Chrysalis Bookclub - AKA Bible Study
Notes on Luke 9:1-27 If we assume and accept the arguments put forward by NT Wright (ex-Bishop of Durham) are valid. That the Gospels all speak of the life and death and resurrection of Jesus being the means by which the God of Israel physically came into his own creation to return that creation from the exile. An exile produced by the breach in relationship between God and humanity as described in the Genesis creation myth. It is really important that we read the Gospels with this underlying canvas or picture in mind. It is hard but it can be very fruitful and I believe will help to keep the Gospels relevant and challenging to us today. Chapter 9 in Luke sees Jesus sending out his newly commissioned 12 apostles, (Chapter 6) on a mission that heralds in Luke the coming of the Kingdom of God. In fact Luke has Jesus telling them to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick, a marker itself of a new age. Mark has repentance as his k...