The Person Of Jesus Christ

Question 1

what are the three things Jesus can be seen to be?

Answer 1

Son of God
Teacher of Wisdom
Political Liberator

Question 2

Whats a liberator?

Answer 2

someone who wanted to free people from social convection, religious restriction and political domination

Question 3

who was in government when Jesus was around?

Answer 3

Roman occupation

Question 4

what are the 4 things Jesus wanted to liberate for?

Answer 4

Free people from
1. Social convections
2. Religious restriction
3. Political domination
4. Liberate people from sin and death

Question 5

why was Jesus sometimes seen as controversial? what did he do?

Answer 5

sometimes argued with Pharisees and scribes over religious law

Question 6

who was Jesus arrested by and handed too?

Answer 6

arrested by Sanhendrim - Jewish council

handed too Pontius Pilate

Question 7

flaws about the roman occupation?

Answer 7

unpopular roman taxes
those who collaborated benefitted
others suffered in poverty

Question 8

when the roman occupation was severely disliked what did this deteriorate into?

Answer 8

assassinations , murders and military rebellions, Jerusalem temple burned down

Question 9

what were the Zealots involved in?

Answer 9

involved in leading an open conflict against the Roman Occupation

Question 10

what was the story of exodus?

Answer 10

When God delivered the Jewish people from slavery to Egypt through Moses guiding them in leadership

Question 11

What did Exodus provide for the Jewish people with foreigners in power?

Answer 11

gave them hope that God might send and deliver a Military Messiah to lead a rebellion against the roman rule

Question 12

finish the quote from Isiah 11
“With the breadth…….”

Answer 12

“with the breadth of his lips he will slay the wicked”

Question 13

What was Reza Aslan’s book?

Answer 13

‘Zealots: The life and times of Jesus of Nazareth’

Question 14

What did Reza Aslan argue?

Answer 14

Jesus was involved in much more confrontational resistance than the New Testament presented

Question 15

Jesus was part of the zealots, what was Matthew 10:34 arguing?
finish the quote in Matthew 10
“I did not come to bring….”

Answer 15

Jesus suggested revolution or conflict
“I did not come to bring peace, but a sword”

Question 16

what did Jesus followers have which suggested some political aggression?

Answer 16

carried weapons to use to defend themselves in Gethsemane against arresting authorities

Question 17

why where Jesus’ followers names suspicious?

Answer 17

part of zealots had suspicious names
Ie: Judas, who handed Jesus over to authorities called Judas Iscariot which was called ‘dagger men’

Question 18

what did Judas Iscariott name mean?

Answer 18

‘dagger men’

Question 19

Jesus titles could also be linked to him being a political revolutionary , what did John 19:19 suggest?

Answer 19

when Jesus was arrested for a civic crime, not a religious one
Romans may have executed him as a political revolutionary , not because he’s the son of God

Question 20

why was Jesus arriving into Jerusalem significant?
what part of the bible was this?

Answer 20

‘Kings 9’
for Jesus to choose to go to Jerusalem , Jesus chose confrontation with Rome

Question 21

why was people spreading cloaks on the ground significant for Jesus’ arrival?

Answer 21

sign of honour and submission
also mirrored the arrival of the king of Israel

Question 22

finish the quote from Jesus arrival in Jerusalem
“Blessed is he….”

Answer 22

“blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord”

Question 23

what did Aslan argue about the act of Jesus arriving on a donkey?
Was it done on purpose or just a coincidence?

Answer 23

argued was set up deliberately to send a message of the long awaited messiah and Kind has arrived to free Israel

Question 24

why was Asians book seen as controversial about Jesus being a political liberator?

Answer 24

1. its selective
2. misrepresentative
   many instances were Jesus seen to have rejected violent revolution

Question 25

What are 3 examples where Jesus is seen to reject violence and wanting to just provide peace within society?

Answer 25

1. John 18 + Matthew 26 -> Jesus stops his disciples from defending him with violence 2. Mark 12 -> Jesus is asked about Roman rule and Jesus sidesteps the question 3. Matthew 5 -> Jesus emphasised peace within the beatitudes "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be children of God"

Question 26

Why was Aslan controversial about depicting Jesus as poor?

