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First Century Context

Jesus' Background depicts the actual nature of life which God purposed all of us to live. From his childhood to ministry time, he lived a sinless and responsible life. He had flesh like we do, he lived in the same world of trials and temptations but all his life time, he never gave in to sin. And he manged to live such a life because he acknowledged God the father in his life. This is proof enough for us that we can live a clean life too.

By: Isaac Wabomba
Category: Life of Jesus - First Century Context of Palestine (Israel)

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Brief Life Summaries

Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of king Herod to virgin Mary who by then was a fiancÃ. to Joseph the Jewish Carpenter. Jesus was born before Joseph and Mary came together as husband and wife. This means Jesus was born by the power of the holy spirit. ( Mathew 1:18) concludes by stating that Mary was found with a child of the Holy Ghost. Before Jesus began his ministry teachings, John the baptist had preached about his coming and later on baptized him. The spirit led Jesus into the wilderness where he fasted for forty days and forty nights after which he was tempted by the devil. The purpose of all this was to equip him with power for ministry of reconciliation of Mankind to God. Therefore when Jesus embarked on full time ministry, he was full of power and authority from God. He taught people about the kingdom of God with boldness and sometimes using parables. He chose the 12 disciples from the ordinary men in Judea who at some point did not understand him. Jesus became famous when he began performing Miracles like healing the sick, raising the dead and general teachings about the law of moses and the kingdom of God. With all these signs, the Jews were forced to ask him many questions to know if he was the Christ, the messiah whom John the baptist proclaimed, whose power he was using to heal people, why he was claiming to be son of God etc. As his fame grew, crowds of people kept following him to listen to his teachings, he also taught the high priests and pharisees in the temple. He lived a sinless life for he was holy, a true son of God. When Jesus entered Jerusalem, he was welcomed by a very large crowd of people as a king, the messiah, the Christ. He went into the temple which had been turned into a den of thieves and chased away all those who had turned it into a market place. This angered the chief priests and Jewish leaders and they sought to arrest and kill him. The reasons were that Jesus was claiming to be the king of the Jews, he claimed to be the son of God and some times God himself, he was persuading people not to pay taxes and that he had healed the sick on the Sabbath day among others. But before the chief priests came up with the plan, Jesus himself had earlier told his disciples that the "son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and and unto the scribes and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify him, and on the third day he shall rise again". God had purposed this to come to pass and Jesus knowing the time was close, informed his disciples. And through Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, he was betrayed to the chief Priests. Again Jesus knowing about this told his disciples during the passover in the upper room that " Verily i say unto you that one of you shall betray me". Indeed Jesus was falsely accused, arrested, beaten,mocked and crucified to death. The question is why and how did Jesus know about his death and the one who would betray him? God had it in plan that through his death, Mankind will be redeemed and through his resurrection after three days to prove to the world that he was truly the son of God and that he had overcome death. After his Resurrection the disciples proved it and received the power to carry on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

By: Isaac Wabomba
Category: Brief Life Summary: Who Was Jesus Christ?

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"Was Jesus trying to incite his death (eg. temple cleansing, accusation of leaders?)

Everything that happened during Jesus' ministry time was foretold by the prophets. He didn't incite His own death but was fullfilling God's plan for mankind. That's why He endured it all since He knew everything.

By: rebecca atugonza
Category: Timeline - Final 1 Week

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