JESUS CHRIST

Who is Jesus Christ?



Who is Jesus Christ?

Introduction

The life of Jesus is told in the Gospels written by some of the early Christians. Jesus was born into a poor family in Nazareth, son of Joseph and Mary. While Christian civilization has imposed the account of the years from the supposed moment of his birth (which would begin with the first year of our era), it is known that he was actually born a little earlier, it was in the days of King Herod, who died in 4 BC It was precisely the persecution of Herod which led to the family after the circumcision of Jesus, to take temporary refuge in Egypt. The Gospel story surrounding the birth of Jesus in a series of miracles that are part of the Christian faith, as he lowered genealogy of King David, the virginity of Mary, the Annunciation of the event by an angel and adoration of the newborn by shepherds and astronomers of the East. Moreover, the childhood of Jesus proceeded normally in Nazareth, where his father worked as a carpenter.

Discussion

By the age of thirty Jesus began his brief public life preaching joining his cousin, John the Baptist. After listening to his sermons, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River, when John pointed to as an incarnation of the Messiah promised by God to Abraham. John was soon arrested and executed by Herod Antipas, rushing to continue his preaching Jesus Christ. Addressed primarily to the masses, among which recruited a group of faithful followers (the twelve apostles), with which toured Palestine (Fleetwood, Whiting, Paradise and Barber, 2001). He preached a review of the Jewish religion based on love of neighbor, detachment from material goods, forgiveness and hope of eternal life.

His teaching simple and poetic parables and punctuated by announcing a future of salvation for the humble, he found a certain echo among the poor. His popularity increased when news ran the miracles attributed his followers, as proof of the supernatural powers of Jesus Christ. This popularity, coupled with their direct accusations against the moral hypocrisy of the Pharisees, eventually worry the powerful in the moment (Jeffs, 2011). Jesus was accused before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, for having publicly proclaimed Messiah and King of the Jews, if the first was true, and reflected a conflict of the new faith with traditional religious structures of Judaism, the latter ignored the fact that the proclamation of Jesus as king was metaphorical, referring to the "kingdom of God" and without questioning the political powers.

Conscious that his end was approaching, Jesus celebrated a last supper to say goodbye to his disciples after he was arrested while praying on the Mount of Olives, apparently with the help of one of them, named Judas (Meier, 2009). Thus began the Passion of Christ, a process that would lead to death after suffering many hardships, and with it gave his disciples an example of sacrifice in defense of their faith, they assimilate exposed to martyrdom during the persecution that ...