Jesus’ life was to tell the people of God and his gospel. He also was on this earth to die for our sins. He loved us so much he gave himself up for us. He died to take away our sins.…
Both The Good Shepherd and The Gero Crucifix served essential purposes in their surroundings. The Good Shepherd mosaic depicts Christ as a shepherd among a flock of sheep. This was a recurring metaphor in Christian art, that Christ, the leader was the shepherd, and his followers were his flock of sheep. Given the placement of the mosaic, above the entrance of the mausoleum of Galla Placidia, was likely thought to provide some sort of protection, and more importantly, indicate that Galla Placidia and her family whose bodies rested in the mausoleum, were good Christian followers, and thus marked for salvation. The fact that the medium of The Good Shepherd is a mosaic shows the importance of Galla Placidia and of Christianity, as mosaics at the time, were the most elaborate and expensive type of wall decor.…
In the coded walk and in the Word of God we learn that at the Brazen Altar of Sacrifice two deaths are involved with two inheritances. One is the death of our Messiah, Who, through a total sacrifice of His life voluntarily, due to our total need and His divine love, was able to give us His Life, give us the inheritance of forgiveness for a life debt of sin and a beautiful…
Romans 3:26 says that God did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. In the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God demonstrates that he is just even when he declares sinners to be just.…
To encourage Paul to show the importance of the Roman Empire, Paul uses the symbol of the cross to initiate the importance of the Roman Empire. Christ who was buried on the cross by Romans, have a clear history and connection with the reoccurring symbol the cross in the ancient world. ‘it spoke both of politics (the unstoppable military might of Rome) and the theology (the divinity of Caesar, whose power stood behind that of his armies).’ Pauls response for Caesar not being a lord is ‘the fact that the true Lord was crucified on a Roman cross, the very means by which Rome expressed her power in the world, reinforces the sense of a total antithesis between two…
The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus are at the crux of Christianity. In hind sight what seemed like foolishness to some on lookers has become the wisdom of God triumphing over evil by the death of His Christ Jesus on the cross. Like the stanza of a well known verse, Christ cried out, “God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” This cry from the cross on the day of His crucifixion was not a cry of defeat, on the contrary; it was a cry of victory in the ears of those familiar with the blessed twenty second Psalm written by His very namesake David the king, the priest, the psalmist. Victory…
As Christians, we don’t worship the empty cross. We worship Jesus who suffered and died on the cross to protect us from our sins. The cross is the biggest symbol of Jesus’s sacrifice, and it offers us a fresh start with the forgiveness of sins. Without the cross, Christians wouldn’t have had the second chance of redemption, and our connection to God wouldn’t be the same. The resurrection of Jesus offers us hope and the possibility of new life through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. It is confirmation of Jesus’s triumph over death and the hope of eternal life with Christ. The resurrection of Jesus also assures us of our future resurrection to be with Christ and God in heaven. Without the resurrection, there would be no hope for anyone who died believing in Jesus, and the message of Christian preaching would be…
This term determines God hidden in suffering and humiliation of the cross of Christ. Luther used the phrase Deus crucifixus, which means “a crucified God,” as he speaks of the manner in which God shares in the sufferings of Christ. It was the late twentieth century that it was the “new orthodoxy” to speak of a suffering God. Traditional theology declared that Jesus Christ was indeed God incarnate. Therefore it seems to follow that God suffered in Christ. Christ suffered in his human nature, not divine. Thus God did not experience human suffering and remained unaffected by the aspect of the world (McGrath 221). God came to earth to put himself on the hook of human suffering. God experienced the greatest depths of pain. On the cross he went beyond even the worst human suffering and experienced cosmic rejection and pain that exceeds ours as infinitely as his knowledge and power exceeds ours (Keller 30). The Bible says that Jesus had to pay for our sins so that someday he can end evil and suffering without having to end…
In the Concordia Theological Quarterly written by Burnell F, Eckardt, theologians, Martin Luther and Jürgen Moltmann, state their viewpoints and opinions of theology of the cross and what role they play in Christian lives. In this essay, a summarization of Luther’s understanding of the theology of the cross is followed by Moltmann’s perspective, then comparing and contrasting their notions and giving an opinion on which idea is better.…
One of the major themes developed throughout “The Dream of the Rood” is triumph. In lines 13-16, the dreamer described the tree as being a jewel covered tree of triumph. This brings out the juxtaposition of triumph and glory in which Jesus’ crucifixion had resulted in-He is now seen as the King of Glory (133). In the Anglo-Saxon culture, a warrior is given a token of triumph to indicate what he has accomplished. In this case, it is Jesus receiving the jewel and gol covered rood as a token of triumph. Through the crucifixion, Jesus achieved victory on his journey of redemption of mankind. The rood is now ironically described by the dreamer as the “victory tree”-no longer the “death tree” (127). The cross has become a worshipped symbol of Christ’s triumph in victory.…
The crosses were means of torture and painful deaths. The crosses were kept up not to represent Jesus, but what Jesus did once. Through visions, Constantine sees Jesus, and he decided to put the cross on shields. The cross represents that your lord and savior died for my sins, and I wear it as his sacrifice. If Constantine would have never had this vision, would Christianity still have spread, and Jesus would play an important figure as he does today?…
By applying the heroic and warrior-like qualities to Jesus and the cross, it makes the story of the crucifixion more appealing to the Anglo-Saxons of the medieval era. Not only does it makes the story more appealing but it also makes it easier for them to associate with. The Anglo-Saxons were a very warrior based society in which they highly valued strength and bravery. In The Dream of the Rood, the author refers to Jesus as: “a young hero”, “a warrior”, “heroic”, “fair”, “young knight”, “Saviour”, and a “mighty king” (21-23). All of these titles provide the readers with an image of a brave and virtuous warrior. Not only is Jesus portrayed as a warrior, but the cross too becomes personified with warrior like qualities. During the crucifixion the author describes the sufferings of the cross rather than the sufferings of Jesus. In doing so the author allows the readers to associate the pain of the crucifixion with the cross rather than with Jesus. This draws the reader’s attention away from Jesus and creates a…
This shows his almighty love and compassion for us, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” This is reiterated in John 8:32 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is…
During the procession to receive communion, Mass-goers are encouraged to reflect on their faith and relationship with God. When a person receives communion, he or she agrees to allow God to carry our “crosses,” or burdens, just as He did on Calvary Hill. The person also agrees to helping other people carry their crosses, and take on the pain and suffering that people around us feel on a daily basis.…
The resurrection of the dead is an important concept for Christians today. Without it, we would have no hope for the future if it were just as nihilism says where we are buried and that it the end there is no meaning to death or life. Yet the concept of the resurrection in the Old Testament is only mentioned only a few times yet it is an important in our daily lives. The concept of the resurrection gives us hope for the future after death; a future to be with God, which provides meaning for this life and how we live.…