Summary
Kenosis is a teaching that is opposed to the Bible. Its teaching is that Jesus shades his divine attributes when he assumes human flesh. “Kenosis” (κένωσις) is derived from the Greek word “kenoo” (κενόω) which means to empty. Jesus emptying himself is shown through two participles: taking a form of servant and assuming human flesh.
According to Martin, there are some possibilities regarding what Jesus empties. They are Christ’s divine attributes, Jesus becomes poor, Jesus becomes a servant or a slave, Christ assumes human flesh, Jesus puts himself under the powers of the evil, Jesus becomes a righteous survivor, Christ’s glory.
It would be better to say that Jesus takes part in the life of human instead of Jesus becomes a man or
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(2013) ‘Kerendahan Hati, Ketaatan, dan Kemuliaan Kristus’, Jurnal Teologi Reformed Injili, 3(2), pp. 81–102.
II. Jesus (Isa Al-Masih) in Islam
Discuss these questions below with your table friends or the friend next to you!
1. What do you know about Islaam?
2. Do you think that Jesus was just a prophet not a saviour? “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:2-3).
“As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.”
One of the religions that are famous and great in the world is Islam. Islam began in 622 A.D. Islam is one of the religions with the second largest followers after Christian. The founder of the religion is Prophet Muhammad SAW. Prophet Muhammad was born on the 20th of April 571 in Makkah. He is believed to be the latest messenger of God to brush up the previous religions. He began to spread this religion when he was 40. Islam (Arab: al-islām, الإ
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They interpret it as Prophet Muhammad had gone through all the situations and historical facts when he received the revelation of God for the first time. (Muhammad Nabi yang Dijanjikan, 2013, p.135)
The servant that were sent away to all the nations. Again and again, muslims misuses one of the Bible passages taken from Isaiah 42:4. (Muhammad Nabi yang Dijanjikan, 2013, p.136)
“Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; 3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. 4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.”
They think that those verses do not suit with Jesus. Jesus was not different from other prophets. He only fulfilled the Torah.
Beside using Isaiah’s prophecy, muslims also misuse Jesus’ saying to convince us that Jesus was not the Promised. They use John
“Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do. /Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. / Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun— all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.”
The Meaning of Jesus begins with Borg speaking about how we know about Jesus. Borg explains that the gospels have two natures. First, they are a developing tradition and second, the gospels are a mixture of history “remembered” and history “metaphorized”. Borg believes that some of the material is from Jesus and some is from the Christian community. The material from the Christian community should be considered metaphors, so this material is history metaphorized. Borg also states that there are two ways to refer to Jesus: pre and post-Easter Jesus; human and divine. The importance of pre-Easter Jesus is that, according
Jesus Christ became human and walked with men and women. The Creator of heaven and earth became a creature and entered the creation that he made into existence. God made himself known so humanity could have the most basic understanding of who he was and Christ there would be no Christianity. Jesus taught mankind a high view of Scripture and inspired his followers and others to uphold it as God’s Word. (A Starting Point for Wisdom by Jason Hiles and Anna Faith
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us
In v8 we find that Christ did not only take upon him the human form but took all that came with it, Christ humbled and humiliated himself from what he was previously. Gal 3 v13 he was made a curse for us.
“With malice towards none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nations wounds; to care for him who shall borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphaned child-to do all which may be achieved and cherished a just and a lasting peace among ourselves, and with all other nations”-Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (Great Documents of America 19).
