Jesus is also only one of hundreds of mythological figures that pre-date him by thousands of years that were born on Christmas, had twelve apostles, started a ministry at thirty, were killed or
crucified at thirty - three, rose from the grave three days later, and ascended into heaven, were called the Son of God, the Lamb of God, the Good Shepherd, etc. with the closest match being Mithras, son of the Sun God Mithra.
He dies the death of an enemy of the state, horribly
crucified at the hands of the occupying Romans.
But Jesus was not on the cross at 9 am, nor was
he crucified at 9 am.
Now, some claim that Jesus was
crucified at 9:00 am, equating that crucifying means putting Jesus on the cross at 9 am.
Practically all - political strategists will tell you that any political party that even hints at a tax increase will be
crucified at election time.
Not exact matches
At the time, not even His disciples knew of Jesus» dual — nature, or that He would be
crucified as atonement for God's chosen people.
During the Dark Ages, when Christians ruled the Earth, people who noticed that the Earth moved around the Sun were routinely
crucified or burned
at the stake for saying so.
At a climactic point, after Uncle Tom experiences a vision of the
crucified Christ in preparation for his own martyrdom, the slave owner Legere begins to beat him and then suddenly realizes that «it was GOD who was standing between him and his victim.»
Upon his return
at the age of 33 now being called Jesus Christ he has come back to regain his throne but is arrested on political charges (Threat to the Roman Empire) and ordered
Crucified.
I have previously posted the example of Jesus as well as the «two thieves» being
crucified beside Him as kind of an example of discussing God and faith
at the last moment of life.
We even have photos of Bigfoot — but not one scrap of evidence proves a man named Jesus born of Mary, impregnated by God through some mysterious angel (boy, that Joseph must have been one hell of a credulous mark), who worked as a carpenter and rabble - rouser, who traveled the countryside with a bunch of other rabble - rousers and who got in trouble, was
crucified, and then arose physically before being carted off to heaven in a celestial Red Ryder wagon EVER EXISTED
AT ALL.
Vic: «God did not cause people to
crucify the Lord Jesus Christ, rather, as God is Omniscient, He knew beforehand what man will do
at «Free Will,» and He (God) therefore predetermined the counter measure accordingly, hence turning the evil doing of condemning the Lord Jesus Christ to the Cross † into Salvation for humankind.»
His proclamation of Christ
crucified had angered the Jews
at Thessalonica so much that they had followed him to Beroea to incite riots in the crowds there.
Do you imagine yourself standing
at the foot of the cross, weeping for how they have
crucified your Lord?
He didn't say «just look
at me, what me get
crucified, that's the answer».
According to the Gospel of John (19:13), when Pilate finally decided to have Jesus
crucified, «he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat
at a place called The Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.»
As we look
at Genesis 2:16 - 17, we will be talking about Jesus Christ and Him
crucified and how His death on the cross reveals something about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
He was
crucified on the «Day of Preparation» for the Passover
at the moment when the lambs were being slaughtered in the Temple for the evening meal.
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At the bottom of this is the humility of the
Crucified, which will always be contrasted by the great powers of the world, but which generates a real hope that is manifested in the creative vitality of the Church: in her communities and her movements, in the new responsibility of the laity, in ecumenical relations, in liturgical and spiritual experiences.
It was pride on my part that stopped me entering into that deeper walk i wanted to do it in my strength but we can not the more we walk according to the flesh the more of a foothold the enemy has on us so we struggle.When we
crucify the flesh and the works of the flesh and draw closer to God and rely on him we become as he is and that is who we are called to be.So we do not fail but continue to overcome in his strength not looking to the flesh
at all but to Christ.You and i were called to be overcomers more than conquerers.May the Lord continue to strengthen you in your walk and faith as you grow in him.Your brother in Christ brentnz
It was rather that whether you take the story literally or as a mythical description of what we mean by the Resurrection (namely, that the living presence of the
crucified Christ is present with us now), the idea is better forgotten, or rather is better not entertained
at all, that the Resurrection is parallel to the raising of Lazarus from the grave in the Fourth Gospel.
Surely we ought to have the courage to let our heart be seized by God's grace and to accept the scandal and absurdity of our inescapable situation as «the power of God and the wisdom of God» by looking up
at the
Crucified and entering into the mystery of his death.
Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only son of promise
at the very site where Jesus was
crucified many years later.
For we all are gathered round the cross of the
Crucified, whether we look up to him or try to look past him, whether we are
at the moment quite gay and happy (this is not forbidden) or frightened to death.
has about it something of a demand for a pedigree, which might
at least lend some credibility to the claims Christ makes for himself; for want of which, Pilate can do little other than pronounce his truth: «I have power to
crucify thee» (which, to be fair, would under most circumstances be an incontrovertible argument).
And still more, faith — looking
at death through the prism of the
crucified and risen Jesus — trusts that this evil can be used for good, that the boundary of death will prove to be not the negation but the fulfillment of our pilgrimage.
And here is the clincher: «If a composer like God creates the opera of our world and puts the
crucified and risen Son
at its center, there must be no faultfinding and wondering if God could not have made it better,»
At the center is our Savior Jesus Christ
crucified on a cross, the most horrific of all technological distortions, built by transforming a tree from the natural world into a tool of death.
