Sadly, today, and so tragically frequently, the pages of human history are indelibly stained by brutal and aggressive behaviour,mostly male behaviour, to reinforce 'mob mentality', and support ugly self-justifying warped belief and delusions.
Was this same outlook reflected in the events in Jerusalem about 2000 years ago? (I think it was about 30 CE, {or, 30 AD}.)
'“He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Messiah,[g] the King of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see and believe."' Mark 15:31-32 (NRSV)
Jesus' frequent NT title, 'Christ', represents the word 'Messiah', the One who was to come, long hoped for in Israel.
"Saviour" is a word for the world, as we will see. There is quite a bit to be found on the understanding of Jesus' "saviourship". For now, there is that statement above, sadly intended to be a scornful insult, heard on that day as the carpenter from Nazareth breathed his last. The words have an irony unrecognised by the men behind it:
Today, "Good Friday" of 2015, that scene will be imagined by many, many people. (The annual observance is based on lunar calendar calculation and thus does not have a fixed date.)
I aim to post more on salvation, and also look at narrow and broad use of "save".
g. Mark 15:32 Or the Christ
Was this same outlook reflected in the events in Jerusalem about 2000 years ago? (I think it was about 30 CE, {or, 30 AD}.)
'“He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Messiah,[g] the King of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see and believe."' Mark 15:31-32 (NRSV)
Jesus' frequent NT title, 'Christ', represents the word 'Messiah', the One who was to come, long hoped for in Israel.
"Saviour" is a word for the world, as we will see. There is quite a bit to be found on the understanding of Jesus' "saviourship". For now, there is that statement above, sadly intended to be a scornful insult, heard on that day as the carpenter from Nazareth breathed his last. The words have an irony unrecognised by the men behind it:
Today, "Good Friday" of 2015, that scene will be imagined by many, many people. (The annual observance is based on lunar calendar calculation and thus does not have a fixed date.)
I aim to post more on salvation, and also look at narrow and broad use of "save".
g. Mark 15:32 Or the Christ
