The Truth In The Odyssey

Yesterday, in the city of Judea, a man, going by the name of “Jesus of Nazareth” was crucified, for blasphemy. In his crimes, he claimed to be the son of God, and was apparently spreading false tales and stories. He had amassed a large following of people, including the 12 he held most dear, the disciples. In the week before his death, he had been observed to enter Jerusalem through the East gate, as onlookers laid down palm leaves, to mark the coming of the “Messiah”. On the second day, he was observed to have turned over tables in the temple, feeling evidently angry at the fact there were gamblers inside the temple, he also very rudely refused to sacrifice an animal to enter the temple, claiming that he did not agree with the moral idea of

The people who are gathered in front of Jesus did not understand that this bread was provided by God, they thought Moses had fed the people. The bread was sent from heaven to supply for the physical needs of the people. The people do not understand that Jesus can fill them in a way that no bread is able to. It is evident that this crowd does not yet understand what it means to be a true disciple of Jesus.

In the Bible, the population, at first does not accept Jesus, but more come to believe in Him after he is able to prove his powers through the miracles he performs.  However, the nobility, especially, they fear that their power is threatened; eventually, they are out to get Jesus.  Once Jesus' authority is questioned, most people who once believed in him no longer acknowledge their faith in him.  Eventually, swayed by the aristocrats, the people begin hating Jesus. He is treated less than human and is no longer a useful tool for the people, a source of healing or peace.  He becomes a scapegoat, and is considered the source of problems.  Even the people closest to him, his disciples, betray him.  Judas sells

Jesus preached about His beliefs with God, and all his Glory. He went around telling people that he was the son of God. These accusations raised chaos with the Jews. He was brought to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest. They were looking for any kind of evidence, or excuse to kill Jesus. “The high priest

Many years after the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaka. Many believe that he is dead, but the author lets us know that he is being held as a sex captive on the goddess Kalypso’s island. Kalypso has no plans of letting him go to return home either.

In the Hebrew Bible and The Odyssey there are heroic figures that play an important role through out each of the books. These heroic figures from the Bible and The Odyssey have many similarities and differences that reflect the different cultures they are from. These heroes are called upon by greater beings, such as gods, to complete difficult journeys and or tasks that the god has made them destined to complete. Each of these legendary heroes demonstrates a particular culture’s needs. Through these journeys and or tasks they are forced to overcome challenging obstacles and make sacrifices.

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." (Matthew 16:24 NIV)

“Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” Mark 8:34-36

Amanda Palato Dr. Layton Jesus and the Gospels 14 May 2018 Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman (John 4:1-26) Through Jesus, God’s love and deliverance is made accessible for everyone, and through him, you will have everlasting life. In John 6:47, the author states, "I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life" (NIV). John 4:1-26 directly shows how if you are willing believe in him, you will have eternal life. Jesus will ignore any circumstances of an individual to show his love.

The church at Laodicea, Jesus held their exaggerated sense of importance and effectiveness against them. They aren't the Christians that they believe themselves to be, and he urges them to return to him and be clothed again in His righteousness.

John writes to the church at Sardis, an important city “located on an almost inaccessible plateau”, and known for its worship of the god Artemis. Jesus is spoken of as “him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars”, referring to the Holy Spirit (seven spirits of God representing perfection and holiness” and seven stars (referring to Jesus’ divine power over the cosmos). Jesus calls this people to “wake up and strengthen the things that remain”, because Sardis is in deep spiritual turmoil. If they do not repent, Jesus will “come like a thief”, at a time which no one knows. There is an “element of imminence” within this call, warning the people of Sardis to wake up and become alive again, because no mortal human can know the time or date when the Son of Man returns. To those who have endured, however, they are allowed to walk with Jesus because “they have not soiled their garments.” These people are given a “reward for perseverance through suffering”, and because of their cleanliness they are allowed to walk with Jesus in white in their unsoiled garments. This does not necessarily means that “they have merited justification, but that they have done nothing to forfeit it” by keeping themselves in white unsoiled garments. Jesus says of the one who conquers that he “will never blot his name out of the book of life”, and some take this to say that people can lose their salvation. This likely is not the meaning, however, because by God’s grace people are

When Jesus left this world, it seemed that the faith and the knowledge the followers of Christ practiced left as well. Leaving the followers with uncertainty about whether or not the teachings and man who moved them so much, was who he said he was. A lot of the time in this world, there are groups, even cults, that give you an indescribable feeling. They make you think that what they are doing is right, and is amazing. You feel such “power”, but when something happens to your leader, you disband from it all, diminishing it. This is what the people did, many walked away, going on just as they did before. The disciples were the ones in the biggest slump and they didn’t know how to go on without their leader, Christ. They thought that they

1 All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him. 2 The Pharisees and legal experts were grumbling, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Jesus knows the disciples will be weak and defenseless without him there to step in and help, but through this scripture, he continues to prepare his disciples for what they need to do when spreading the word and others are in disbelief. When people can physically see

Jesus ' instruction to the twelve disciples, "Take up your cross and follow me”, further reveals how extemporal realities like the cross guided Jesus’ actions throughout his earthly ministry. The cross produces faith in his followers. Indeed, one can only approach faith non-rationally from ground zero of one’s being. Human understanding falls silent at the foot of the cross. Jesus, at his trial, refused to answer even the slightest of Pilate 's questions. The cross would be Pilate 's final and only answer.