Season 1
Why did Jesus say, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" if He Himself was God?
What did Jesus mean when He said that He didn't come to bring peace but the sword?
This is a question that deals with very deep things of God. The Scripture gives a lot of evidence to both the aspects of Christ's death as well as the very nature of Christ as God Himself. As such, we cannot be exhaustive in such a short space to deal with everything fully here. What we have sought to do is to give sufficient explanations to the various facets of this question, but we would urge the listener to ask followup questions as needed. The answers to this question are of eternal importance, so we urge ourselves to really and deeply contemplate what Scripture says about these things so that we might not fall short in our understanding of what is required for our salvation. Resource: Full Of Eyes does an incredible animation trilogy to some various songs that is very helpful to vividly depict the nature of Christ's substitutionary death (His dying in our place). These videos are extremely helpful to accurately depict the theology of what the Bible describes happening for the sinner in the process of his salvation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYADu483biM
We analyze Matthew 10 and pay attention to the broader context of what is going on. Strong language is used throughout this chapter in those who accept the Kingdom that Jesus is bringing in, and we argue that those who come under submission to Christ's Rule will enjoy that peace, but those that resist will be at enmity with Him. Application is made to our present day and situation in which we are called to be followers of Christ, and we should very much expect that we will be treated in similar fashion to how Jesus was treated.
An intensive examination on how the same people that called for Jesus to sit on the throne one day could turn so dramatically and demand His death five days later. We demonstrate the events of the Passion Week from when Jesus entered riding on the donkey all the way through to the demands that He be crucified. Finally, we consider application on how this might look in our own context and in our own lives.