Creation
We are all called to praise God
Creation is evidence of the power of God
Creation was made by the three persons of the trinity (holy spirit, son, father)
An example that we should not only believe the things we see but also things (such as creation) that we didn’t see happen
Well, the creation stories are figurative, we read them for the message and not the literal interpretation
Earthy realm vs heavenly realm
Humans (both genders) are created in God’s image and our soul ties us to God. We must serve and love God
God is love and all God created is good
Review both creation stories and stuff
Dignity of Creation/ People
FINISH
Original Sin/The Fall
Adam and Eve realize they are naked after eating the forbidden fruit. This symbolizes guilt and shame. They are also ashamed for God to see them. Then they blame each other (this symbolizes that they lost their original holiness and justice). This story shows that only God knows true good from evil and we are not God. Consequences : original sin, women have to give birth to children, people have to do labor in order to survive, loss of original holiness and justice
Covenants
Finish
Reasons for the incarnation
To reconcile is t\with God through the forgiveness of sins
Expiation
That we might know the depth of God’s love
Because of The Fall, humans did not understand God’s unconditional love for us
To be our model of holiness
Jesus Christ is perfect holiness. He is a role model for us and how to be holy
To make us partakers of the Divine Nature
Christ wants us to share in His divinity . Brings us into a deeper relationship
To destroy the power of the devil
Humanity alone cannot overcome satan but w/ God jesus can.
Jesus resisted temptations against satan in the deserts. God wins through Jeusus passion, death, and resurrection. Now we have salvation if we choose it.
also jesus is the only mediator between us and God
Life and teaching of Christ
forshadowed in old testament
louminous mysteries
jesus’s poverty
teachings
jesus born into poverty to show ALL can be with God and that welth can sometimes brign you away from Him
jesus goes beyond old law and tell peeps not just to do the old law but live it or something
Passion def
The suffering of Jesus during his final days in this life: his agony in the garden at gethsemane, his trial, and crucifixion
main events of the passion
Jesus enters Jerusalem
- the last supper
- garden of gethsemane
- trial before Sanhedrin
- trial before Pilate
- The scourging
- crucifixion
- Jesus’s death
Jesus enters Jerusalem
Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish faith
- crowds welcomed him as a king (leaders wanted to kill him starting around this time)
- he went to the temple and people were selling things and using it as a marketplace. He told them how awful this was and turned over their tables. This is when more people really start to want to kill him Gospels of Mark and luke say that this was when people started wanting to kill him
The last supper
Thursday evening
- Passover celebration w/apostles
- Jesus washes apostles feet. This shows that leadership is service and shows an example of how things shall be when he leaves.
- Jesus says he is the paschal lamb—> Eucharist
Garden of Gethsemane
Thursday night
- goes with apostles to garden to pray (he is fearful but knows what he has to do)
- meanwhile, Judas is leading Jewish leaders to arrest Jesus (turns him in with a kiss)
- Adam disobeyed God in a garden and Jesus obeys Him (also in a garden )
Trial before sanhedrin
questioned Jesus
- they were determined to show that he was guilty. This was very hard for them.
- trail was done privately because they didn’t want a bunch of riots
- say Jesus is guilty of blasphemy
- (Jewish leaders are not allowed to condemn him because they are under Roman leaders)
Trial before Pilate
Friday
- Pilate don’t care about Jewish religious laws so they accused him of treason (says he is putting himself in place of a king) instead
- some gospels say Pilate did not actually think Jesus was guilty
- Jesus knows he will be found guilty
The scourging
scourged and humiliated
- Roman executions were meant to scare people so they follow the law
- crowned with thorns and clothed in purple cloak (to mock that he claimed to be a king)
- scourged with a whip with bone and metal in it (this tore his skin and this itself could have killed him)
Crucifixion
Friday
- carries cross on bloody back
- carries the weight of OUR sins
- golgotha
- stripped of his clothes to humiliate him
- nailed to cross
- fulfills MANY Old Testament prophecies
Jesus’ death
Friday
- Jesus had been on the cross for about 6 hours before he died (or less) because he had already lost so much blood from the scourging
- eclipse, earthquake , curtain temple splits (see other slide for more about this)
- body placed in a tomb guarded by soldiers
Curtain in temple splits
Only high priests were allowed to go behind the curtain. The split symbolizes how ALL people can have a relationship with God.
how gospel accounts are different for the resurrection
Each gospel account is a bit different but they all say that Jesus is no longer in the tomb and the angels tell women that Jesus is alice. Esus then reveals himself to Mary Magdalene (in Matthew the other mary is there as well) and then later reveals himself to disciples.
Evidence for the resurrection
Many writings about the resurrection
Early christians knew Jesus rose from the dead (which makes it less likely to have been made up)
Jesus’ body was not taken by disciples because many of them died in their belief in him
Jesus appeared to over 500 followers
Truths that the resurrection brings us
Christ’s resurrection guarantees our resurrection
Jesus is the son of God
All Jesus’ teachings are true
Resurrection opens the way to new life (eternal life)
Ascension
Jesus stayed on earth for 40 days after his resurrection.
Taught disciples how to understand his life, death. And resurrection through scripture.
Told disciples to go and spread the good news.
Ascension gets written about in the bible but it is impossible for us to comprehend what it was like
Jesus open doors into the heavens for us
Christ’s descent into Hell
Jesus’ death was like a human death (full experience)
Jesus descended into Hell to free the souls who died before him
Righteous go to heaven
Unrighteous go to hell
hell= absence of God
Christ now power over earth, Heaven and Hell
Righteous-
to be sinless without fault
Significance of the ascension
Reveals christs glory
Ascension ( son of God comes from heaven to earth) and incarnation (son of God leaves earth to go to Heaven) are symmetric
Jesus has authority over Heaven, Hell, and Earth
We have the chance to spend all eternity w/ God in Heaven
Jesus can be closer to us now that he has left earth
When Jesus was on earth he had more limits because he was in human form. Now we can be closer to him because there aren’t limits on his side.
