What defines a Christian?

PostmodernProphet said:
what....the....fuck......does that have to do with the Sermon on the Mount.......have you gone daft?......
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The burning issue of the first century was Roman occupation of Palestine.. The taxes, abuses and laws had caused the Jews to split into five factions.. and they quarreled amongst themselves. There were the Zealots. Herodians, Sicarri, Pharisees and Essenes.. The Essenes basically retreated and moved to the area of the Dead Sea.

Jesus was trying to teach them how to survive.. and how to shame their enemies with non-violent resistance because he knew they were on a collision course with the Romans and they would NOT win.

If you knew anything at all about the political situation in Palestine, you would know this to be true. Their discontent was further fueled by high unemployment because Herod's construction projects were finished.
 
kudzu said:
The burning issue of the first century was Roman occupation of Palestine.. The taxes, abuses and laws had caused the Jews to split into five factions.. and they quarreled amongst themselves. There were the Zealots. Herodians, Sicarri, Pharisees and Essenes.. The Essenes basically retreated and moved to the area of the Dead Sea.

Jesus was trying to teach them how to survive.. and how to shame their enemies with non-violent resistance because he knew they were on a collision course with the Romans and they would NOT win.

If you knew anything at all about the political situation in Palestine, you would know this to be true. Their discontent was further fueled by high unemployment because Herod's construction projects were finished.
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that description of the political situation sounds a lot like the current perilous times for the faithful; other than the fact there is enough work to kill a working man and there is no discontent in the faithful; and the fact that "palestine" is a fiction of the damned. your education lacks a couple things: faith and repentance.
 
iewitness said:
that description of the political situation sounds a lot like the current perilous times for the faithful; other than the fact there is enough work to kill a working man and there is no discontent in the faithful; and the fact that "palestine" is a fiction of the damned. your education lacks a couple things: faith and repentance.
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Hahaha.. who the fuck do you think you are?
 
kudzu said:
You are a reading impaired ignoramus... The Romans didn't care about Jewish repentance. The Sermon on the Mount was about how to cope with the Roman Occupation.
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ok. keep the facts straight. what time was that ? what time is it now ? context is important.
 
iewitness said:
ok. keep the facts straight. what time was that ? what time is it now ? context is important.
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Most scholars think the Sermon on the Mount took place early in Jesus ministry.

BTW.. It was called Syria-Palestine from the 5th century before Christ.. Palestine was a province of Syria according to the Greek historian Herodotus.
 
kudzu said:
BTW.. It was called Syria-Palestine from the 5th century before Christ.. Palestine was a province of Syria according to the Greek historian Herodotus.
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I testified who I am. who are you ? this thread is about defining a follower of Christ. who are you ? this thread is not about your easily incorrect/revised technical history. testify. who in the fuck do you think you are ? I am done going back and forth with you. answer or don't answer.
 
iewitness said:
I testified who I am. who are you ? this thread is about defining a follower of Christ. who are you ? this thread is not about your easily incorrect/revised technical history. testify. who in the fuck do you think you are ? I am done going back and forth with you. answer or don't answer.
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This thread is about the politics of the first century ... the circumstances the Jews faced at the time. Do you think Jesus was living in a vaccumn?

Before this episode, Jesus had been "all about Galilee" preaching in Galilee.. This sermon was after he had been baptized by John the Baptist.

Jesus references the Kingdom of God.... meaning the end of an age and the beginning of a new one... and
the spiritual rewards and blessings of God in His new age which came at A.D.70.
 
kudzu said:
You are a reading impaired ignoramus... The Romans didn't care about Jewish repentance. The Sermon on the Mount was about how to cope with the Roman Occupation.
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your ignorance is dangerous.......someone might be stupid enough to take you seriously.......
 
PostmodernProphet said:
Jesus cared about Jewish repentance.......he gave the sermon, not the Romans.......
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Jesus was speaking to the Jews and addressing the conditions at the time. Any Roman soldier could demand a Jews carry his pack a mile or hit a Jew or take his cloak according to Roman law.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
yes, the salvation of humanity from its depravity......
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Matt. 13:40 reads: “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.” However, “world” here is translated from the Greek word “aion” which means “age, dispensation, era, or a period of time.

Jesus tells them quite clearly that the end would come in “this generation” . The word “generation” means: “those who are contemporaries or live at the same time.”

So, the age that was to end was the Jewish age. It would end with the destruction of the Jewish temple and the city Jerusalem. The end of the age did not happen at the cross or at Pentecost but at the destruction of Jerusalem. The world was not going to end but the age of Judaism was.
 
kudzu said:
Matt. 13:40 reads: “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.” However, “world” here is translated from the Greek word “aion” which means “age, dispensation, era, or a period of time.

Jesus tells them quite clearly that the end would come in “this generation” . The word “generation” means: “those who are contemporaries or live at the same time.”

So, the age that was to end was the Jewish age. It would end with the destruction of the Jewish temple and the city Jerusalem. The end of the age did not happen at the cross or at Pentecost but at the destruction of Jerusalem. The world was not going to end but the age of Judaism was.
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I always enjoy your informed posts on these topics.
 
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