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Jesus
Jesus
One of the most noted figures in history was Jesus Christ. Not only is His life recorded in the Bible, but also other ancient historians record him as an influential person during His time. A Jewish historian, named Josephus, recorded Jesus and other biblical figures in his twenty-book history of the Jews called Jewish Antiquities. This representation of Jesus is the earliest known record of Jesus from a historian. His story is an amazing one that takes the course of one who could only be the Son of God. The Bible talks about Jesus' virgin birth, life, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven. Many people's lives have changed because of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus' teachings gave life and light to many throughout the Bible and continue to move mountains and break through hearts. Many instances in Jesus' life are amazing in their selves, but together they show He is Sovereign.
Like the rabbis of his time, Jesus used simple word-pictures, called parables, to help people understand who God is and what His kingdom or reign is like. Jesus used images and characters taken from everyday life to create a miniature play or drama to illustrate His message. This was Jesus' most common way of teaching. His stories appealed to the young and old, poor and rich. Over a third of the Gospels by Matthew, Mark, and Luke contain parables told by Jesus. Jesus loved to use illustrations to reach the heart of His listeners through their imagination. These word-pictures challenged the mind to discover what God is like and moved the heart to make a response to God's love and truth. Like an artist, Jesus painted pictures with short and simple words. A picture can speak more loudly and clearly than many words. Jesus used the ordinary everyday to point to another order of reality -- hidden, yet visible to those who had "eyes to see" and "ears to hear". Jesus communicated with pictures and stories, vivid illustrations, which...
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