When Jesus presented himself as Christ, as Messiah, he was presenting himself as a political figure, as Israel’s king. Luke makes this explicitly clear: (more…)
God's Politcs
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July 10, 2008
God’s Politics: Jesus as “King of the Jews”
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July 10, 2008
God’s Politics: the Christian Meaning and Use of Power
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Jesus is God’s politics.
By that I mean, Jesus is God’s king. This is, by the way, what the title, Messiah (or Christ, in Greek) means. Though many of us have been trained to think of Jesus as an a-political figure, a teacher who concerned himself with “spiritual matters” and remained above the political fray, the truth is, Jesus is the political figure, the true “King of kings and Lord of lords.” No reading that ignores this can do justice to Luke-Acts. (more…)
