#the Christ

[infinitysisters]

“The New Testament in the original Greek is not a work of literary art : it is not written in a solemn, ecclesiastical language, it is written in the sort of Greek which was spoken over the Eastern Mediterranean after Greek had become an international language and therefore lost its real beauty and subtlety.

In it we see Greek used by people who have no real feeling for Greek words because Greek words are not the words they spoke when they were children. It is a sort of “basic” Greek; a language without roots in the soil, a utilitarian, commercial and administrative language. Does this shock us? It ought not to, except as the Incarnation itself ought to shock us.

The same divine humility which decreed that God should become a baby at a peasant-woman’s breast, and later an arrested field-preacher in the hands of the Roman police, decreed also that He should be preached in a vulgar, prosaic and unliterary language. If you can stomach the one, you can stomach the other.

The Incarnation is in that sense an irreverent doctrine: Christianity, in that sense, an incurably irreverent religion. When we expect that it should have come before the World in all the beauty that we now feel in the Authorised Version we are as wide of the mark as the Jews were in expecting that the Messiah would come as a great earthly King.

The real sanctity, the real beauty and sublimity of the New Testament (as of Christ’s life) are of a different sort: miles deeper or further in.”

—

CS Lewis, intro to JB Phillip’s translation of the New Testament letters, 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 1947

#CS Lewis #new testament #jb Phillips #christianity #ancient texts #koine Greek #Greek language #first century ad #ancient manuscripts #messiah #the Christ #vulgar

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Witness of John

9 He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world came to be through Him, and the world did not know Him.

11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of Elohim, to those believing in His Name,

13 who were born, not of blood nor of the desire of flesh nor of the desire of man, but of Elohim.

14 And the Word became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour and truth. — John 1:9-14 | The Scriptures (ISR 1998) The Scriptures 1998 Copyright © 1998 Institute for Scripture Research. All Rights reserved. Cross References: Psalm 85:9; Isaiah 53:3; Ezekiel 37:27; Hosea 1:10; Luke 11:36; John 1:3; John 1:7; John 3:5-6; John 19:27; James 1:18; 1 John 2:8

#the witness of John #the Word became flesh #Jesus Son of God #the Christ #Messiah #John 1:9-14 #Gospel of John #New Testament #ISR 1998 #Holy Bible #The Scriptures 1998 #Institute for Scripture Research

[walkingthroughthisworld]

The threefold exaltation (raised . . . lifted up . . . highly exalted) expresses a dignity beyond what any other merits or receives and is surely intended as a clue leading to the identity of the Servant. It is impossible not to be reminded of the resurrection, ascension and heavenly exaltedness of the Lord Jesus.”

— The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction Commentary by J. Alec Motyer

#Christianity #theology #the servant #the messiah #the Christ #Isaiah #Isaiah 52:13 #Motyer #J. Alec Motyer #The Prophecy of Isaiah

[quietdisciple]

#woman at the well #Messiah #Jesus #Jesus Christ #King of Kings #Christianity #Lord of Lords #Christ #The Christ #The Messiah #The Chosen #gif #religion

[ophanim-vesper]

obsessed with how the entire movie is just this

#spirited away #studio ghibli #ghibli #ghibli movie #shitpost #meme #ghibli meme #art #doodle #my art #spirited away chihiro #chihiro ogino #spirited away yubaba #christ you are extremely fuckin selfish die #fanart #I've rewatched spirited away like 2 times in 1 day #love this movie.... ghosted afar...

[wolfythewitch]

jesus holding a lamb based on that painting of jesus holding a lamb

#art #digital art #sketch #jesus christ #wolfy religious tedtalks #bible

[mossflower]

anyone want to see a fucking trainwreck of an ai article

#screaming crying throwing up over here. this shit has NOT been proofread christ alive

[sayruq]

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #christmas #christians #christianity #jesus christ #genocide

[vulturedimension]

we are discussing our childhood passions on the dash tonight

#normally i dont do these 'my dash did a thing' posts #but like. i had to #mine #[tumblr] #1k #in less than 24 hours #jesus christ #2k #3k #technically rn it's at 2893 #but it's gonna get to 3k soon #for some reason #4k #almost #this has now reached at least 2 of the 6 blogs in this image #3/6 now #5k #WHY #also i did not anticipate how weird it is to see all those urls on the top stacked on each other #10k #15k

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

I just wanna say bc I KNOW you're somewhere on tumblr, to the teenage girl who attended Take Your Kid To Work Day at an office building in Ontario, Canada circa 2013 and had a conversation with a middle aged woman in which you showed her your Black Veil Brides fanart and fanfics and ship content and told her about different fanfic tropes including a/b/o verse bc she happened to know who Panic! at The Disco and Fallout Boy were and thus you felt the need to show her your bandblr ship art, that was my fucking mother and I had to clarify all that to her including looking my mother in the eye and trying to explain a/b/o verse without sounding like a lunatic.

It's been 10 years and I still regularly sent evil energies in your direction. Since you'd be probably two years younger than me and thus legally an adult now, please know if this post reaches you it's on sight.

#she cornered me in the car and asked what shipping was and i almost had a fucking heart attack #imagine being like 16 years old and habing to explain knotting to your mother #random emo music girl I'm glad you had fun talking about your Band Guys to my mother #bc i also attended take your kid to work day at that office and i know how boring it was #but christ alive why did you have to fuck me like that? #anyways i hope this post reaches you so at the very least you know i think about you at least once a week #this has been weighing on me for ten years #im almost tempted to blaze this post

[mythology-void]

guys holy crap look what I just found

THE FREAKING TRANSITION IM ON THE FLOOR

#jesus fried kentucky christ #this is a masterpiece #percy jackson #pjo #pjo tv show #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo series #percabeth #hermes #annabeth chase #grover underwood #the big three #posideon

[crosshunting]

This is what the actual death of Jesus would have looked like if we are to be realistic. His death is not depicted in the movies as to what most likely would have actually happened in the days of Roman Crucifixion. This article is realistically more of what took place that infamous day.

(The physical Death Of Jesus )

“In 1986, The American Medical Association published an article titled "The Physical Death of Jesus Christ". It details the entire process of Jesus' trial to His death on the cross. In Luke 22, before Jesus is arrested, it is written that He was in great distress & sweating blood. Although rare, it is recognized as Hematidrosis, caused by high amounts of stress.

At the time, the crucifixion was considered the worst death for the worst of criminals. But this is not all Jesus faced. He endured whipping so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. He was beaten so horrific that His face was torn & His beard ripped. A crown of thorns, 2-3 inches long cut deeply into His scalp. The leather whip used to flog Him had tiny iron balls & sharp bones. The balls caused internal injuries while the sharp bones ripped open His flesh. His skeletal muscles, veins, & bowels we're exposed, causing major blood loss. Most men do not survive this kind of torture. After Jesus was severely flogged, He was forced to carry His own cross while people mocked & spat on Him.

Crucifixion was a process meant to instill excruciating pain, creating a slow & agonizing death. Nails as long as 8 inches were driven into Jesus' wrists & feet. The Roman soldiers knew the tendon in the wrists would tear & break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support Himself to breathe. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the courage..Jesus endured this reality for 3 hours!

The Gospel of John writes that after Jesus' death, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear & blood & water came out. Scientists explain that from hypovolemic shock, the rapid heartrate causes fluid to gather in the sack around the lungs & heart. The gathering of fluid in the membrane around the heart is called Pericardial effusion & the lungs, Pleural effusion.

To the world, Christianity is as foolish as it can get. They believe it's for the weak. But when you are confronted by the reality of the cross, it's clearly not a pretty sight. It is brutal & horrific. This is the weight Jesus carried. The weight of the sins of the world, all so that we can live. God's wrath is fully satisfied in Jesus. This is what it took. Repent & believe! Jesus is “God among us” in the flesh. Jesus is our Savior. Jesus loves you so much, He went through this spiritual and physical punishment for your sins and mine. Jesus is Lord, Almighty God, Everlasting Father.”

#The Christ #MySavior

[trashpidgeon48]

Leitmotifs drive me insane, like I hear *repeated melody that has an association with a person, idea, or situation* and I go *tears up the fucking rug like a dog*

#music #musical theatre #leitmotif #les miserables #anastasia musical #sweeney todd #jesus christ superstar #broadway #hadestown #phantom of the opera #ride the cyclone #the hunchback of notre dame #rent musical #fiddler on the roof #starkid

[yoggybloggy]

#christ lord ive had enough. yes i shouldve said outside america #but like 5 amending comments and edit to the original post thousands of notes ago #yet only like 2 of you seem to think 'hmmmmm maybe op has already heard about canada's shipping rates a billion times in the tags!'

[wolfythewitch]

Commission

#art #digital art #jesus christ #mother mary #john the apostle #wolfy religious tedtalks #bible #commissions