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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee is a book by American New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.Published on March 25, 2014, by HarperOne, the book contends that the historical Jesus did not claim to be divine, nor was he worshipped as such during his life; rather, his status as God the Son in the Trinity in Christian doctrine developed in the years following ...
The LDS Church teaches that through exaltation believers may become joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. [12] [13] [14] A popular Mormon quote—often attributed to the early apostle Lorenzo Snow in 1837—is "As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be." [15] [16] [17]
Preaching on the Day of Pentecost, Peter saw Jesus' exaltation as a fulfilment of Psalm 110:1, "The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." [8] In the Bible, the "right hand" is the special place of honour. [9] Pieter de Grebber, God Inviting Christ to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand ...
The Humiliation of Christ is a Protestant Christian doctrine that consists of the rejection and suffering that Jesus received and accepted, according to Christian belief. Within it are included his incarnation , suffering , death , burial , and sometimes descent into hell .
'ascent of Jesus') is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection, where he was exalted as Lord and Christ, [1] [2] sitting at the right hand of God. [3] The Gospels and other New Testament writings imply resurrection and exaltation as a single ...
On 10 August of the same year, Pope Pius officially included the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the General Roman Calendar, for celebration on the first Sunday in July, that is the first Sunday after 30 June, which is the anniversary of the liberation of the city of Rome from the insurgents. [3] [4]
According to the belief, exaltation is a gift available only to those who have qualified for the highest "degree" of the celestial kingdom through faith in Jesus and obedience to his commandments. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] As prerequisites for this "greatest gift of God", [ 13 ] adherents believe that in the afterlife, they will become "perfect" and they ...
The belief in the resurrection of Jesus gave the impetus in certain Christian sects to the exaltation of Jesus to the status of divine Son and Lord of God's Kingdom [90] [web 12] and the resumption of their missionary activity. [91] [92] His followers expected Jesus to return within a generation [93] and begin the Kingdom of God. [web 9]