Christian Beliefs- week 6

life, death, and resurrection of Jesus

was an act of God's grace and was revelation of God in world of sin

in Jesus Christ God came

into the world to create fellowship in a new act of creation and redemption. kingdom of God is this new creation

affirmation of Israel's status

kingdom of God in Jesus' preaching was an affirmation of Israel's status as the elect people of God; however it was also an extension of God's grace and mercy to entire world

what was the ministry of Jesus grounded in?

covenant w/Israel

renewal of holiness

kingdom of God in Jesus' preaching meant the renewal of holiness; however Jesus' preaching about holiness emphasized the centrality of righteousness, mercy, and justice.

blessings prophets foretold

kingdom of God in the preaching of Jesus brought w/it the blessings that the prophets foretold

blessings of kingdom

blessings kingdom good news only to those who embraces the kingdom w/faith, repentance, and humility

signaled arrival of the age

kingdom of God in the preaching of Jesus signaled the arrival of the age of the Spirit foretold by the prophets

hope a messianic king

Jesus fulfilled Israel's hope for a messianic king. however his embodiment of this hope didn't conform to common expectations about messianic king

God's rule in world of sin

kingdom of God is God's rule in world of sin. but in the ministry of Jesus this rule was both revealed and hidden

called for wisdom and signaled

kingdom of God called for wisdom and signaled God's judgement on foolishness

called for righteousness

kingdom of God called for righteousness and signaled God's judgment on unrighteousness and injustice

discipleship in kingdom of God

discipleship in kingdom of God deamnds a higher act of righteousness than that practiced by the righteous

called for trust in God

kingdom of God called for trust in God and signaled God's judgment on misplaced trust

called for humility

kingdom of God called for humility and signaled God's judgment on hubris

renewal of awe

kingdom of God called for renewal of awe and signaled God's judgment on every attitude of false familiarity toward God

praising of God

kingdom of God called for praising of God and signaled God's judgment on idolatry in all of its forms

both present and future reality

kingdom of God both present and future reality. it thus has an eschatological character

Christology

doctrine of Christ

Christ and Messiah are

the same word. Christ= greek, anointed one. Messiah= hebrew, anointed one

hyperstatic union

deal w/the twofold nature of Jesus. Jesus possessed 2 natures. he was both God and man

humiliation of Jesus

has to do with him lowering himself from state of absolute magnificence and glory to lower state

prophetic humiliation of Christ

incarnation. suffering. death. burial

exaltation

isolates and identifies the state of messiah as he came to fulfill his prophetic role

prophetic exaltation of Christ

resurrection. ascension. session. literal, future return in glory

theological anthropology: facts of relief

1. man appears in history as being the climax of God's general creative work
2. when God created mankind, He made them in the likeness of himself. He created both male and female
3. humanity was molding by God from the soil and breathed life into. became living being
4. God intended for a society or community life

human creation

in creation story "human beings have their own special day of creation, special time, and unique era to themselves". "fellow creatures among and within all of God's created work". God by his very revelation of testament, identifies an object that's to receive the inheritance, this object is mankind

nature of humanity

humanity as middle creature. Bible witness our spiritual and physical unity of human being. humanity as both physical and spiritual is one nature before God. bodily and spiritual nature are untied in us (aren't antagonistically associated). both body and spirit is integral to God. body is for God's glory. humanity is seen as a whole and not dualistic in nature

origin of mankind

through scripture presents origin mankind only as explanatory to their present heirship, it magnifies mankind's appearance in history as being climax of God's general creative work. human architecture is from intelligent mind designed for a purpose

name Adam

'adham'. mean man and scripture makes clear Adam and Eve were indeed original human pair. mankind created by special divine order: male and female

implications

human being is a creature like any other creation. as creature characterized by finiteness, limitations, bound, and dependence

mankind's constituent element

soul. heart. spirit. flesh. soul, immaterial aspect of essence of human being that which confers individuality and humanity. spirit, part you that's not physical and consists of your character and feelings

lev

hebrew term. means heart

image of God

testament requires certain correspondence between the testator and the heir. substantial, functional, and relational view

substantial view

human beings share in some aspect of God's substance

functional view

human beings have a unique function in caring for God's creation

relational view

human beings, at their core, are created to exist in relationship with others

humanity as new creation

concept of sin has affected the idea of the image of God in humanity. finding a picture of true humanity: Jesus Christ. we can't understand image of God in humanity if we stop w/Adam

society

coveneant relatonship between God and humanity serves to define person's individual status, but it has social implications as well. it called for social rights and relational obligation of every human and nature relations. life must be lived corresponding to social demand and requirement

according to scripture

man lived in unity w/God

online dictionary definition of sin

an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law. sin is word used to denote the willful breaking of God's law - doing evil (or wishing to)- or failure to do what's good and right in accordance w/His law

fall of man

primary sin of tempter was to induce Eve to sympathetic entertainment of the act of disobedience. this would constitute the true, spiritual fall; for it would signify the fundamental sin of pride in oneself, as opposed to God