The Gospel of Matthew is an eyewitness story written for an audience of believers, under great stress, and persecution. Matthew develops a theological plot incorporating genealogy, speeches, parables, inter and intra textual references, common vocabulary, and fulfillment quotations, with a tension that builds as we are invited into the story. The crucifixion and resurrection bring us to a Christological climax that symbolically points beyond its conclusion to God’s Kingdom, bringing atonement, salvation and the ushering in the Eschaton. The extraordinary events surrounding the crucifixion act as commentary, adding important details concerning the death of Jesus.1
The wisdom of God is said to be of ultimate totality, and a prophet, according to Hebrew and Christian scriptures, is the means through which he relays this wisdom to the people. But what constitutes God’s selections? Are prophets spiritually superior to the common man? Are some prophets more powerful than others, or does God, in effect, distribute the same amount of power to all of his prophets? Is there, in other words, a hierarchy and if so are the reasons for it contingent upon the individual, or the situation that God commands him/her to handle? The answer to these questions, and many like them, are subject to debate, but from a literary standpoint few will argue that there is indeed a physical hierarchy of prophets. What this inquiry is primarily concerned with, are the grounds for such a hierarchy within the context of Hebrew Scriptures and Christian Gospels. What it will propose, moreover, is that the unequal distribution of power is contingent upon the situation, not the status of the individuals selected. Prophets, messianic or otherwise, are merely mechanisms through which God handles the situation, not all-powerful emissaries as they’re commonly perceived. The suggestion of a hierarchy stems from the addition of the term Messiah to the term Prophet, in the following analysis both of these terms will be described within the beliefs of their respective religions.
...he path of God’s goodness. Although a person cannot reach all the goals of the Law, it is in our best nature to put our faith in front of us in order to pursue the Law. After all, it is the command of God.
Essay: The Bible says Jesus of Nazareth was a teacher who used miracles to help people. In reality he was a wandering man whose simple tricks and healing remedies were mistaken for miracles. He wandered Judea preaching about the validity of the jewish laws. This gained him a large following. Roman officials caught wind of this and were scared of an uprising. So they had him executed; however this had the opposite effect. The jewish sect that followed Jesus was pacified for some time but emerged again as Christianity, with a larger following than before. Eventually, and ironically, it ended up surviving the Roman Empire.
Mark’s portrait of Jesus as a servant originates from the middle of the first century, Mark wrote his gospel during this time of persecution because the people being oppressed lacked faith that God would provide for them. Mark gives them the model of Jesus as a man submissive to the Lord so that they can receive salvation if they remain faithful to the servant of God. Mark stresses that Jesus is a suffering Messiah with the passage concerning Jesus praying to God that “Abba(Father), all things are po...
One of the greatest debates that continues to rage on amongst theologians, as well as others, is in regards to the balance between the humanity and the divinity of the person of Jesus Christ (also known as Christology). This debate can be especially challenging in the Scripture passage of Matthew 26:36-46 where the reader finds Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. Many of the ancient and medieval theologians worked to explain away apparent humanistic characteristics seen in this section of the text, while more modern theologians seem to be more open to embracing these characteristics. While the ancient and medieval theologians may not have embraced the humanity of Jesus, the translations and backgrounds of the words “cup”, “grieved”, and “agitated”, along with the translation of the passage itself, the humanity of Jesus is not only present in the passage but also a necessity to the salvation of humanity through the sacrifice of Jesus. Simply put, for the salvation through death to be relatable for humanity, Jesus had to also be, at least in part, fully human as well as being fully divine.
Isaiah’s Messianic prophecies are more precise than any other writer’s in the Old Testament. He does not only give accurate details of the person and work of Jesus Christ, he also lived and wrote these prophecies hundreds of years before Jesus Christ was born. The central theme of the book is Salvation is of the Lord. In this paper, the identities of the corporate and individual Servants and also their mission as portrayed by Isaiah will be discussed. In the book of Isaiah, the concept of the servant is more complex than one would expect. In certain passages in Isaiah, the Servant appears to be more of a collective character rather than an individual, whereas in other passages, the nation of Israel is identified as the servant. Biblical scholars over the years have studied extensively and produced several theories to identify the Servant in the book of Isaiah. Is the Servant an individual or corporate? A proper understanding of the Servant and the mission provides a clearer insight concerning the plan of God in restoring His children.
The rule of Biblical interpretation that was not followed and should have been was when a contradiction like this appears, the emphasis should only be given to the multiple passages that are clear rather than to a passage that is isolated and obscure. The only basis for establishing a doctrine cannot be based off the historical occurrence of an event. As well as the writer’s original intent must be the only valid interpretation of a Scripture passage.
which meanings ("There is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God").