RE Course work on the person of Jesus Christ
RE Course work on the person of Jesus Christ
Introduction:
This is an introduction of the course work we are doing on Jesus and the person he was, also the different stories that were written by Mark,it seemed that every story had a different meaning in each one of them but some have the same meaning in them, Mark refers to Jesus by these different titles, my first title will be
JESUS/SAVIOUR
These stories show Jesus to be a true saviour to any who belives in him e.g The syro Phoenician woman who's daughter needed help and this woman saw Jesus and asked for his help, just even a small bit of help. The odd thing was that the woman and her daughter were both Gentiles (were not Jews),but the woman was well spoken and said to Jesus "Let the children be fed first, for it's not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs (Meaning let the Jews get first treatment.) Jesus was impressed by what she said "sir even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs" Jesus healed the woman's daughter and so the demon inside her had gone. This show's Jesus loves everyone and help's them when they have faith. This story also relates to the calming of the storm, when Jesus and his friends were out at sea a storm brewed and caused his friends to panic because Jesus was lased back almost asleep but then Jesus said to them " Do you have no faith in me?" and they were reassured because they have faith in him and they know that he will save them, the story has a hidden meaning because the boat with Jesus and friends in, were the early Christians being persecuted by the Romans , and so the sea was the Romans. These two stories are alike by the way Jesus tells us as long as you have faith he will help you.
The feeding of the five thousand is the last story under the title of Jesus/saviour, This story shows one of the great miracles Jesus had done which was having two loaves of bread and five fish and splitting it between at least five thousand people. The meaning and significance of these three stories from the title Jesus /saviour are linked by Jesus being a messiah for all people and a messiah of miracles, they show how he helped people with needs, That's why saviour was the given title to these three stories. The three stories would have helped the early Christians by giving them hope reassuring them that he was the real messiah and that they weren't being killed for believing in a nobody. For Christians today it gives us hope too and when we need his help he will be there if we believe in him.
My next title will be
SON OF MAN:
These are more of Mark's meaningful stories which show Jesus to be Son of man, I'll start with the paralysed man, Jesus was preaching when four men came to Jesus carrying a paralysed man but they could not get to Jesus because of the crowd, so the four men went up onto the roof and made an opening , and lowered the man down, Jesus said to the man your sins are forgiven but the teachers of the law were shocked because only God could do such thing ...
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My next title will be
SON OF MAN:
These are more of Mark's meaningful stories which show Jesus to be Son of man, I'll start with the paralysed man, Jesus was preaching when four men came to Jesus carrying a paralysed man but they could not get to Jesus because of the crowd, so the four men went up onto the roof and made an opening , and lowered the man down, Jesus said to the man your sins are forgiven but the teachers of the law were shocked because only God could do such thing and they said Jesus was "blaspheming" Jesus said to the man "Pick up your mat and go home." The crowed watched the man leave in amazement. This story shows Jesus to be healer of body and soul.
The next story will be James and John ask for a favour, in this story James and John (Jesus two friends ) asked Jesus if they could sit on the right and left hand side of him when they go to heaven, but Jesus told them they have to go through great suffering and hurt to get to heaven Jesus said "the cup that I drink you will drink" which they had no idea what he was on about, but it meant they will have to go the suffering like he will, and all people will be rewarded by having heaven when they die.
Jesus Predicts his death is the next story of son of man, Jesus taught his friends that son of man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elder, the chief priests and scribes also he told them that he will be killed and on the third day rise, Peter rebuked ( had a go at him),but Jesus rebuked back and said "Get behind me Satan for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things". The only stories that relate to each other are James and John ask for a favour and Jesus predicts his death they do so because the way Jesus tell's the people that we must all go through suffering to be able to go to heaven which shows Jesus to be a normal human being like the rest of us, we go through different emotions and so did Jesus.
Next title is Son of God:
This title has three stories, which are the baptism, the transfiguration and the trial before the high priest. The first story I'll do will be the transfiguration, this story shows Jesus to be Son of God because three things happen to him when he takes his friends to the mountain, the clothes that he was wearing went dazzling white, and back then white meant purity, Elijah and Moses appeared next to Jesus and they were talking to him, then a cloud appeared, a voice spoke from the cloud and said "This is my son whom I love, listen to him!" then suddenly it was just Jesus, Jesus told Peter and John not to tell anyone until the son of God had risen from the dead, but they did not understand what he meant by rising from the dead, it shows Jesus to be son of God as the voice from the cloud said so, and the things that happened wouldn't happen to an ordinary person.
My next story would be Jesus baptised, John was baptising in the desert, people of the Judean countryside went to him for confession, Johns message was "after me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie, I baptise you with water but he will baptise you with the holy spirit, just then Jesus asked John to baptise him and so John did, but when Jesus came out of the water Heaven opened and the spirit flew down like a dove also a voice came from heaven saying "you are my son, whom I am pleased" this shows that Jesus is son of God as the heavens opened the spirit came down like a dove which meant peace, and the voice was God. The last story of the title son of God is the trial before the high priest which was when Jesus was brought upon the high priest, the chief priest and the whole Sanhedrin, they were looking for evidence against Jesus so they could put him to death but there was none someone told them what Jesus had said once which was "I will destroy this man made temple and in three days will build another, not man made" this had a hidden meaning which was like when Jesus predicted his death he said on the third day rise again a bit like the temple on the third day it will be rebuilt. The chief priest asked Jesus "are you Christ, the son of the blessed one?" And Jesus replied "I am" they were shocked because only God could answer that, the priest tore his clothes in anger then people began to spit at him and shouted "prophesy" the guard's took him away. The stories from the title link together because of the significant responses that Jesus gave and thing's that happened to him. The next title is Christ/Messiah/Son of David which has these three titles in it, Caesarea Philippi, Blind Bartimaeus and the entry of Jerusalem. I will start with Caesarea Philippi Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages Caesarea Philippi, and on the way, he asked his disciples , "Who do people say that I am?" and they told him, "John the baptised and others of the prophets" and Jesus asked them "but who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him " you are the Christ"
Blind Bartimaeus Jesus and his disciples were walking to Jericho, While a blind man named Bartimaeus was sitting on the road side, he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out "Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me!" many people rebuked at the man but he cried out more Jesus stopped and told the others to call him so they did saying "take heart, rise he is calling you, the man threw his cloak and headed straight to Jesus, Jesus asked " what do you want me to do for you" Bartimaeus replied "Master let me receive my sight" Jesus said " Go on your way your faith has made you well, the man received his sight and followed Jesus on his way, which shows the man had great faith in Jesus especially to follow him on his way.
The entry into Jerusalem is the last of the stories I will do,it started when they drew near Jerusalem, Jesus asked two of his disciples to go into the village and find him a foal (a baby donkey), when they came back with one they threw there cloaks over it's back so that Jesus could sit upon it, some people layed there garment's on the floor and palm leaves for Jesus and the donkey to walk over those who followed behind shouted "hosanna! Blessed is the kingdom of David that is coming! Hosanna in the highest" Jesus finally entered Jerusalem he looked around with the twelve disciples, this imperticular story shows how Jesus tried to put the word across that he wasn't a messiah who was a warrior but was a kind understanding one, and one who didn't think he was a king but the king of Jews. All of the stories I have written about were all originally written by mark and the cleaver thing is they each have a hidden meaning in them and over many years of readings people discovered the meanings and the way they were used. The people of the day when the early Christians were around could read these stories and know for sure he was worth giving up your life for, but people now `a' days could read them and think about the things he had for us to live today for " no matter what never give up the faith"
