More Than a Carpenter
“In the 1960s many Buddhists burned themselves to death in order to bring world attention to injustices in Southeast Asia. In the early seventies a San Diego student burned himself to death protesting the Vietnam War. In September 2001 several Muslim extremists hijacked airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon to inflict damage on a nation they consider an enemy to their religion.
The apostles thought they had a good cause to die for, but they were stunned a...nd disillusioned when that good cause died on the cross. They believed him to be the Messiah. They didn’t think he could die. They were convinced that he was the one to set up the Kingdom of God and to rule over the people of Israel, and his death shattered their hopes.
What Do You Think? Have you ever heard of someone having a messiah complex? Can you explain what that means? How does Jesus’ behavior differ from what people expect from a messiah?
In order to understand the apostles’ relationship to Christ and why the Cross was so incomprehensible to them, you must grasp the national attitude about the Messiah at the time of Christ.MoreLess
The apostles thought they had a good cause to die for, but they were stunned a...nd disillusioned when that good cause died on the cross. They believed him to be the Messiah. They didn’t think he could die. They were convinced that he was the one to set up the Kingdom of God and to rule over the people of Israel, and his death shattered their hopes.
What Do You Think? Have you ever heard of someone having a messiah complex? Can you explain what that means? How does Jesus’ behavior differ from what people expect from a messiah?
In order to understand the apostles’ relationship to Christ and why the Cross was so incomprehensible to them, you must grasp the national attitude about the Messiah at the time of Christ.MoreLess
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