Jesus

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Jesus

• By Anna, Desiree, Ian, Jordan

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Birth and Family

• Jesus was born in Roman ruled Palestine during
  the reign of Augustus.
• Jesus was born on the 25 of December (Christmas
  day)
• Jesus family is known as the Holy Family.
• The Roman Catholic and Anglican confessions of
  Faith limit the family to Mary, Joseph, and
  Jesus.
• Other confessions understand the biblical
  accounts as indicating that Jesus had brothers
  and sisters
• In the Roman Catholic church the feast after
  Christmas of the Holy Family is held on the first
  Sunday after Christmas.
• Michelangelo, Bartholomew, Murielle, Peter Paul
  Rubbens, and Luca Signorelli all painted many
  paintings of the Holy Family.
• Jesus is important because people gathered around
  and listened to his miracle stories, his
  exorcisms and healing of the sick. But soon
  rulers heard these and arrested him in Jerusalem.

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Gospels

• Most of the information for Jesus we get from the
  Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John.
• the Gospel of John was started with Jesus magic
  of turning water into wine.
• Adolf van Harnack said the Gospels were the rule
  of God and the inner heart of humans and the
  command of love.
• Mark as its said was to start the Gospels and it
  served as both a source and model for other
  Gospels.

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Facts about Jesus

• In addition to the title Messiah , or Christ,
  tradition records that Jesus was acclaimed as son
  of god, son of man, son of David, the prophet who
  is to come, king of Israel savior, and servant
• Every time the Messianic title implied a special
  relationship to Jesus Christ
• Early Christianity, especially those who reared
  on educated in gentile territory, used other
  images to descried what God had done through
  Jesus for the redemption of the world.
• By the time later gospels were written, Jesus was
  identified as with God.
• Around the year 200 controversy arose as to
  whether Jesus had two natures, or one human and
  one divine.
• At the end of 299 Tertullian asserted that God
  was of one substance consisting in 3 persons

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Death and Resurrection

• Jesus was a 1st century Jewish teacher who was
  crucified by the Romans.
• They killed him on the cross when they stabbed
  giant nails through his hands and ankles.
• Jesus was left like that until his death.
• After his death he was resurrected, (came back to
  life) and walked the Earth for 40 days. After a
  period of time he finally entered heaven.

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Look at this ?

• Stare at the 4 dots for 30 seconds
• Then look up and on the ceiling will be Jesus