The Life Of Jesus Flashcards
The annunciation?
The message to Mary that she would have Jesus
Mary was visited by the angle Gabriel and told she had been favoured by god. Shows?
Shows that god favours those who deserve it (omnibelevolent)
Mary is told she will give birth to a baby. shows?
That Jesus is God incarnate as he was sent by god- gods Omnipotence
Mary questions the news as she Is not “married to a man”
Suggests virgin birth - miracle (Gods omnipotence)
Gabriel tells Mary that the child was conceived through the Holy Spirit and that it would be the son of God. Shows?
Jesus Is god incarnate. Forms the basic beliefs of the trinity. Tells Christian’s that Jesus is the son of god.
The incarnation
The Birth of Jesus
Mary and Josheph travel to Bethlehem for the census
Jesus was born in Bethlehem showing he was of the house of David just as the Old Testament has prophesied (shows gods plan, omnibelevolence and God incarnate)
Jesus was wrapped in swaddling and Leigh in a manger
Shows that Jesus is for anyone due to his lowly birth relatable to the poor
Shepards visit the baby after being told the news in a dream
Visited and loved by everyone even poorer classes
Magi (wise men) came from the east to visit Jesus and brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh
Shoe that Jesus is for everyone, visited and loved by the wealthy foreigners. Showing Christ is for all and Christian’s can be form anywhere.
Magi (wise men) visited from the east to see Jesus and brought gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh. GIFTS
Gold - kingship, leadership
Frankincense- status and leadership
Myrrh- indicated death
Mary and Jesus flee to Egypt
Shows Gods is keeping them safe from Herod. Shows his Omnipotence
The crucifixion
When Jesus died on the cross, and when all humans original sin is atoned
Jesus is betrayed by Judas and taken for trial.
Pilate offers the release of one criminal as is stipulated in the Passover rules.
They shout “cruxify him”
Pilate washes his hands of it.
Pilate doesn’t want anything to do with it, Pilate doubted Jesus’s guilt . Is that a sign that he thinks he is the son of God?
Jesus is whipped
39 times the 39 bottoms of a cassock remembers Jesus’s suffering
At 40 you die it is reported that only 5 times the Jews gave 39 whippes
A crown of thorns is placed on his head
This the soldiers mocking him as he was said to be the king Of the Jews so gave him a crown that would cut him
Jesus is helped to carry the cross
Shows that some people love him and respect him
Jesus is nailed to the cross at Golgotha
The 14 stations of the cross from Pilate to Golgotha. The events that happened during this time are commonly celebrated during easter
Jesus and 2 criminals “today you are with me in paradise”
“Jesus says father forgive them”
If we repent we can still get to heaven
Shows gods omnibelevolence to forgive humans who crucified his only son as well as giving Jesus up In order to free humans of original sin
Jesus says “it is finished”
Shows God omni science that it was all planned
The weather changes to a storm
-Suggest something would change
- perhaps the change of washing away the original sin
-storm happens because Jesus the “light of the world” has died
The resurrection
When Jesus is raised back to life beating death, remembered by Christian’s on Easter Sunday.
The women went to Jesus tomb and found it empty
They wanted to anoint the body with myrrh
Links to the gifts from the magi shows gods omniscience and omnipotence
The disciples also see an empty tomb
Jesus has been resurrected The cloths are in a neat pile shoe that the body hasn’t been stolen.
Shows gods omnipotence and proves that Jesus was the son of God
