bible final Flashcards
repentance
-literally changing your mind about how you view Jesus
-the ongoing rpocess of exchanging our thinking for the mind of Jesus
the Jesus of religious legalism
glory + truth - grace
the Jesus of therapeutic moralism
truth + grace - glory
the liberal emergent Jesus
grace + glory - truth
what will Jesus be like in his 2nd coming?
-he will be glorfied
-he will have a glorified resurected body
eschatology
-study of the end times, heaven, and hell
cosmology
-study of the origin, fate, and structure of the world
what is the ascension of Jesus theme in luke’s gospels?
-luke discusses the ascension of Jesus at the end of his gospel
-he discusses it again at the beginning of acts
hypostatic union
-the union of God and man in Jesus
-Jesus is 100% divine and 100% human
kenosis
-the self emptying of Jesus
-he forfiets a part of his divine nature for us
who were the empty tomb witnesses?
-all four gospels agree that the first empty tomb witnesses were women
why is it important that the empty tomb witnesses were women?
-because women were not considered to be reliable witnesses in the first century
-if the apostles had made up the story they would’ve chosen credible witnesses
who is david friedrich strauss?
-radical critic
-treated the entire gospel narrative as a myth
-he thought that the disciples really believed that they saw Jesus
when did the crucifixion/ burial of Jesus happen?
-Jesus hung on the cross from 9am - 3pm
-he was buried after 3pm
-this took place on the friday before passover
what is the shroud of turin?
-burial cloth
-some historians argue that is was Jesus’
-everyone agrees that it was placed over a man who was crucified but not everyone agrees that it was Jesus
when did the christian church begin in jerusalem? why is this significant?
-it began shortly after the death of Jesus
-somewhere between 30 CE- 35 CE
-it is important because it had to start after the resurrection
-this is because the resurrection is central to the church’s faith
wrong tomb theory
-the women got confused and went to the wrong tomb
-they were so overjoyed when they saw it was empty they ran straight back and told the apostles
theft theory
-oldest theory
-the disciples stole Jesus’ body and said he rose from the dead
swoon theory
-Jesus didn’t die on the cross but only “swooned”
-when he was put in the tomb the cool air revived him
-he got out of the tomb and appeared to his disciples
-he eventually died of his wounds
visionary and legendary development theory
-the apostles all had visions of Jesus
-they thought that Jesus was really alive
-it grew into a legend that he was resurrected
who was joseph of arimathea?
-he was a member of the sanhedrin
-he let Jesus be buried in his tomb
what is the new testament view of the resurrection?
-they saw the resurrection of Jesus to be proof of his message and mission
what did paul say about the resurrection?
-he said that if the resurrection did not take place then chrisitianity is a false relgion and should be abandoned
what is the historical evidence surrounding Jesus’ crucifixion?
-no credible scholar denies that Jesus existed
-no credible scholar denies that Jesus was crucifed in 30 AD in jerusalem
