Jesus' Pre Ministry Flashcards
The magi
Gentiles advisors to kings, maybe even astrologers.
-they follow a star and present Jesus with 3 popular gifts.
King-gold
God-frankincense
Human nature.- myrrh
Simeon and Anna
People who god allows to see the messiah, they tell Mary and Jesus that he will be the rise and fall of many in Israel, and a sword will pierce her heart.
Herod the great
King of Israel who was crazy and paranoid, slaughters babies, and rebuilds the temple
Herod antipas
Second Herod, he beheads John the Baptist
Herod Agrippa
Third Herod, he jailed peter
Simon
A zealot who Jesus hired to be an apostle.
Andrew
The first apostle
Matthew
A tax collector who became an apostle
Circumcision
Step 1. Well…you know
Presentation
- an acts of consecration (temple(jerewsalem)) /sacrifice/
Purification of Mary
woman into the gift of motherhood
Bar mitzva
Son of the law
Bat mitzva
Daughter of the law
Baptism of Jesus
an act of conversion
- Sky opened
- god intervened (new era) - Dove descended
- gods power hovering ( Holy Spirit ) /new creation/ - Voice spoke
- “this is my son whom I am well pleased” -God (new Adam)
Three temptations of Christ
Stones to bread (material needs and things)
- Servant serve
- Worship - god
Synagogue
A house of Jewish assembly
Pharisee
Spiritual fathers of modern Judaism
Talmud
The central text of modern Judaism
Letter of the law
Just what the law says , word for word
Spirit of the law
The law with a little leeway
Parable
A short story with a meaning
Miracles
A feat preformed by Jesus.
Mirror parables
Parables that make you reflect in your own life.
Exorcism
The dispelling of a demon or ghost.
3 Greek words explaining Jesus miracles.
Teras- marvel/astonishing
- dynamis- dynamic/powerful
- semeion- sign/significance of Jesus miracles
2 reasons why Jesus preformed miracles
- Form of announcement( messiah)
2. A sense of invitation (come follow me)
The parable of the sower and the seed
It shows how people come to follow Jesus by the word of god. Rocks/ dries up, Path/tramples on Weeds/ choked out Good soil/ grew plentiful.