Isaiah in the New Testament

2020 ◽  
pp. 530-541
Author(s):  
Steve Moyise
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Good News ◽  
New Creation ◽  
New Exodus ◽  
New Jerusalem ◽  
Book Of Isaiah ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The New Testament

After the Psalms, Isaiah is the most quoted book in the New Testament and underlies many of its key themes. Jesus used the book of Isaiah to explain why he was being misunderstood and opposed, even though he was fulfilling Isaiah vision of the blind receiving sight and the poor hearing good news. Paul used it to show that God always intended to include Gentiles in the promised salvation, and the author of Revelation derived much of his imagery of the New Jerusalem from it. The occurrence of quotations from Isaiah at key points in Luke-Acts has persuaded many that Isaiah’s vision of new exodus/new creation inspired the early Christians to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. With good reason, the book of Isaiah has been called the “Fifth Gospel.”

Mary Magdalene

2019 ◽  
pp. 427-447
Author(s):  
Ann Graham Brock
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good News ◽  
Mary Magdalene ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Visionary Leader

The New Testament gospels and numerous extracanonical texts portray Mary Magdalene as one of the most significant of Jesus’s disciples, present at Jesus’s crucifixion and primary among the resurrection witnesses. Moreover, many of these ancient sources portray Jesus or heavenly messengers or both commissioning her to tell the other disciples the good news. As a result, many claim apostolic authority for her, and some even call her “apostle of the apostles.” Among key texts that feature her are the Gospel of Philip, Pistis Sophia, and the Manichaean Psalms. She may also be the protagonist in the Gospel of Mary, although a few suppose her to be Mary the Mother or Mary of Bethany. The portrayals of Mary Magdalene often feature her as an especially prominent, outspoken, visionary leader, who, in postresurrection dialogues with Jesus, frequently demonstrates insights beyond other disciples, including Peter, who often challenges her.

Soteria

1953 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 406-416
Author(s):  
R. McL. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Good News ◽  
Early Church ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Love Of God ◽  
Wrath Of God

In the Gospel according to St. John it is written that ‘God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ever-lasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.’ In these familiar words is summed up the message of the Bible as a whole, and of the New Testament in particular. In spite of all that may be said of sin and depravity, of judgment and the wrath of God, the last word is one not of doom but of salvation. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is a Gospel of salvation, of deliverance and redemption. The news that was carried into all the world by the early Church was the Good News of the grace and love of God, revealed and made known in Jesus Christ His Son. In the words of Paul, it is that ‘God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself’.

scholarly journals Teologia kapłaństwa i urzędu kapłańskiego w I wieku chrześcijaństwa

2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Dariusz Kasprzak
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Good News ◽  
New Covenant ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Church

Neither the Apostles nor any Christian minister is admitted to use the priest’s title in the text of the New Testament. Nevertheless, in the New Testament we can perceive the development of the doctrine of the priest ministry in the early Church. Albert Vanhoye maintains that the lack of the term “priest” in the New Testament suggests the way of understanding of the Christian ministry, different from this in the Old Testament. It can’t be considered as a continuation of Jewish priesthood, which was concentrated mainly on ritual action and ceremonies. In the first century the Church developed the Christology of priesthood (Hbr) and ecclesiology of priesthood (1 P). Early Christians focused first on the redemptive event of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and Jesus as the mediator of a new covenant. Only then the religious communities adopted the priest’s title for their ministry.In the early years of the Church, all the ministries were regarded as a charismatic service among the Christian communities. In their services the early Christians followed Jesus Christ sent by God to serve. The Holy Spirit sent by God in the name of Jesus bestowed the spiritual gifts upon the Church (1 Kor 12–13). Consequently the disciples of Jesus and their successors could continue his mission. The Twelve Apostles’ ministry was the very first and most important Christian ministry. It was closely connected to the service of Jesus Christ himself. The Apostles were sent by the authority of Jesus Christ to continue his mission upon earth and they preached the Good News of the risen Christ. The Apostolicity was the fundamental base for every Church ministry established in different Christian communities. Successive ministries were established in order to transmit the teaching of Jesus Christ and to lead the community. For the early Christians the priesthood was not an individual privilege. It had rather the community character.

The Inner Witness of the Spirit

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K. Moser
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Good News ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Child Of God

This chapter focuses on the recurring theme of God’s Spirit as the witness to God’s reality, in keeping with a lesson from various New Testament writers. It clarifies the nature of the Spirit’s witness by attending to the kind of good news and power highlighted by the New Testament in connection with some remarks from Paul and John on God’s Spirit. The chapter looks to the filial language of Paul, in the wake of Jesus. This language indicates that the Spirit of God seeks to witness not only to God’s reality and faithfulness, but also to one’s having become (or, at least, one’s becoming) a cooperative child of God. The chapter explains how this position gives God’s Spirit a central role in epistemically confirming God’s reality and work.

scholarly journals Die kerk

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Oberholzer
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Body ◽  
Church Of Christ ◽  
Church Of God ◽  
View Point ◽  
New Creation ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Church

The church. This survey of biblical material on the church proceeds from the view-point that the identity of the church of God can be treated only as an existential question, asking 'who is the church?' and 'who am I?' at the same time. The article shows that, of the various images used in the New Testament to describe the church, virtually every one forms the basis of a call to a holy and dedicated life. At the same time these images, with the exception of the body image, unite the churches of the Old and New Testament in such a way that the church of Christ is shown to be heir and new creation at the same time. Two prominent features appear: the call to a holy life and acceptance of the universality of the church, emanating from the will and being of the Lord himself, and guided by his Holy Spirit.

Dating the New Testament

1980 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Earle Ellis
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Appalachian Mountains ◽  
Remote Region ◽  
College Graduate ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The New Testament

In a remote region in the Appalachian mountains a young college graduate applied for a teaching job. The school board's first question was, ‘Do you believe the earth is round or flat?’ The applicant knew that in the area opinion was sharply divided, but he was uncertain of the view of the school board. Desperate for a job, he replied, ‘I'll be frank with you, gentlemen, I can teach it either way.’

Christians and the New Creation: Genesis Motifs in the New Testament

1996 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 534
Author(s):  
Paul W. Meyer ◽  
Paul Sevier
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
New Creation ◽  
The New Testament
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