Jesus and history

Throughout Salvation History Jesus is depicted as the man He claims to be, the Messiah. Through the Luminous Mysteries this point is supported through Jesus’ actions and good deeds He commits. Through His miracles He proved himself to be the Messiah and people followed him. In the Luminous Mysteries some of these miracles are told of and prove that Jesus must be the Messiah. The five Luminous Mysteries are significant moments in Jesus’ public ministry where He is most clearly identified as the…

Gospels and Epistles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the four Gospels which contain the rich history of Jesus ' life, death and Resurrection, which is the Good News that we as His follower 's need to share with other people (New International Version, Matthew 5:14-16). These books were written as eyewitness narratives of Jesus ' miracles and teachings so they are accurate historical records of Jesus ' life and sayings as a man here on earth. The epistles contain parts of theology and…

longer; Jesus, the son, and the church body are the means of reaching God. In Mark 12:1-12 the tenants are unable to give the fruit directly to God. The fruit must be delivered by servants and when the servants are unsuccessful, the son. Mark says that this new way of reaching God will work, the people just have to accept the son. The parable itself, as told by Jesus within the story of Mark, is directed at the pharisees. The parable is told immediately after Jesus…

teachings of Jesus, there are many incredible truths and life lessons we can find that personally affect us, even 2000 years after his life. Jesus fulfilled many roles while he was on earth. He was an incredible teacher, and challenged the high religious officials of the time. His revolutionary teaching conflicted with the Jewish mindset of what a savior was. Most importantly, Jesus fulfilled the role of savior of all people. Jesus had a task given him by God, that only he could complete. Jesus…

History has always been explained through testament, but will always require some form of substantiation to support these statements. Without substantial evidence, testament is nothing more than information being passed from one another which is known as hearsay. Fiction is defined as " the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration,…

suggested 6 pm local time, with the Rapture sweeping across the globe, time zone by time zone. The vast majority of Christian groups did not accept Camping’s predictions. Some even explicitly rejected them, citing Bible passages including the words of Jesus Christ stating “about that day or hour no one knows” (Matthew 24:36). Following the failure of the prediction, media attention shifted to Camping’s response. On May 23rd, he stated that May 21st, had been a “spiritual” day of judgement…

The Bible as we have today as found in the Greek New Testament (NA-28) and the Hebrew Old Testament are authentic to the original autographs as possible. Each of these published manuscripts have a unique history and verification along the way. The Hebrew Old Testament was written in Biblical Hebrew which is different from modern Hebrew. According to Josh McDowell, the Masoretic scribes from the 500-900 CE had the copying with exact precision down to the letters on a page. Scribes could not copy…

John writes the book of Revelation to testify “to everything he saw” of the testimony given to him by Jesus Christ. He recorded his vision from Christ “for the benefit of…Christians throughout history”. He wrote to the seven churches in the provinces of Asia to urge his readers to “be ready at all times for the Last Judgment and the establishment of God’s kingdom.” While Revelation is not, as some assume, a secret code to unlock the future, it is a great resource to Christians so that they…

This theology establishes the importance of the divinity of Jesus. The prologue breaks down into three sections about the word; it also tells us a special message and a view of gnosticism. The prologue cis broken down into three parts; the creation of the word, the word in history and the incarnation…

Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are three of the most influential world religions in history. While Christianity holds about 2 billion people, and Islam about 1 billion; Judaism has about 14 million. But these three religions are some of the most influential in the world. They are sometimes referred to as the “Abrahamic religions” because all their histories can be traced back to Abraham, and he is sometimes considered the father of these religions. While they may come from similar origins and…