Person of Jesus - as a liberator Flashcards
Challenge to political authority
Discussion of the Kingdom of God suggests authority would be taken away from earthly leaders
Made tax collectors turn away from their government jobs and join him
Crucified by the Romans as a troublemaker
His followers carried weapons - Aslan
Challenge to religious authority
Turned tables in the temple
Accused of not following Sabbath law, then responded that it needed to be kept in perspective
Ate with outcasts
Accused of not following purification laws, but claimed following laws wasn’t the same as worshipping God
Forgave sins - which the authorities claimed only God could do
Was Jesus more than a political liberator?
Escaped when people tried to crown him by force
Prevented his followers attacking the Romans arresting him and didn’t resist arrest
Seems not to have agreed with the Zealots (although Aslan disagrees)
However also said “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Aslan’s evidence)
Focused more on purity and the marginalised
