How God Became King Summary

The term ‘Kingdom of God’ (or as is otherwise referred to as ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ in Matthew's Gospel) is mentioned throughout the Four Gospels. Over the centuries many scholars have reached the same conclusion that the central theme of Jesus’ message regards the ‘Kingdom of God.’ But what did Jesus mean by this term? This essay aims to discuss the meaning of the term ‘Kingdom of God’ and what Jesus must have meant by this.

The book Simply Jesus concludes with N.T. Wright writing about the rule of God, how far God spreads that rule that he has over the world and how far God’s rule goes to his and into his people, his followers. N.T. Wright continues his conclusion of Simply Jesus by writing about Jesus followers, the followers that have displayed and prioritized the use of worship. Wright concludes with worship being the way, the new way, to be human to the everyone and the world as a whole.

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The foundation of the Christian faith is cradled within truth of the virgin birth, life, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As diverse as the world-wide Christian culture is, the truth in the birth and life of Jesus stands without border and language limitations. Just as each individual life story can be adapted to be relevant for a variety of audiences, the birth story of the Messiah was also. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are an example of the well-rounded and diverse narration of the birth story of Jesus—Matthew’s narration spoke to the history of the Jewish people and Luke presented to the citizen of Rome.

It is possible to write on the life of Jesus from the information gathered from the bible. I will be dividing my essay into three parts. In the first part of the paper, I will talk about the nature of the gospels, John’s views vs. the Synoptic, discuss if the authors of the gospels are eyewitnesses and how they used written sources. Also I will talk about the Q source. Then I will elaborate on the topic of how Matthew and Luke were similar. Then I will continue on by discussing how the Old Testament uses Moses, Samuel and Elijah to interpret Jesus, and finally whether or not the Sermon on the Mount happened. In the second part of my paper, I will talk about Jesus’s birth and childhood, his miracles, his resurrection, and what Jesus did to cure people, spirits and how they are interpreted to the prophet, magician and the mad man compared to Saul and Elijah. The final part of the paper I will talk about what Jesus talked about as regards to the Kingdom of God vs. the Kingdom of the Romans and what he intended by speaking of the end of the world. I will also speak of the reasons behind the Romans executing him. My sources for this paper will be the New Jerusalem Bible Readers edition as my primary source and lecture notes from Professor Trumbach.

Let’s talk about the world about 2,000 years ago. It was a world where the mass of people were illiterate, taxes were extremely high, and the leaders would cheat and kill to feed their ever growing need for power. We all can relate to having a good storyteller in our lives, most were read to at night by their parents or are parents themselves that read to their children. What is the purpose of storytelling? It’s simple, comfort. A good story can ease your psychological unrest as well as offer a moral purpose. Sometimes you can even relate a story to your own life and offer an explanation to something you may be experiencing. This is exactly what the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were. They told their stories of Jesus to offer comfort to their people in a time when people could not pick up a story and read it themselves. It is part of human nature to have the desire for a good story. This paper will describe several events that were written by great storytellers in the bible.

Craig Blomberg, New Testament Scholar and Professor at Denver Seminary, provides an insightful commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. Blomberg investigates the text using a historical, literary, and theology analysis. The commentary begins with an introduction analyzing the following 7 topics regarding the entirety of the Matthean Gospel: (1) structure, (2) theology, (3) purpose and audience, (4) sources, (5) date, (6) author, (7) and historicity and genre. Blomberg, then, throughout the rest of the commentary, provides a verse by verse discourse on the text by breaking it down into 3 main sections: (I) Introduction to Jesus’ Ministry (1:1-4:16), (II) The Development of Jesus’ Ministry (4:17-16:20), and (III) The Climax of Jesus’ Ministry (16:21-28:20).

The “variety of literary genres is paralleled by the diversity of its authors’ thoughts (Harris 2014). Each of the writers of the New Testament believe wholeheartedly in the significance of Jesus and his time on Earth. However, at times they each have a unique and different take on his life and teachings. The “fifth gospel” according to Thomas, paints Jesus as a figure that tries to lead his disciples down a path of enlightenment towards God’s kingdom.

Once upon a time there was a kingdom and in that kingdom there was a king. And this king was a dark and mysterious king with not a care for his people. But this king had a son named Brady, and his Brady was nothing like him his father but Brady changed the kingdom without the help of his father and this is the story how.

Nothing is so foundational as the reality of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. Questions have been raised about the historical characters of biblical narratives. Historicity is the condition of having occurred in history; authenticity. The authors were holy men of God who wrote the gospels inspired by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. They did not write according to the method and expectations of man’s modern history writing, but wrote according to revelation of the Holy Spirit.

In the New Testament, the main figure Jesus Christ brings us the definitive truth about divine Revelation. In the New Testament the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the main witnesses to the life and teaching of Jesus, forms the heart of all writings and occupy a unique place in Church. It is a collection of 27 Books written in less than 100 years (51 to 105 A.D.) after Christ as a Missionary Handbook. In which proclaims the birth, growth and teachings of the Christian Church. The New Testament is a record of historical events, the ‘good news’ events of the saving life of the Lord Jesus Christ, His life, death, resurrection, ascension and how his work is continued in the world. This overall is explain and asserted by the apostles

We previously examined how Luke’s gospel, in comparison to Matthew’s gospel, is relational, familiarly written and how it appealed to his Gentile audience. Luke has several noticeable differences in his gospel as compared to the others. In Luke’s gospel, he graciously provides a more complete narrative of Jesus. Since Jesus’ birth and ministry to His crucifixion and resurrection, Luke fill’s in some of the details that had been left out of the preceding gospels and draws his audience in even the more by presenting Jesus in a more humane manner. Emphases on Jesus teachings concerning salvation in relation to His fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies of the promised Messiah were evident.

The New Testament contains various groups of literature that include The Gospels, the Book of Acts, a collection of Letters, and the book of Revelation. The Gospels is a unique literary group that early Christians discovered to profess the good news related to Jesus. The good news shared the story about Jesus’ spiritual work, demise, and resurrection (Harris, 2014, p.13). The second book of Acts is known as an extension of Luke’s Gospel that represents Jesus’ supporters as they carried on his work, influenced by the exact godly spirit that is related to Jesus (Harris, 2014, p.14). Also, the books of Acts provide a theological aspect about the history of the Early Church and the aftermath of Jesus’ life and death. The third book consists of

How God Became King by NT Wright is a powerful book that makes believers and nonbelievers start to look at their faith in a new light. Throughout the book, Wright focuses on Jesus Christ, and lets his readers how Jesus and subsequently God became the king here on earth. Wright also address a problem he see with people’s view of Jesus.

This paper will attempt to summarize and compare the book, According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible, written by Graeme Goldsworthy, with the book, How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour, written by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. Both of these books traced a certain line of thought throughout the entire Bible, the line that pointed to Jesus Christ. Graeme Goldsworthy’s book gives a basic work in the field of biblical religious philosophy while Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart’s book focuses on beginning each segment of the bible with a review of the substance and interrelationships of the specific boks. These lines of thinking will be explained in further detail in the latter part of this paper.