Archaeology of the New Testament

"Christians see the cross as a symbol of hope, love and, ultimately, salvation. That's why a cross is found in nearly every Christian church."

"The cross stands at the heart of Christian hope, not as a symbol of defeat or despair but as the ultimate emblem of victory and redemption."


https://www.dispatch.com/story/life...z1149xxe1149xxv000077&gca-ft=271&gca-ds=sophi

https://www.stlouisreview.com/story/the-cross-is-central-to-christian-hope/

Christians must understand that for Jews the cross is a symbol of oppression​



Jesus wasn't a Christian – that word exists for his followers and came later. He was Jewish. His mother was Jewish. He was circumcised as a Jew. He pretty much followed the Jewish law, departing from it only in the name of what he saw as its deeper meaning. "For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished," he insisted at the end of the Sermon on the Mount. Sure, he debated furiously with the Pharisees and Sadducees, especially about the significance of the temple. And, in time, this argument came to be restyled by Jesus' gentile followers as an attack upon Jews per se. But originally it was an internal debate within Judaism, not an attack upon Jews from the outside. In was an internal debate in the same way that the prophets of the Hebrew scriptures, such as Jeremiah, often attacked the priests of the temple for missing the point.

 

Christians must understand that for Jews the cross is a symbol of oppression​



Jesus wasn't a Christian – that word exists for his followers and came later. He was Jewish. His mother was Jewish. He was circumcised as a Jew. He pretty much followed the Jewish law, departing from it only in the name of what he saw as its deeper meaning. "For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished," he insisted at the end of the Sermon on the Mount. Sure, he debated furiously with the Pharisees and Sadducees, especially about the significance of the temple. And, in time, this argument came to be restyled by Jesus' gentile followers as an attack upon Jews per se. But originally it was an internal debate within Judaism, not an attack upon Jews from the outside. In was an internal debate in the same way that the prophets of the Hebrew scriptures, such as Jeremiah, often attacked the priests of the temple for missing the point.


Pure copium.


the sum of the law and the prophets is the golden rule.

Christ is King.
 
Luke wasn't a disciple of Christ, so he had to base his gospel on the testimony of the eyewitnesses and other accounts provided by the eyewitnesses or people who knew them.
A saint is not a disciple of Christ??? Eyewitnesses of what??
It is obvious you have never even read Luke's writings!
 
"Christians see the cross as a symbol of hope, love and, ultimately, salvation. That's why a cross is found in nearly every Christian church."
Why is an instrument of death a symbol of hope and love? Why is it a symbol of 'salvation'? Crucifixion is a lethal torture.
"The cross stands at the heart of Christian hope, not as a symbol of defeat or despair but as the ultimate emblem of victory and redemption."
You just said this. Mindlessly chanting now?
Mindlessly quoting Holy Links now?

Try answer the questions above. No Holy Link can help you.
 
Back
Top