Jesus Crucifixion In Roman History

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This God is the sole origin of reality, creating what is good, and a world of order We know far better what God is not than what God is. Thus we rely on bent or indirect discourse to enter a way to talk about god through stories poems music and art Neither a database of supernatural information nor a sourcebook of solutions to all questions We don’t like being limited or dependent But God chooses to become limited and dependent in the incarnation Jesus was a threat to Rome because of the incident in which he overturns the money changers tables at the temple Jesus' crucifixion in Roman History Jesus was killed for being an insurrectionist, even if that wasn’t his intention •Likely a collaboration between Roman (Pontius Pilate) and Jewish Temple authority (the Sanhedrin) Tacitus describes the brutal execution of Christians in Rome by Nero and makes three key statements about Jesus: •His crucifixion occurs during the reign of Emperor Tiberius (14-37 CE) and the governorship of Pilate (26-36 CE) •“This Christ” was executed by the Roman governor of Judea •The execution of “this Christ” suppressed the “dangerous religious movement” of the Christians for a time, but then it quickly broke out again, first in Judea, but then spreading rapidly as far as Rome Historical evidence points to Jesus being executed according to Roman law, for Roman reasons; crucifixion was reserved for slaves, non-citizens, dangerous criminals, and those who sought to oppose the government, sometimes occurring in large groups The Last Words •Darkness falls: indicates a sense of cosmic significance •Mark and Matthew: after his trial before Pilate, Jesus does not speak until his death-cry, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm... ... middle of paper ... ...means to suffer and die as we do •God shows us the promise of new life in the resurrection and of new society in the Reign of God What is the best possible way to give yourself to someone else? How can you most fully give who and what you are to another so that s/he can receive your gift of yourself in a way that genuinely advances who that person is? Himes, p. 50 •Love is about knowing what someone needs and giving that •Requires insight into the person loved •What are some examples of how Jesus knew how to give the love someone needed? The recognition that there is a gap between creature and creator: we are finite, God is infinite. God bridges the gap by becoming one of us, by suffering and dying. we bridge the gap through striving to live in God's image through love. Our transcendence seeks the good because it is grounded in and directed towards God.

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