THEO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Polytheism
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Asks two quesions: who was jesus, what has he done (deeds) By understanding the signiicance of god we can understand god and reach human fulillment. The bible: prophets and kings are anointed in the bible, david and cyrus king of persia are the only other people in the bible called messiah. Mark 8: 27-30: jesus asks his disciples, who do people say that i am- answer: elijah, john the bapist, prophet, who do you (disciples) say that i am- peter answers the messiah. God"s plan : tells people that as a follower they have to sufer. Titles of jesus: messiah- deliverer, lord, son of man, son of god, god. Son of man (ben adam: human being, in mark 8: 38 itle is used- end of ime, judges and restores creaion to what it was in the beginning. Son of god: augustus caesar also called this itle, divine nature; more than human, cosmic igure.
