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3.9 Earliest Christians I: Deciphering Jesus
3.9 Earliest Christians I: Deciphering Jesus
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
The earliest Christians had three theological problems to tackle. First, what exactly happened at the resurrection of Jesus? Was his physical body brought back to life? Or was he transformed into an immortal spiritual body? Perhaps he never had a mortal body in the first place. Second, how was Jesus related to God? Perhaps he was a good man adopted by God. Eventually Christians came to believe he was no mere man, but an eternal divine being. Third, what happens to people after they die? Jews knew that nothing happened to them. They were not in heaven or hell because there was no heaven or hell. In the world to come, God would eventually resurrect the dead back on earth. After many years, Christians decided that people possessed immortal souls, that went to heaven or hell immediately after death. The idea of the resurrection of the dead faded into the background.
Released:
Oct 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
1.6 Canaan of the Patriarchs: Keynote: Canaan of the Bronze Age: history and archaeology by History in the Bible