Thursday, 29 January 2015

Christ Jesus of History and Christ Jesus of Faith


Gal.4:4, In the fullness of time Christ was born in order to fulfilled the prophesy in regard to Godhead being born in the form of a humanity.
 
In regard to the topic I am not going to discuss in  theological perspective rather just sharing of thought and simple layman ideas what I comprehend the point mentioned.

Well, Jesus was born in the linage of David i.e Jews in race. A son of a carpenter professionally means not from well to do family. In short he was a child of the time socially, politically, economically and mentally too till his manifestation of his messianic figure.

He must have felt the culture of the people and had have seen the human dearth and inability to cope with first-hand. In a sense he too was under the umbrella of his earthly parents protection. Their affection and struggle to make a square meal for their family. How he must have experienced minute human activities and its ups and downs. He must have washed his cloths himself with whatever detergent available those days.

Yet, he was born to human parents with much more higher goal and purpose unknown even to his parents and sibling. He was Messiah, a redeemer, savoir for the fallen humanity.

No body recognized him till his manifestation and resurrection from the death after three days. The punishment he was given was on a false accusation but it paved a door to open for eternity to all the fallen humanity.

The news of the death of Christ Jesus must have been very talk about. The news of the resurrection of the death Christ Jesus must have made a headlines. Yet, in time the news became stale and old. But for a fallen humanity the news of Christ death, resurrection and life will always be a news which will never be stale and old to provide certainty of forgiveness and life eternal with HIM in heaven.

It does not make any different whether Jesus was carpenter by profession or his background historically but it makes a different the life of eternity bestowed upon each and every fallen humanity till the eschatology.

Christ Jesus of faith is different in our perspective and comprehension. For some he is loving and gentle. For some he is strict and man of words. Furthermore, he is yet to come to the earth once he had already been and witnessed the activities of humanity and its infirmities.

To sum up we need to know Christ Jesus of History and Christ Jesus of Faith in order to strengthen our faith on him to ground on a solid foundation which only could be done through faith and nothing else weather reasoning, worldly knowledge or wisdom. Of course Christ of History is very different than Christ of Faith but both are figure one in earthly human form and one a very part of Godhead, the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit (Holy Trinity).

To be continued......