Answer 26

Jesus was described as a carpenter which was seen as a not poor class person Jesus called a Rabbi which meant an educated teacher , rich to have an education his disciples were not poor as fishermen where seen as a small business man

Question 27

whats a social banditry? give an example of a character who can be seen as one and why to help your knowledge :)

Answer 27

someone who breaks the law violently Robin Hood seen as a social banditry as stole from the rich ti give to the poor, hated by authority but honoured by the general public

Question 28

why can Jesus be understood as a social bandit?

Answer 28

He was seen as a threat to authorities but worshipped by the public as he helped the outcasts of society

Question 29

what are the two scholars who argued about social banditary?

Answer 29

Robert Webb Richard Horsley

Question 30

what did Robert Webb say about Jesus being a social banditry?

Answer 30

there was a movement of social banditry when Jesus was around as sought to free poor peasants from poverty

Question 31

how did Jesus actively engage with the challenge of negative impacts of those who were oppressed? give a biblical example

Answer 31

Jesus spent time with those who were oppressed like the poor, the sick, outcast and also tax collectors biblical example: Matthew (aka Levi) = tax collector - opposition to social exclusion Jesus tells Matthew to host a meal at his house where Jesus eats with tax collectors and sinners

Question 32

where in the bible is it found Jesus eating with the tax collector and sinners?

Answer 32

Matthew 9:9-13

Question 33

finish the quote about the meal with the tax collector "It is not the healthy who need a doctor....."

Answer 33

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous , but sinners" (mark 2:17) - Jesus' mission is to go to those who need healing and a transformation = the sinners

Question 34

when Jesus was arrested and executed by the roman occupation, why would this indicate he was a social bandit?

Answer 34

he was executed alongside the bandits , which suggests the romans considered him to also be one

Question 35

whats a passage from the bible that suggests Jesus was on good terms with leading religious figures?

Answer 35

Luke 7 when entertained by leading pharisee

Question 36

why could Jesus be seen to challenge religious authority? what did the temple do that was wrong?

Answer 36

The temple was seen as a focus point of the jewish faith but Jesus said there was something better coming the temple had money chargers , which Jesus challenged because already had poor people from heavy roman taxation and this is making it worse

Question 37

what is a quote by Gerald O'collins , which suggests Jesus challenged religious authority finish the quote "In general there was...."

Answer 37

"In general there was much in Jesus' activity to provoke them"

Question 38

Did the bible demonstrate Jesus to be a revolutionary jew?

Answer 38

Paul and others were reordered to be driven out, stoned or arrested which was caused by Jewish reactions to their preaching , this may have impacted how much the gospel shared about Jesus being jewish

Question 39

in Johns gospel is Jesus portrayed as a jew?

Answer 39

no , it uses the phrase 'the jews' multiple time, which doesn't associate Jesus as being jewish

Question 40

what did E.P Sanders and Geza Vermes suggest about Jesus and wether he was jewish? what did Jesus do?

Answer 40

argue Jesus was more jewish than the Christian tradition admits because 1. Jesus lived his life as a jew with other jews 2. Jesus never described himself as the Son Of God 3. Jesus didn't reject jewish law

Question 41

finish the quote from N.T Wright about Jesus portraying as a Jew "I am saying that Jesus offered...."

Answer 41

"I am saying Jesus offered a fresh interpretation of the scriptural tradition which he shared with his Jewish contemporaries"

Question 42

Jesus was referred to as the Son of God, what two important events demonstrate this? and where are they from in the Bible?

Answer 42

Baptism - Matthew 3:13-17 Transfiguration - Matthew 17:1-19

Question 43

what quote did Schaff say summarising Jesus as the Son Of God?

Answer 43

'Truly God and truly Man"

Question 44

what does the term 'hypostatic union' mean and who developed this?

Answer 44

early church developed it means God is truly man and truly God

Question 45

at Jesus' baptism there was something heard, what was it and what did it say?

Answer 45

heavenly voice heard said 'my Son'

Question 46

True or False, Jesus used the term Son himself?

Answer 46

false bro never called himself that