details surrounding his birth, life, death and resurrection are unique and many details are foretold in Old Testament, the Christian sacred scriptures. The claims that Jesus made about himself infuriated the religious establishment of his day and they had him crucified. Every…

G. K. Beale points out four ways in which Jesus is correcting the disciple’s wrong thinking in v. 6. He says that Jesus corrects them for assuming “it was proper for them to know the precise time,” for assuming “the kingdom would be only physical in their expression,” for their “apparent ethnocentric presupposition in 1:6 that the nature of the kingdom would be essentially Israelite ethnically and not nationally,” and for assuming that “Israel’s end-time restoration and kingdom would be…

The Good news of Matthew is an onlooker story composed for a group of people of devotees, under awesome pressure, and abuse. Matthew builds up a philosophical plot joining family history, addresses, anecdotes, bury and intratextual references, basic vocabulary, and satisfaction citations, with a strain that works as we are welcomed into the story. The torturous killing and revival convey us to a Christological peak that emblematically indicates past its decision God's Kingdom, bringing expiation…

theological viewpoint. This means the writers are primarily focused on voicing the way they comprehend Jesus’ religious or theological significance. Although the Gospels are similar in their point of view, they differ in their intent. For John, the writer’s objective is to inspire life giving faith in his readers because he believed Jesus was not an ordinary figure of history. They were convinced that jesus was a human of supernatural abilities, whose teachings and sacrificial death had the…

Explain the relationship between Jesus and the Spirit and why it is significant for our salvation. The Gospel of John, in the words of John the Baptist, recognizes the relationship between Jesus and the Spirit; “On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit” (John 1:33-34). As such the Spirit is seen as a separate entity who works in conjunction with Jesus in the role of salvation. Understand that the Spirit has always been at play in…

of time. I believe Moltmann is correct He is our future and He alone knows it’s close just as Jesus said, "But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone" Mark13:32…

and the world. God is often the person we pray to so it is unlikely that we would discount him from the Trinity. In addition to that Jesus is God’s only son. We hear countless stories about the Son of God. We know he was sent to save us from original sin. We celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas and the resurrection of Jesus on Easter. The role of God and Jesus Christ in the Trinity are easy for most people to understand. Contrary to that, the role of the Holy Spirit is more complex. I think…