Was Jesus God?
Yes he was, yes he is, and yes he will always be! I actually really enjoyed Wright's chapter on Jesus divinity. The best party about it was his research on what the Jews during Jesus time period were thinking. I really deeply respect NT Wright as a first Century palestine scholar and am enjoying the insight that he has into Jesus' world. He's right too that we have to understand the culture and people that Jesus was a part of in order to understand what Jesus is truly saying at times.
It was interesting about how much Jesus acts as the new covenant away from the Temple, although I don't think Wright's argument that the Temple and JEsus couldn't coexist in Jerusalem at the same time and thats why Jesus had so much conflict with it. Rather I see Jesus deeply regarding and respecting the Temple. Calling it "My Father's house," and "A House of Prayer." I believe his conflict was with the people of the Temple and how they were using it. Yes it's true that Jesus marks the symbol of the new covenant where he forgives our sins, and he is our place of worship, etc, but I don't think that it puts him exactly in conflict with the Temple during his lifetime.
Jesus has established a new line, a new family, a new covenant. I think this was symbolized at his death when the curtain in the Temple tore at Jesus' death. I think Jesus loved the temple. He had made pilgrimages there for a lot of his life, and I think he honored the covenant between YHWH and Israel across the centuries. And with a smile, he brought the new covenant....
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