RELI 160D2 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. GenocideII. HitlerA. AryanizeIII. AryansIV. WWIIOutline of Current Lecture I. GospelII. Christian Theology of HistoryIII. The Public Life of JesusCurrent LectureJesus is born in Bethlehem, it’s like southern Jerusalem.• was raised in Nazareth, Galilee.• father, Joseph, was a carpenter (as well as Jesus)27 book in New Testament• Jesus’ life written in the Gospel - where redemption “has come through Jesus” (?)• There’s no physical description of Jesus◦ 1st written gospel was Mark - before 70 A.D. (Gospel was preached until this time)◦ Matthew - 70-90 A.D.◦ Luke - 70-90 A.D.▪ All of those three have the same structure as Mark. They’re the Synoptics, they stay together. If you see one, you see them all. The outline is 10:37 -43.◦ John - after 90 A.D.• Symbols◦ Mark - lion, because it opens with preaching in the wilderness.◦ Matthew - man◦ Luke - ox, because it begins with sacrifice in the temple.◦ John - eagle, because it’s a spiritual gospel that soars above everything you’ve read.• Christian Theology of History : five principles◦ 1. Christianity is based on the belief of Jesus who is truly God and truly man, and is themessiah, who will usher in the final judgement. (Christ means the messiah).◦ 2. By following the moral principles of Jesus, a person can live a fully human life.◦ 3. Jesus is seen as restoring the balance between humankind and God.◦ 4. Christians believe that this restoration of balance was accomplished by Jesus’ life, death & resurrection.◦ 5. Christians believe that Jesus will return at the end of history, the second coming.• The Public Life of Jesus◦ 1. Baptized by John the baptist in the river Jordan when he was 30 years old.◦ 2. He went into the desert & fasted and prayed for 40 days and 40 nights to prepare himself for his ministry.◦ 3. He was tempted by Satan, 3 times. Tempts him with telling him to turn these stonesinto bread. Then he told Jesus to jump off a wall, telling him angels will catch him. Then he takes Jesus to a high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms, if he would worship him. That was the first time he was tempted by power.◦ 4. John the baptist is put to death, is killed by son of Herod the Great. Jesus decided toreturn North to Nazareth.◦ 5. Wedding feast in Canaan, he turned water to wine.◦ 6. Anti-Legalistic (going against the law). He was walking through a field of grain with his disciples & they were picking grain on the sabbath, which isn’t acceptable on the sabbath. Accused Jesus of allowing his people to break the sabbath. He said “Sabbath is made for man, not man for the sabbath”.◦ 7. Anti-Legalistic (going against the law). Woman caught in adultery, about to be stoned to death. Jesus comes out at the scene & says “whoever is without sin, throw the first stone”. But she was supposed to be put to death, but he encouraged her to just stop committing adultery. ◦ 8. Jesus taught in parables, fictitious stories that make one basic