Christian Apologetics, Meaning of Jesus- Two visions
1) The two elements of first-century Jewish's monotheism as presented in N.T. Wright's article are first, that there was one God, who created heaven and earth and who remained in close and dynamic relation with his creation; and, second, that this God had called Israel to be his special people. 2) Precisely because this god was both other than the world and continually active within it Jews of Jesus' day had developed several ways of speaking about the activity of this god in which they attempted to hold together what they dared not separate. The works transcendent and immanent are pointers to this belief but do not clarify it much. 3) Some of the monotheistic teachings that can be drawn from Philippians 2:5-11 are Jesus is God. Jesus humbled himself and became man. Christ gave his life on the cross as an attitude of obedience. God raised him from the dead. The risen Christ is Lord .4) the historical background of Colossians 1: 15-20 is that Christ is the image of the invisible God. Christ is the 1st born over all creation. Christ is before all things and in Him all things hold together. Christ is the head of the body, the churc
As Immanuel, he embodies God's presence with this people. In the light, one is awake, able to see and find one's way; light is associated with relief and rejoicing that the night is over, and in the light one is safe and warm, and there is life. But the birth itself is not what's being metaphorized but the Jesus story as a whole. The resurrection supports the virgin birth and is a reason in itself to believe that everything that happened from his birth to death is true. As the new David, he is the messiah born at Bethlehem. ) Marcus Borg does not see the basis of the birth stories as history remembered, but as history metaphorized, or as metaphorical narratives. Wright says that all of the things that happened before his resurrection are believable and true because of the fact that he believes in the resurrection and that Jesus was sent to be a Savior. 5) Matthew's story, told form Joseph's point of view, reminds one of various biblical birth stories. ) Borg says that he and Wright see the birth stories quite differently which is an obvious statement. But by echoing language used about the Roman emperor, Luke affirms that Jesus, not Caesar, is the good news, the true savior and Son of God who brings peace. He signals this most clearly in the words spoken by the angel to the shepherds and in the chorus sung by the heavenly host.
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