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  • Messianic Judaism
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    Seventh-day Adventist Christians do everything by the Bible. I grew up in this church, so I am quite familiar with it. When I first heard about Messianic Judaism I was under the impression that they, too, use the Bible as their only reference. I then wondered what is the difference between these two religions? As God tells us, seek ye the kingdom of Heaven, meaning search for yourself to find the one and only truth. So, I decided to look into Messianic Judaism a lot more. At the second coming of...
  • Priests Call Jesus
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    Why was Jesus executed? In answering this question in historical terms, we must first look at the events leading up to his arrest and ultimately, his execution. We know that Jesus performed that symbolic gesture of 'cleansing'; the temple, by overturning the money changers tables, and most believe that this act was symbolic of destruction, not purification. Paula Fredrickson, author of From Jesus to Christ writes: 'Through this disruptive gesture, Jesus symbolically enacted the expending apocaly...
  • Presence Of Christ In The Eucharist Bread
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    SUMMARY Eucharist History -reenacts the closing events of jesus' life -links past-present-future one ceremony -powerful, meaningful ritual -last of the 3 sacraments of initiation -prescribed by christ -have to see the eucharist as body, not bread Eucharist celebrates -"a way of remembering" -daily reminder of Gods love -jesus shared bread at last supper / do this in memory of me -a thanksgiving feast -"eucharist" means giving thanx Ritual Meal -earliest form of rituals are eating and gathering -...
  • Washing Of The Disciples Feet
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    Christ washed his disciples' feet that he might give a proof of that great love wherewith he loved them. Christ washed his disciple's feet that he might signify to them spiritual washing, and the cleansing of the soul from the pollutions of sin. Christ washed his disciple's feet that he might give an instance of his own wonderful humility, and show how lowly and condescending he was, and let all the world know how low he could stoop in love to his own. Christ washed his disciple's feet to set be...
  • Very Same Transfiguration
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    once i had a huge ass dog but the mother fucker bit my fucking hand off The mosaic in the apse of San Vitale in Ravenna depicts a younger version of Christ. This is significant because it shows a beardless Christ, signifying that he may be from the Mediterranean. His halo contains the Cross and he is wearing a purple robe. It is rather two-dimensional, because the draperies do not convey a sense of organic bodily movement. The figures are also mostly displayed in a frontal view. The globe on whi...
  • McMurphy And Christ
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    Religious Symbolism and Allusion in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey's novel, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, can be based upon some religious form of literary criticism. The general theme was that seemingly helpless individuals could be delivered from the vicious environment they had subjected themselves to. The deliverer can be religion itself or the object of religion such as Jesus Christ or as in the novel, Cuckoo's Nest, Randle P. McMurphy. Many parallels exist between One Flew ov...
  • Life Of Jesus
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    Christ: VICTORY!! "It is finished!" John 19: 30. What Christ is referring to here is the accomplished salvation of the people. What that means is that when we are saved, we do not have to put out burnt sacrifices up to Him. It is no longer needed because Christ died for us, which took away the iniquities of our sin. He did this out of great love for us. This is exemplified in John 3: 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that who so ever belief in him shall have etern...
  • Gospel Jesus
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    Luke was a doctor by trade, and an evangelist by fate. Contained within this gospel we see how much care to detail was taken in transcribing this gospel. A good deal research and energy were put into the minute details of this gospel. This can be attributed to the fact that he was a physician. His attention to detail was so great that his gospel contains Luke's gospel contains 14 of the 20 miracles the gospels contain, moreover they contain all the parables in the gospels. Luke's gospel was aime...
  • Perfect Human A Man Without Sin
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    Luke chapter 2 brings to our attention of a birth that would forever change our world as it was known so many years ago. 'Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord". (Luke 2: 10-11) Jesus born in a barn that would exempt him from being born such as a 'king' would be. His family wasn't so much as well off and under the circumstances of his birth you would have n...
  • Known As The Sacred Meal Jesus
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    Peter San Angelo March 25, 2002 Quiz # 2 Essay # 1 How does Christ demonstrate he would remain sacramentally present to the community in the ritual of the Last Supper? At the Last Supper, which is also known as the sacred meal Jesus spoke to his disciples with the outmost amount of trust. He let them know through his words that he would be a part or one with them through anything. He actually said to them he would remain in their human lives no matter what. This meant that Jesus would be with th...
