tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post113338864875727725..comments2023-10-10T08:46:17.713-04:00Comments on drulogion: Does the Resurrection of Jesus Really Matter?JohnLDruryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120179182431573460noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post-12232217114652170792009-03-23T14:40:00.000-04:002009-03-23T14:40:00.000-04:00What about the inauguration of God's Kingdom?What ...What about the inauguration of God's Kingdom?<BR/><BR/>What were the expectations of the 1st Century Jewish compatriots? From what I understand they were expecting the fulfillment of the prophets regarding the redemption of all things.<BR/><BR/>Acts 1:6-8 (albeit the disciples are still in a nationalistic mind-set)has the disciples asking if Jesus, having shown Himself as incorruptible, will not bring the Kingdom of God/Heaven to bear in its fullness. This shows us there was an expectation of the Kingdom infiltrating the world NOW. Heaven crashing into Earth NOW. Right?<BR/><BR/>I mean, Bar-khokba (sp?) a few years after Jesus claimed to be a Messiah and minted temple coins with the year ONE on them... clearly there is an expectation here.<BR/><BR/>Acts surely suggests, as Ken Schenck mentioned, that the early Christians found the Resurrection, at least, "incredibly important" and more important (though impossible without), even, the incarnation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post-1134121044875983022005-12-09T04:37:00.000-05:002005-12-09T04:37:00.000-05:00Not only was the resurection the end of death's po...Not only was the resurection the end of death's power over the redeemed. It was the final stamp, the final proof of who Christ was. If it weren't for the resurrection Peter would have not been affective for God, because he needed Christ to show forgiveness for his rejection. I think that it made the Christ's sacrifice fullerDAKOTARANGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549098186484275715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post-1133869839250933912005-12-06T06:50:00.000-05:002005-12-06T06:50:00.000-05:00I love how you do theology for the ordinary person...I love how you do theology for the ordinary person... you take this complex stack of Jinga blocks then suggest thinking about removing one to see how it changes the tower... and often we discover that many of hte blocks are critical for the whole tower to stay standing.<BR/><BR/>(But of course theology is more than a wobbly Jinga game put together into some sort of tower with the game being to remove things until one's whole belief system collapses (now that I typed that it reminds me this is exactly how some are treating theology though)... perhaps theology is more of the foundation on which we build the wobbly tower of our lives)Keith Druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058949281404407630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post-1133542817642634442005-12-02T12:00:00.000-05:002005-12-02T12:00:00.000-05:00So does recapitulation come into play here? Christ...So does recapitulation come into play here? Christ is the archetype replacing the old Adamic mold with a new hope. Where Adam sins, Christ is perfect. Where Adam dies, Christ is raised from the dead. We need the resurrection to not only forgive us of sins, but also ensure to us the promise of eternal life. Otherwise, would we be relegated to Old Testament theologies of "Sheol" with no hope of Heaven? Just some random thoughts. I need to read more of the Cappodocians before I'd say more.Kevin Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572733458855592712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14736201.post-1133539012665200512005-12-02T10:56:00.000-05:002005-12-02T10:56:00.000-05:00I have an unresolved tension in my faith between m...I have an unresolved tension in my faith between my sense that the resurrection was incredibly important to the earliest Christians and my sense that Christ as incarnate God is more important for Christian orthodoxy. For Paul and Hebrews (in my opinion), Christ's resurrection was the defeat of the Devil (Heb. 2:14), the fixing of the problem of humans lacking the glory of God (Rom. 3:23; Heb. 2:6-8), and the firstfruits of our own resurrection (1 Cor. 15). For Acts it was the centerpiece of early Christian preaching and the vindication of the gospel message.<BR/><BR/>But after the councils of the church, Christ's identity as God incarnate seems more central.<BR/><BR/>I have no resolution to the tension. They don't contradict each other but to me are quite distinct formulations that some could and sometimes do take in conflicting directions. Who will free me from this body of perplexity?Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.com