The Reign of God or The Cross?
What is the centrality of the the Christian faith. Is it the cross? Is it the reign of G-d? From what I understand for most christians the the cross is the centrality of their faith, but what was the centrality of Jesus’ faith? What was the ultimate for Jesus?
For Jesus the cross was an act of obedience to his fathers will, it was not the centrality of his faith nor of his actions. The ultimate for Jesus was the Reign of G-d, more commonly understood as the kingdom of G-d.
The Church today both protestant and catholic, have let the act of submission to the fathers will by Jesus, replace the core of his mission which was the advent of the Reign. Too much a case of preaching the preacher, rather than preaching what the preacher preached.
Jesus while being G-d incarnate, is also the son of the father. I would like to examine what that looks like, his motivations and actions in being a son, and filling his fathers mandate.
To be continued after i finish an assignment lol
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