Infancy Narrative Analysis

His use of the prophetic message of Isaiah as divine logos rhetorically identifies the “True Israel” as Christ and all those who follow him, and well as the inclusion of the Gentiles, their spiritual journey, and designing the Christian community (Bates, 2009, pp. 1-3). Second, his understanding of the Trinity, as noted earlier, was judged against the standards of the Nicaea, presumably providing much debate to formulate the Trinity as agreed upon in the Nicene Creed. Lastly, his ability to blend the Gospel with Greek philosophy was crucial in understanding Logos: Christ as the Son of God, and Christ

While the Bible believes the Holy Grail is a chalice, Jesus is not married, and seated next to Jesus is John, The Da Vinci Code concludes the Holy Grail is Mary Magdalene, Jesus is a husband and father, and next to Him at the Last Supper is Mary Magdalene. Nevertheless, both stories provide with interesting content about the mysterious Holy Grail. So which story is the true story? Although there are many disparate beliefs of what the Holy Grail is, there may or may not be a completely accurate story. Perspective often alters one’s opinions, much like an optical illusion appears to show only one image, but everyone sees a different picture from each

Many Christians believe that the first sin, caused by Eve, is why women have pregnancy pains, why men have to labor, and why people have to die, with no eternal life. The new founding’s made by scientist and philosophers thought that there could be other “realistic” reasons on why things like such happened. The Enlightenment Era was revolutionary because the people were finally finding their voices. Instead of basing their day to day lives off of religion, they grew a curiosity for intellect. Certain people who were Deist believed that there was a God and that he created all life, but He was not involved in every little thing that transpired in their daily operations.

I am aware of the gospels that we have which are Mark, Matthew, John, and Luke, but just like the manner of how God reveals himself in other religions outside Christianity, the other divisions of the gospels came across as a another shocker for me. Although I am aware of the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene, but that is merely because of the film The Da Vinci Code, and I did not really know the entire extent of the Gnostic Gospels, which further escalated my curiosity for this topic. Anyhow, I believe by having these kind of divisions for the Gospel is good, because it helps people know and understand the truth about our faith. The way I see it, if the Gnostic Gospels were not classified as it is then there would be disunity and confusion around us in our religion. If it were not for the Canonical Gospels, the official gospels of the bible as they were written out of devotional and evangelical purpose, no one would be then certain of what our faith is really about and who Jesus Christ truly is to us.

Jesus talks about the Holy Spirit in John 14: 16-17, when he says, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.” It seems as though the main way the Holy Spirit is received after Christ’s ascension is through baptism. However, we do see accounts in the New Testament when receiving the Holy Spirit preceded baptism. One account is seen at the end of Acts 10 when the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles after hearing Peter preach, and then they were

Christianity is one of the most historically eventful religions known to man. The Gospel’s and Acts within the Bible have held quite a few historical moments. The historical purpose of writing these gospels were all surrounding Jesus Christ and how the writers might be able to get their message across to the public in that time. It was founded that these scriptures while they seem similar in some regards in turn had different meanings. It can be said that the Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of John, and the Acts of Apostles all have different accounts of historical factors that have been written about Jesus Christ but they are still right also.

Luke’s original Gospel was in Greek and had an early reference of 200. Luke draws upon Mark, Q, and the Greek version of the Jewish Bible. About two thirds of Mark’s Gospel is used in Luke. However, Luke does add stories of infancy and post resurrection appearance. Redaction criticism is recognized when you see the emphasis Luke places on praying and the Holy

This actions can be related to Jesus Christ because Jesus also rides one of his best donkeys into Jerusalem also. Another prophet that points to Jesus is Moses. This leader points towards Jesus because Moses was the prophet who received the Ten

Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt where Joseph was treated poorly and also thrown in jail for something he didn’t do. While this situation may seem horrible and unfair, God uses it to save Egypt. Because of Joseph’s gift to interpret dreams, God reveals to him the future of Egypt through the dreams Pharaoh. Joseph warns Pharaoh that Egypt will have seven years of plentiful food followed by seven years of drought and famine. Joseph is then able to store enough food in Egypt to last the seven years of famine and Egypt is saved.

The Angelification in the Gospel of Matthew 1. Introduction In his well known The Resurrection of the Son of God, N. T. Wright, following the thesis of Oscar Cullmann, suggests that early Christians did not believe in any form of angelic afterlife. As a response to their view, this essay seeks to argue that some early Christians, especially the author of the Gospel of Matthew, probably believed in angelification in line with Late Second Temple Judaism. I will first investigate the notion of angelification in the light of Second Temple Jewish writings. Then I will explore how this notion relates to the Gospel of Matthew.