JCOS - Paschal Mystery, Unit 4

List and describe 2 earthly reasons jesus was put to death

• The jewish leaders accuse him of blasphemy

• the roman leaders accuse him of treason

Blasphemy

Speech or actions that show disrespect or irreverence for God, also claiming to have powers of God or to be God

Treason

The crime of betraying one’s country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government

Explain who is ultimately to blame for the death of jesus

We as humanity because we all sin

We cannot keep the covenants, so Jesus has to be our last redeemer

Why did God the Father allow jesus, his only begotten son, to suffer and die?

• in order that the power of death might be destroyed

• so that our friendship would be restored

• so that we live eternally with min

• original sin makes it necessary

• Christ actually chooses to accept his passion and death

• Jesus takes on all our sins in order to overcome them

Why does jesus have to go through the Passion and the death, and why is his suffering so severe?

Jesus takes on all our sins and pays the consequence at once in order to overcome them. There are real consequences for sin, as shown in the passion and death, and in his suffering. There was also so much sin, that the pain he had to experience accumulated and made it so severe.

What are the three metaphors used to explain jesus in regard to his passion?

• the suffering servant

• the paschal lamb

• the ransom for many

The suffering servant

• romans + isaiah

• links back to OT

• the unnamed servant suffers for the sins of others, not his own

• Isaiah prophesizes of the servant and Jesus fulfills it

The paschal lamb

• Jesus is the lamb of God

• lambs are slaughtered for passover

• Jesus, the symbolic lamb is also

• Jesus’ blood frees us from sin and death

• Passover is the paschal mystery

• Jesus is our paschal lamb

The ransom for many

• Jesus pays the price for us, so sin and death doesn’t own us

• ransom is paid to release a slave → slave is then property of God

• ransom shows idea of saving nature of his death

• Jesus saves us from slavery of sin and death

Describe jesus’ attitude towards his passion and death?

Jesus was open to his suffering. He chose to go along with the plan to better the world. He was scared, yet he did it completely willingly, going along each step of the way with trust in God, being selfless and doing it for others' benefit

Why do we call Jesus the New Adam

While adam disobeys God in the garden of eden and brings sin and death into the world, Jesus undoes this in the garden of gethsemane by making a conscious decision tp obey God and defeat sin and death

What is the ascension and what is the assumption

Ascension → Jesus rising to the Heavens, both body and soul by his own power. He sends the Holy spirit and teaches how to interpret scripture, while telling his disciples to spread their gifts among all nations

Assumption → Mary’s body and soul are assumed into Heaven by Jesus’ power, showing her unique role in God’s saving plan as the mother of God