At last the Jews and the Romans decided to
crucify Jesus, and he was extremly tempted to forsake God in the garden Gethsemane.
There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was
crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed
at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.
So far as Gandhi was concerned, it was towards a syncretism of mystic Hindu spirituality with the self - giving and suffering love of Jesus the
Crucified Messiah producing the politics of nonviolence aimed
at a secular nation - state based more or less on inter-religious understanding and the decentralized socialism of Sarvodaya.
The Christian affirmation that Jesus was
crucified «for our sake» is often stated by the use of the word atonement, a word that will serve if we remember that etymologically it means «
at - one - ment.»
«But
at that time Christ was nailed to the Cross for his att.itude towards the Jews;» = > Jesus was
crucified for claiming to be God, not because He hated the Jews.
The man Jesus would not have become the Christ of faith, if he had not been
crucified, or
at least taken death upon Himself in some similar way.
He is
crucified — that is, nailed to the cross —
at 9:00 A.M..
The day wore on; Jewish law required that the bodies of the
crucified should be removed before Sabbath began
at sunset.
The religious people
at the time cried out that he'd be
crucified (John 19:6).
Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be
crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are
at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look
at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz
There are places where he resorts to the imagery of myth and speaks of Christ as if he were living an unseen life with God in a heavenly realm above, from which he would descend to appear on the earth
at the imminent end - time.38 At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raqu
at the imminent end - time.38
At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.&raqu
At other times Paul could speak of the church as the body of Christ, of which the Christian believers formed «the limbs and organs».39 He exhorted the Galatians to «put on Christ as a garment», 40 he said to the Romans, «Let Christ Jesus himself be the armor that you wear», 41 and he told the Galatians how he was in travail until they «took the shape of Christ».42 In various ways Paul spoke of the risen Christ as an indwelling presence in the believer, the most moving passage being his own testimony, I have been
crucified with Christ; the life I now live is not my life, but the life which Christ lives in me; and my present bodily life is lived by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.»
So he wrote, «We know that the man we once were has been
crucified with Christ for the destruction of the sinful self... ’21 He likened the Christian's immersion under the water
at his baptism to the death and burial of Jesus.22 The self must die before a man can rise to new life.
It lies
at the center of the Pauline Gospel, «But God forbid that I should boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world is
crucified to me and Ito the world!»
She, more than any other, can teach us to reverence and love her
crucified Son made present
at every Mass..
Believers were
crucified, burned
at the stake, tortured to death, or hanged upside - down over cesspools to intensify their suffering.
It was Pilate
at the time they cried for Him to be
crucified if He were king of the jews.
Though it was the custom of the Romans to leave the bodies of the
crucified on the cross until they rotted away, on this occasion they may have allowed the bodies to have been taken down just before sunset as a concession to the Jewish interests, particularly when feeling was running high
at the time of the Passover festival.
Look
at the strange qualifiers: the raised Jesus, a
crucified and risen Messiah, God has made him Lord and Christ, whom you
crucified.
Horus: Egyptian, 6000 BC Dionysus: Greek, 1500 BC Attis: Greek, 1200 BC Mithra: Zoroastrian, 600 BC Krishna: Hindu, 400 BC Jesus: Christian, 30 AD A) Born on Dec. 25 — Horus, Attis, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithra, Jesus (by way of plagiarizing a Pagan holiday B) Virgin Birth — Horus, Attis, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithra, Jesus C) Sign of Star in the East — Horus, Krishna, Jesus D) Adorned by 3 Kings — Horus, Jesus E) Teacher
at age 12 — Horus, Mithra, Jesus F) Ministry started
at 30 — Horus, Jesus G) 12 Disciples — Horus, Mithra, Jesus H) Traveled with Disciples Performing Miracles — Horus, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithra, Jesus I) AKA The Truth, the Light, God's Shepherd — Horus, Dionysus, Mithra, Jesus J) Betrayed — Horus, Mithra, Jesus K)
Crucified — Horus, Attis, Mithra, Jesus L) Buried 3 days — Horus, Attis, Mithra, Jesus M) Resurrected — Horus, Attis, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithra, Jesus
«To exalt the
crucified Jesus to the right hand of God» was a statement which implied another, namely, «to raise from the dead», and the two seem to have been used almost synonymously
at first.49 At this point we must take note of the widespread belief in the resurrection of the dead at the end - time, already described in the previous two chapter
at first.49
At this point we must take note of the widespread belief in the resurrection of the dead at the end - time, already described in the previous two chapter
At this point we must take note of the widespread belief in the resurrection of the dead
at the end - time, already described in the previous two chapter
at the end - time, already described in the previous two chapters.
There were of course some very important differences between the two men, and one of these was that whereas no one knew what happened to Elijah
at the end of his earthly life, it was an established fact that Jesus had been
crucified by the Roman authorities.
What needs to be repeated and emphasized
at this point is the fact that the focal point of the empty tomb story is the Easter message proclaimed by the unknown young man, «Fear nothing; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified.