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Saturday, March 21, 2009
The Birth of Christianity
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what i learn from trip about the birth of christianity from the jews version.jerusalem's landscape is dotted with hundreds of rock-cut burial caves dating to the second temple.the body were left in caves until the flesh decayed.the remaining of the body were place in this box called ossuaries.half of the ossuaries were decorated with design then buried.hope you like my essay thank and good night.
ReplyDeleteMY Experience from the trip of “Natural Museum Of Science ” Was great .
ReplyDeleteListening to my leaders say "We will go and watch an exhibit on the birth of Christianity",
Made me have the earnest spirit to go and attend it . I learned new things: the difference between Christianity and Judaism, the material they used in the past to survive(like the pots for food),etc…and I learned that God's words is still alive till now(even in greek) for everyone.
MY UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT THAT I REFUSE TO FORGET WAS WHEN MY YOUTH LEADER(SIS RABI)REMINDED ME AND THE OTHERS ABOUT THE DEATH OF CHRIST.SHE EXPLAINED
HOW WITHOUT CHRIST,WE WON'T HAVE ALL THESE WISE BIBLE SCHOLAR MENS.I AM JUST GREATFUL FOR THE THINGS I HAVE AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY AND HONOR FOR THE TRIP.MY PERSECTIVE NOW IS JUST “STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD”.
THE BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY
ReplyDeleteThe trip served the importance of showing the ways and customs of early Christians, or better still, the evolution of Christianity from the ancient religion known as Judaism. The birth of Christianity was one that marked one of the most important events in the history of western civilization. It started in the 4th century BC during the reign of Alexander the Great, and worked its way to the 1st century during the times that Jesus Christ lived.
During the second temple period, King Herod built a temple to protect their selves from the invasion of the Romans on the rock cliff of Masada in Judean Desert. It was equipped with basic amenities like oil lamps that were used as substitute for electricity, food, water and ammunitions kept in the storehouses, with a wide area was reserved in the northern part for this purpose.
However, after the temple was destroyed, the significance and importance of the Jewish people gathering together to pray, study, fellowship, break bread, etc. grew. The synagogue was the place that was needed to express one’s Jewish identity. Almost all synagogues display Jewish symbols representing rituals performed in the temple, thereby striking a relationship between the holy place and the synagogue.
I was interested also in the display of the Dead Sea Scroll in stone, which was also known as Gabriel’s Revelation written on a stone. To further my fascination, I read the section that really talked about the early Christianity; which evolved from Judaism. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the Dead Sea Community, but although they do not mention figures from the New Testament, they serve as a source to learn about early Christianity. The books of Psalms, Isaiah, and Deuteronomy were the most popular scrolls in Qumran (a community, close to the Dead Sea, where an isolated group of people lived), which interestingly are the most quoted books in the New Testament.
I also came across the exhibits of fragments of the gospels and letters by the apostles in the New Testament. This testifies the everlasting nature of the word of God. The word of God, although it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic on parchments and sometimes papyrus, it has been able to stand the test of time, and it shall forever stand. Amen