One of the most talked about myths in Christianity is the story of how Jesus Christ was crucified but came back to life. When he was crucified for human sins and when he resurrected he took mankind sins away with him. There are many functions and theories that try to explain this myth. Whether individuals believe in the myth is up to them. That being said, this myth is one that is followed by numerous people around the world.
God and Jesus Christ are one and the same. One cannot believe in God and not believe in Jesus Christ. This story has been told since the beginning of time even before churches were formed. The story suggests that it was the sacrifice of this Great God’s body-of his cosmic flesh and blood- followed by the resurrection
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The first theory is the rationalistic theory which attempts to explain things (Kessler, 2002). This theory pertains to the myth of Jesus Christ because he is the son of God and God is the creator of the universe. God sacrificed his one and only son to save the living creatures (mankind) he created from living their afterlives in eternal hell. The purpose of Jesus Christ is to establish a connection with the heavenly Father. God is not flesh so mankind cannot relate to him, so in order for humans to know and understand him, God sent his own flesh and blood (Jesus Christ) to represent him. Those who believe in Jesus Christ are saved and will have eternal life in heaven while all the nonbelievers will be condemned. People must accept God and the way he works because they will never be able to understand him. The next theory that relates to the myths is the functionalist theories which is very common in the social scientific study of religion and works to satisfy the needs of societies and individuals (Kessler, 2002). Jesus Christ works to explain to mankind what will happen after death. There are two places that man’s soul or spirit can go after death, heaven or hell. In hell the soul will live in agony for eternal life, while in heaven the soul will experience a happiness that will cannot be explained. In heaven there is no pain or suffering and that’s what individuals thrive to obtain. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ represents the death of human bodies, while the resurrection of Jesus works to explain the moving of the human soul, which is really God’s breath, to heaven. Lastly, structuralist theory is the way by which people think (Kessler, 2002). With this myth, individuals think if they do good deeds and go to church every Sunday they have reserved a place in heaven. In reality it comes to if individuals are fans or followers of Christ. Fans
We can see the birth of Jesus in Matthew (Matt 1:18-25) (Matt 2:1-12), Luke (Luke 2:1-2) and John (John1:1-18). Both Matthew and Luke tell us that Jesus’ birth place was in Bethlehem in Judea in the time of King Herod of Judea and Emperor Augustine of the Roman Empire. The gospels tell us that Jesus was born in a stable under an inn (Luke 2:7). This is unlikely because Bethlehem was the birthplace of David, who was Joseph’s ancestor. This means that there may have been a house with his cousins or extended family there. The Hebrew word for inn can also be described as ‘the upper room’ and in traditional Jewish houses, there was an upper room where the family stayed and underneath this was the place where the animals were kept. This could have been seen as the stable under the ‘inn’. Now because of the census performed by Emperor Augustine the Jews had to travel to their ancestral home that meant that the house Mary and Joseph were staying at could have been full, so the upper room was full, making the only available room for the baby to be born in the stable below. Jesus was thought to be traditionally born in 1AD after the Monk Dionysus Exigus tried to calculate the year, from the Birth of Jesus, by taking away the reigns of Kings. Unfortunately Exigus made a few errors and Jesus is now thought to be born a few years BC. We know that in Matt 2:1 and Matt2:16 (Luke 1:55) that King Herod the Great was the ruler of Judea. From Roman records we know that King Herod died in 4BC near the feast of the Passover. This means that the earliest time Jesus could have been born was early 4BC. Herod plays an integral part in determining Jesus birth date because it also could explain the Bethlehem Star, which we...
Let's look at the story of Jesus Christ, this is a perfect example. He was crucified and resurrected in 3 days. Another story that's similar would be of cane and able in the Bible. Came was jealous of the inheritance of able so came killed his own brother to become king. Many religions today live by these story's and many christians worship Jesus Christ. Many of religious people base their beliefs on the Bible and the story's that are within them. Religions have based Osiris story of crucifiction as the base of their gods story being crucified, resurrection and the afterlife. Several religions believe their is an afterlife and spells. For an example; Christians Jewish, catholic, and
"I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion; beyond this, he has no further need of God."
Moral conviction is something that everyone should have, it is inherent, or at least that is the assumption. In the book, "A Case for Christianity", by C. S. Lewis, Lewis argues that it is part of the "Moral Law". Not the part that will make you forget about yourself and help someone else even though it might put you in danger, but rather the part that makes you feel bad when you have wronged another person or broken your own moral code. That is just it though, you set your own moral code, not anyone else. Sure it can be influenced by teachers, parents, friends, movies, media, and numerous other entities of our society, but the end result is your own choice, your own moral standard that you have set for yourself.
I ask a lot of questions; I’m a curious person. I once asked my mom why people die, why there are bad things in the world if God is so good and all-powerful. Her response was that we just couldn’t really understand why God does anything because we can’t comprehend God’s “master plan.” I’m sure that she was right, but that response is not very satisfying to a curious little boy. I saw an inconsistency in my understanding of reality, and I wanted to get things straight.