  • McMurphys Plan
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    In the book One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey the use of Christ imagery is overall effective. One of the first images was the fishing trip planned by McMurphy because only twelve people went and Jesus took twelve disciples with him on a fishing trip. Billy Bibbits turning on McMurphy near the end by admitting that he was involved in McMurphys plan was like Judas admitting he participated with Jesus. Towards the end of the story McMurphy is a martyr just like Jesus because the patients...
  • Cross For Jesus
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    The Death of Christ EXAMINATION I chose to look into Jesus death and the people who were involved in it. The first group of people who got hold of Jesus was the Roman soldiers. They were probably the most innocent in the whole thing. Granted they did perform the actual act of crucifying Christ, but it was because of the order that Pilate gave them. As I looked into crucifixion and how it started I found that before Jesus was crucified, more than 30,000 men, in Israel alone, had already been cruc...
  • Body And Blood Of Jesus Christ
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    THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST "The Liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fountain from which all her power flows" (Abbott 142). This solemn quote represents the core of the church's official teaching on the Sacred Liturgy. When sin entered the world with the fall of Adam and Eve 1 so began the need for reconciliation between God and His people. Throughout the Hebrew scriptures many covenants were made to bring about this reconcilia...
  • Sacrament Of The Holy Eucharist
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    Essay: The Differences and Similarities Between Passover and The Eucharist To explain the differences and similarities between the Hebrew Passover and the Christian Eucharist we must first compare and research... The Eucharist is the blessed sacrament in which our Lord, Jesus Christ is truly present under the bread (his body), and the wine (his blood). It differs from Passover in that the Passover has been a well known tradition for many years to the Jewish Community, while the Sacrament of the ...
  • Infinite Glory Of Jesus
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    Beholding the Beauty of Christ: A Blessed Paradox. Introduction A. Central verse Psalms 27: 4 "One thing have I desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple". B. The word "Beauty" as used here by David is the word "no am" which means splendor or agreeableness. C. What makes Jesus Christ so admirable, precious, so beautiful, and so glorious is what Jonathan Edwards calls "an...
  • Dragon To Red Cross
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    -Jesus Christ and the Red Cross Knight- In his first book of The Faerie Queen, Edmund Spenser recites the tale of the Red Cross Knight and the many trials and tribulations that he encounters along his quest to save Princess Una's kingdom. Throughout the tale Spenser makes many allusions to the Red Cross Knight being a Christ-like character. All of the qualities and attributes which Red Cross develops along the way lead up to his personification of Christ on the third day of the dragon fight. Man...
  • Jesus As Lover And Jesus As Mother
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    This paper received an A in Berkeley Graduate Theological Union's PLUS History of Christianity course. Lover and Mother Julian of Norwich, in Revelations of Divine Love paints a distinctive portrait of Jesus, focused on Jesus love considered through the metaphors of lover and mother. Her image of Jesus casts light on the images we use to talk about Christ and offers hints for modern spirituality. The Central Theme: Jesus Love It was at this time that our Lord showed me spiritually how intimately...
  • Dream The Cross
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    Creating a Warrior: Analyzing The Dream of the Rood The story of Christ's crucifixion is one of the most important and well known stories of the Bible. It has been told through many different perspectives but none more unique then the one shared in The Dream of the Rood. Told through the view of the cross The Dream of the Rood is based on the story of the crucifixion. However when compared to original account, told in the Lords book, striking changes are apparent. The most striking of these chan...
  • Characters Of Jim Casey And Pa Joad
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    The plot of John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath, can easily be related to many biblical references as well as it could be applied to the daily struggles of the lives of Christians. Two particular portions of this novel stick out more than any other. Those are the characters of Jim Casey and Pa Joad. Many say that Jim Casey's character could possibly be symbolically tied into the biblical hero of Moses. In the Bibles book of Exodus, Moses guided thousands of people (God's family, the Isra...
  • Biblical Allusions During The Grapes Of Wrath
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    The Grapes of Wrath includes many biblical allusions. First of all, we see Jim Casey as a Jesus figure. In the most obvious of senses, Casey has the same initials as Jesus, JC. Also, the 12 people who begin the journey with Casey represent the twelve disciples that Jesus had. The traitor in The Grapes of Wrath was Connie, and in the bible it was Judas. Connie and Judas both abandon their groups for their own selfish reasons. Casey even goes so far as to compare himself to Christ by saying, "I be...

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