Modern-day Christians frequently bring their own presuppositions and presumptions to the reading of the Bible, not recognizing how deeply their understanding of Christ’s life and instructions is impacted by a 21st-century worldview. When we read Understanding Jesus, author Joe Amaral digs deep into Jewish history, social mores, and cultural customs, closing the space produced by geographical distance and over 2 thousand years of history. Utilizing a sequential method to the life of Christ, he guides the reader through considerable events such as Jesus’ birth, baptism, and crucifixion, revealing illuminating information that the Western mind would generally miss out on.
Joe Amaral’s premise is that to understand Jesus, we need to understand the time and location in which He was born, the background from which He drew His illustrations, and the audience He talked to. Throughout the Understanding Jesus book, he looks into certain terms, locations, and occasions for their significance and demonstrates how they include richness and meaning to the text. Subjects consist of the connection around Jesus and John the Baptist, the yearly Feasts and why they are essential to contemporary Christianity, Jewish customs such as foot-washing, clean and unclean foods, commemorating political governments, and the significance of numerous miracles.
In Understanding Jesus, Joe Amaral draws back the drape on a lifestyle that existed throughout the reign of the Caesars, and in doing so, exposes facts about the way we live more than 2 thousand years later on, half a world away.
A succinct book with well investigated historic Jewish roots. The evidence compiled on the culture highlights the significance of the context to toss more light to the significance of scripture. One can miss out on so much richness when taking a look at scripture through western eyes and it’s intrinsic custom. Every minute of the Saviours life is a lesson to His called out ones, not one second of time was squandered. Every step and every action and every word bring significance. This book will help the reader to understand a little bit more about Jesus, Yeshua, the Lamb of God our Saviour.
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