The resurrection of Jesus is a topic in Christian Apologetic that confirms the faith of a believer. Groothuis submits, “Of all the world’s religions Christianity alone purports to be based on the resurrection of its divine founder. No other religion or worldview makes such an audacious and consequential claim. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus himself predicts his own betrayal, death and resurrection.”1 The Bible reveals the importance of the resurrection in Corinthians 15:14-17, “And if Christ wasn’t raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is your faith. If the dead won’t be raised to life, we have told lies about God by saying that he raised Christ to life, when he really did not. So if the dead won’t be raised to life, Christ wasn’t raised to life. Unless Christ was raised to life, your faith is useless, and you are still living in your sins.”
It can be said that in God's eyes, Christians are only dirty glasses which are stained inside and out with their own sin. These glasses were once clean, not plagued with stains. Now the glasses bear with them these ugly stains, the stains of sin and wrongdoing. The dirty glasses had to accept their punishment for becoming dirty, and the punishment was being destroyed by a hammer. The hammer is God's instrument against sinners. As the hammer made its decent on the glass, a pan covered the glass and took the blow of the hammer to save the glass. This pan represents Jesus because Jesus sacrificed himself to God so that God would forgive us for our sins.
Jesus, a name known by billions throughout the world. To each, this name means something different; savior, friend, philosopher, prophet, teacher, fraud, fake, liar. Some even believe that He is just an imaginary character from the minds of those who wrote about Him. The Westminster Dictionary of Theology describes apologetics as, "Defense, by argument, of Christian belief against external criticism or against other worldly views" (Apologetics 31-32). Though there are still many mysteries that surround the ongoing debate about Christianity, evidence can now prove some of what Christians took by faith before. Now, more than ever, there is information to prove the existence of this man that walked the earth more than two thousand years ago. Little remains of His life and works except for that which is contained within the pages of the Holy Bible. Throughout the past century alone, there have been numerous discoveries, both scientific and archeological; to further prove the existence of a man called Jesus and reinforce the Bible as a legitimate historical document. The validity of Christianity and Jesus Christ himself has been the center of religious controversy for centuries. Though His identity has not and probably never will be proven, He did exist. This paper will use apologetics to prove this so. Sufficient evidence proves the existence of Jesus and forms a firm basis for Christianity.
When Jesus visited Jerusalem around 29 AD, he found enthusiastic crowds greeting him as the messiah. However he was arrested for not worshiping pagan Roman gods and was sentenced to death on a cross. While he was hanging awaiting death he forgave those who had killed him and those who had worshipped him the day before were denying him. After his crucifixion he was placed in a tomb, on the third day he rose, and greeted his followers, further convincing them that he was the messiah.
Reincarnation is an important belief in the Hindu religion that occurs when a person’s soul moves from “…body to body on earth until it becomes perfect and reunites with its Source. During this process the soul enters many bodies, assumes many forms, and passes through many births and deaths…and upon the death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form" (http://www.hinduwebsite.com). In contrast, Christianity has an important belief called Resurrection that is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as, “The rising of Christ from the dead or…the rising again to life of all the human dead before the final judgment or…the state of one risen from the dead” (https://www.merriam-webster.com). Scholars have varying opinions in regard
In order to understand divine command theory we must first understand the nature of God and Morality. So we will start by taking a look at what makes an action moral. Once we understand what makes an action moral, we can then try to understand the author's’ viewpoint on the divine command theory of ethics. Understanding the viewpoint will allow us to dissect the author’s viewpoints and come up with counter-arguments that the author must then contend with.
"Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death." (James 1:15), or as Paul puts it in Romans 6:23 " the wages of sin is death". Christ never sinned, and therefore did not earn the wages of sin. Therefore God raised him from the dead "having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it." (Acts 2:24). The full story of Christ's death and resurrection can be found in Matthew 27 & 28, Mark 15 & 16, Luke 23 & 24, and John 18 - 21.
• Jesus is the son of God, he is God in the flesh, he came into this world for two purposes, to teach us how to live on earth and because God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, Jesus. Jesus died on cross for our sins, and is sitting at God’s right hand today.
It is important to note that the perception and claim that an individual, after dying, defies all odds and resurrects after a couple of days, especially in the West, has since become hard to proposal to sell. This is because the current crop of people subscribing to the Western culture is largely made up of naturalists who are hard to convince, especially if it involves the occurrences that go against the moral principles of existence. This ease in presenting substantial and convincing argument of using the resurrection of Christ to sell the possibility and viability of miracles has led to positive results. For example, it is believable to resent that argument of the fact that the disciples of Jesus were present when Jesus was alive and eventually overcame death by resurrection, more so with the case of Thomas and Jesus reappearing. Lastly, Christ was born of Mary in Nazareth, and He was later crucified and through a miracle, which was credited to God, defied death and resurrected, and therefore, is an indication of the plausibility of
One of the most perplexing events in the ministry of Jesus Christ is His resurrection from the dead. Many skeptics look at it as made up stories or hallucinations, or mass hysteria, yet the biblical accounts and other evidences point to another conclusion. This research paper will explore three pieces of evidence that the resurrection story is factual and can be accepted as a historical event.