Christian revolution

Question 1

INRI - Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum

Answer 1

• “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”

Question 2

The fall, promise to Abraham, and fulfilled

Answer 2

• The Fall: Exile, Shame, Curse: suffering and death
• Promise to Abraham: Great nation, Great name, Blessing to the world
• Fulfilled: Promised land & temple w/ ark, Davidiv dynasty without end, riches & wisdom of Solomon

Question 3

Destruction, Exile, and Return

Answer 3

587 BC – Jerusalem destroyed by the Neo-Babylonians
538 BC – Return from exile under Persian Rule [Delian League]
332 BC – Greeks conquer Persia, become new overlords (Alexander the Great)
165 BC – Maccabean Revolt
64 BC – Roman Republic conquers Judea making it a client state [44 BC - Julius Caesar is assassinated]

Question 4

PROPHECIES OF A MESSIAH (AN ANNOINTED ONE)

Answer 4

The Messiah will:
- gather the scattered tribes of Israel
- cleanse the Temple
- triumph over Israel’s enemies
- reign over the nations

Question 5

Prophecies of the kingdom of god

Answer 5

• God himself with shepherd
• God will bestow his spirit upon his people

Question 6

the annunciation and the birth of christ

Answer 6

• Gabriel tells Marry that she will have a kid
• put in a manger -> body of christ

Question 7

jesus heals…

Answer 7

Leopers

Question 8

“WHO DO YOU MAKE YOURSELF OUT TO BE?”

Answer 8

• forgives offenses against God (sins)
• requires love above all
• claims God as his father

Question 9

Liar, Lunatic, or Lord

Answer 9

• radical ideas
• how can he forgive sins (only God should)
• says love him over family
• God as father?!?!

Question 10

THE LAST SUPPER: A NEW PASSOVER

Answer 10

JC makes himself the lamb

Question 11

condemned to death - tortured and crucified

Answer 11

we made fun of and humiliated God

Question 12

A failed messiah?

Answer 12

• He did not gather the scattered tribes of Israel
• No great sign that God had returned after he cleansed the Temple
• He did not triumph over Israel’s enemies
• He does not reign over the nations

Another would-be Messiah?
- Judas Maccabes, Judas of Galilee, Simon bar Kokhba

Question 13

The suffering servant

Answer 13

He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed

Question 14

Resurrection

Answer 14

• the man who was killed for being a would-be Messiah, had been raised from the dead

Question 15

Parable of the tenant farmer

Answer 15

• god gives humans form (earth)
• tenants (humans) fail to produce good fruit
• servants (prophets) try to send people back to god
• god sends son, but he is killed

Question 16

CHRIST’S RESURRECTION FORCES A RADICAL REINTERPRETATION OF THE JEWISH HOPE

Answer 16

Did he gather the scattered tribes of Israel?
- He gathers the whole human race to God.
Has he cleansed the Temple? Has God returned?
- He is the true Temple of God, and those who accept his death for their sins by faith and baptism are cleansed of sin and become temples of God.
Has he triumphed over the enemies of Israel?
- He triumphs over sin, the devil, and death.
Does he reign over the nations?
- He reigns over those who accept his kingship, and he will come again in glory

Question 17

Radical changes from Judiasim to Christianity

Answer 17

• father, son, and holy spirit
• god is love
• sons of god, because of JC

Question 18

WHY DID THE SON OF GOD BECOME MAN?

Answer 18

• The Son of God became man, that he might make us sons of God
• JUSTIFICATION: Healing of sin & shame
• SANCTIFICATION: A share in God’s own life; adoption/divinization

Question 19

Justification

Answer 19

• JC died for our sins so we may be sons of god

Question 20

Sanctification

Answer 20

• the ongoing process of transformation and growth in holiness, becoming more Christ-like in thought, word, and deed
• accomplished by the Holy Spirit’s work within the believer, who responds to God’s grace through faith and obedience