Abstract The prophecies of Jesus’ First Coming focused on who He was before His human birth, His miraculous birth, a bit about His life, His crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection – all of which was prophesied many hundreds of years before His birth. The second coming of Christ or parousia is the return of Jesus …
The Life of JesusThe New Testament is mainly based on the life of Jesus and the early church. Heis known as the son of God though his parents were Mary and Joseph. Jesus wasborn in a stable in city of Bethlehem as there was no room in the inns. Once hewas born, Mary had no …
The Apostle Peter, often known as Saint Peter, was the most prominent disciple of Jesus Christ. During his life, he followed Christ with very much devotion, and truly believed in his mission and purpose. Because of his devotion, he was chosen by Jesus to become the first Pope, and to take control of the Christian …
Theologians and philosophers have been trying to question who Jesus is for hundreds of year now. This time in the form of what is called the contemporary study of Christology. The thrust of Christology is somewhat dependent upon which theologian one reads. Hans Kung calls his approach Christology from below. Others simply focus on the …
Topic: Parallel passages from the gospels of Mark 1:21-35, Matthew 8:14-17, and Luke 4:31-41, which depict Jesus performing different miracle healings The gospel of Mark is believed to be the earliest of the written Gospels and is considered by most scholars to be based on the oral and written traditions of the community. Therefore, Mark’s …
Both historians and people connected to the subject by religious beliefs have been trying for ages to find out more about the life of Jesus. Did he really exist? Is it true what has been written in the Bible? Was he really able to cure people just by a simple touch? Was he the true …
The context for Matthew’s parables is that they come right after the section on mounting hostility to Jesus and his mission (in which Jesus establishes that every one of His followers and who does the will of God is his brother and sister) and right before more of Jesus’ miracles and teachings outside Galilee. In …
The Gospel of Thomas is unlike any other scripture written about Jesus. It is a collection of Jesus’ secret sayings that only someone who actually knew him, like his “twin”, would be able to recount. Jesus, in the Gospel of Thomas, is a teacher that points his followers in the direction of the Kingdom of …
Gnostic writings of Jesus portray him as a heavenly redeemer made less of flesh than of spirit. The emphasis of Jesus’ importance is not on his physical humanness but rather, on his ability to show people the way to the kingdom. Jesus put on flesh in order to give people gnosis and reveal to them …
Hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth, the Old Testament of the Bible recorded the words of the prophets of Israel predicting His coming. The Old Testament, written by many people over a period of 1,500 years, contains more than 300 prophecies describing His appearance. All of these details came true, including his miraculous birth, His …
Jesus’ life has provided for the religion of Christianity. Jesus was and is a very important part of modern life, and without him, our lives would be totally different today. In this paper, we are trying to dig deeper into the meaning of Jesus’ crucifixion and death. The basis of the writings about Jesus’ death …
“Do you see Him, do you see Him?!” the little boy whispered, while tugging on his father’s robe. “Shh, Simon. Patience. He will be here soon. Can you hear the crowd getting louder?” John asked his son. He was trying to appear calm, but his beating heart and sweating palms gave him away. He and …
In the movie that we saw during class was about Mary, Mother of Jesus. The following essay will answer the question of Mary’s understanding of her role and her understanding of who Jesus was and who he was going to be. Mary, at times in this movie was extremely confused about things that were happening …
Jesus Christ and Muhammad are the Gods looked upon by all Christians and Muslims as their religious leader. Each religions thoughts and ideas are similar with certain variances. Do Christians and Muslims look upon the same God but use a different name? Jesus Christ Jesus Christ is known as the Son Of God, his life …
In the book Fascinating Bible Facts by David M. Howard Jr. , Ph. D. and Gary M. Burge, Ph. D. Jesus is described and seen by the authors in many ways. However I find the most prominent to be Jesus as a Human or a Brother. The authors attempt to show Jesus as a Human …
Jesus Christ is the Son of God! “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not parish, but have ever lasting life. John 3:16 Christ was a many things to the people of his time, such as: a husband, a father, and a carpenter. …
INTRODUCTION Perhaps the meaning of beatitude may become clearer if it is compared with its opposite. The opposite of beatitude is misery. Misery means being afflicted unwillingly with painful sufferings. ” Beatitudes of Christian life are simply stated but are known to be intense in meaning. They point, guide and teach. This shows us the …
When Jesus is preaching He always says “Come, walk with me”. For us, it is sure that Jesus is with us in our everyday lives. We are sure of this because of our faith to Him. Therefore Jesus wants us to realize that if we follow him with all our hearts we are sure that …
To some people Jesus is most famous as a teacher of ethics and morality. Yet the ethical teachings of Jesus, that has been forwarded to us, are recounted in an unsystematic nature. The reason for this is probably due to the nature of our primary sources concerning the historical Jesus, as a real person of …
Task Hector Lanes Please address each question below with complete sentences and clear, specific explanation. The total word count of your writing should be between 750-1,250 words. Select one teaching of Jesus from one of the following Bible verses: Matthew 5:21-24, Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew MM 5-23, Luke 15:1-32, John 13:1-17 & 34-35, John …
It is really rarely that I face practical inquiries that are excessively hard to reply. Life has taught me things… things that I came to reply with easiness and without much self-interrogation. However. this inquiry stunned me to a point that I am gazing at my computing machine screen for about half an hr merely …
“Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the Savoir of the world” (4:42) According to the Christian Gospels Jesus was born in Bethlehem between 6 BC and 6 AD. The Gospel Mark reports that Jesus was “the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon” he also states that Jesus had sisters. Nothing of Jesus …
Introduction The concept of crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ in the cross has different meaning and implication for the Islam and Christian perspective. In fact, the Islamic perspective do not propose and certainly, they do not believe that Jesus died; rather, he ascended into heaven during the crucifixion (Answering Islam 2009)1. However, for the …
The author of this book, William Fay, has a very interesting past. He was once the “president and CEO of a multimillion-dollar international corporation” (p. 1). He was involved and directly tied to the mafia, as well as running a prostitution house. Apart from his business life, Fay was a very successful racquetball player. He …
