The Gospel and Theology

Young Namkoong

• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781098038830
• eBook ISBN: 9781098038847
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christianity

The heart of Christianity had shifted from the Resurrection of Jesus to the Death of Jesus in the fourth century. That's why we preach the Resurrection of Jesus only once a year as a special sermon while meditating, singing, preaching, and teaching about the Passion of Jesus so often. The Crucifixion of Jesus proves nothing. However, the Resurrection of Jesus proves everything about who Jesus is. The Resurrection proves that Jesus is the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, Yehowah God, who was born as a Child and given as a Son (Isaiah 9: 6). The Resurrection proves that Jesus is who He claims to be. He is the Resurrection and the Life. He is the Root and the Offspring of David. Paul, in 2 Corinthians 13: 5, urges to test ourselves whether we are in "the Faith" and to prove ourselves. Otherwise, we are reprobates. To check whether you are in "the Faith, " first, you must know what "the Faith" is. In this book, you will discover the difference between "other gospels" and "the Gospel, " and "faith" and "the Faith."

Chapter 5:

Concerning Jesus Christ

The doctrine concerning Jesus Christ is called Christology. The question of who Jesus is has been a problem since the first century. To all outward appearances, He is just like us, the same as any other human being. However, Jesus claimed that He is the Son of God, the Resurrection, and the Life. He also claimed that He and the Father are one. Jesus supported His claims by performing many miracles that are impossible for any man. He turned water into wine. He calmed the stormy sea, healed crippled men to walk, healed the people with paralysis, opened the ears of the deaf, opened eyes of the blinds, cleansed the lepers, walked on water, cast out demons, fed five thousand with only five loaves of bread and two fishes and twelve baskets were left over, and He even raised the dead people to life.

Furthermore, as He promised, He rose from the dead in three days and appeared to His disciples in various ways for forty days. He commissioned His disciples to make disciples of all nations by proclaiming the Gospel. Then He promised them that He would return and ascend to heaven while they were watching.

The disciples who trembled before His Crucifixion met with the risen Jesus, and after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, began proclaiming the Resurrection of Jesus. Among those who heard the Gospel from the apostles, some believed in their hearts, and others did not. To those who met the risen Jesus didn’t have to argue about who He was. However, those who had not met the risen Jesus, some began arguing over who Jesus is.

Our God is not some unknown ambiguous mighty god in heaven. Our God is Yehowah, who became flesh because of us. We believe Immanuel God, who became flesh to be with us because the children share in flesh and blood. He likewise also partook of the same (Hebrews 2:14).

Who could confess that Jesus is Lord and God? Among those encountered risen Jesus, who would not admit that Jesus is Lord and God? Among those encountered risen Jesus, who would live for the world and not live for Jesus? Among those who met risen Jesus, who would not be a witness of His Resurrection?

Who Jesus is could only be known to those who encounter the risen Jesus. Without encountering the risen Jesus, we can talk about the person whom we only heard about but never known him. There is only one reason to argue who Jesus is. Because they have not encountered risen Jesus. Until they meet the risen Jesus, they can’t help but misunderstand Him because they do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God. Among those who have encountered the risen Jesus, no one was confused about who He is.

Things to Be Known Only after the Resurrection

Imagine if you are one of the people who were standing before the cross of Jesus. Could anyone be able to recognize Jesus? And said, “Behold, God who became flesh.” No one!

“Which none of the rulers of this world knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. But as it is written: ‘Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, and which entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for those loving him’” (1 Cor. 2:8–9).

What are the things that God prepared for those loving him? What are the things that humans have never seen, never heard, and never thought of? Could people think of the incarnation of God? Have people ever thought of the Root of David becoming the Son of David? We have never seen or heard it, nor have we even thought about it. Have people ever seen, heard, or imagined that God would become a person to die on the cross for sins of the people? Have you ever heard, seen, or thought about seeing a dead person rise again? It is unthinkable that God would become a man to die for sinners and resurrect for us. So the rulers of this generation did not know, and if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.

Those who knew Jesus the best were His family and His disciples. However, His brothers went on to say that He was crazy (Mark 3:21). How many miracles had His disciples seen? They even witnessed the miracles of raising the dead. Nevertheless, even the disciples did not know who Jesus was.

When they heard that Jesus rose from the dead, His disciples did not believe the news. “And they, when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, believed not. After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. And they went and told it to the rest, but neither did they believe them” (Mark 16:11–13). “For as yet they understood not the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead” (John 20:9).

They did not believe when others reported the Resurrection of Jesus, and they went to the tomb and identified the empty tomb, and still could not believe it. So when did they find out who Jesus is and believe? They had come to believe in Jesus only when they met the risen Jesus.

“And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples, therefore, rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach here thy finger, and see My hands; and reach thy hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.’ And Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’” (John 20:20, 27–29).

The only way we can recognize the identity of Jesus is through the event of His Resurrection. However, people have a hard time believing Jesus’s Resurrection, because they have never seen, heard, or even thought of such a thing. The Resurrection is what God prepared for those loving Him.

The only way to know that Jesus is the incarnate God is through the power of the Resurrection. So beforehand, He prophesied that after the Lord has swallowed up death in victory, people will recognize Him as their God (Isaiah 25:8–9).

“And these things His disciples understood not at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and they did these things to Him” (John 12:16).

“When therefore He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this to them, and they believed the Scripture and the Word which Jesus had spoken” (John 2:22).

The only way to recognize Jesus as incarnate God is through His Resurrection; therefore, only after His Resurrection, people may know who He is. Hence, those who can understand and believe Him are those who met risen Jesus in their hearts. People who saw risen Jesus in the heart are the ones who heard the Gospel and believed in the heart. Moreover, it is God’s will to give them salvation.

The Meaning of Jesus Christ

When summarizing the sixty-six books of the Bible into one paragraph, it is the Gospel. Also, if we summarize the Gospel in two words, it is Jesus Christ. Therefore, we must know what it means when we call “Jesus Christ.”

What does Jesus Christ mean? Jesus is a name, and Christ is a title. In the dictionary, the name Jesus means “Yehowah is salvation.” And Christ means “the anointed one.” Therefore, the dictionary meaning of Jesus Christ means that Jesus (Yehowah is salvation) is the anointed one. The dictionary meaning is called denotation.

On the other hand, implied meaning throughout the book is called connotation. The implication of Christ implied throughout the Bible is that Yehowah God has become flesh to save us. It means the Incarnation of God, the God who became flesh, and the Root of David, who became the Son of David. Therefore, Jesus Christ means that Jesus is God who became flesh.

Name of Jesus: Yehowah Is Salvation

The name Jesus in Greek is Yesus, and it means “Yehowah is salvation.”

Ίησο

ς <2424> Iēsous {ee-ay-sooce’}

Originally from Hebrews 【 <3091> 】; ‘Jesus, Jesus (Joshua), Jesus (Justus), the name of our Lord and two or three Israelites <Matthew 1:21; John 1:17; Jude 1:1> Proper Noun. Jesus;

Jesus = “Yehowah is salvation.”

When the Old Testament describes Yehowah God, the expression “Yehowah is salvation” often appears:

For Yehowah our Judge, Yehowah our Lawgiver, Yehowah our King; He will save us (Isaiah 33:22). Yehowah, He will save us: Yehowah is salvation!

“‘Fear not, thou worm Jacob and ye men of Israel; I will help thee,’ saith Yehowah and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel” (Isaiah 41:14). Yehowah is Redeemer, is salvation.

“For I am Yehowah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior” (Isaiah 43:3). Yehowah is your God and savior. ...

Table of contents

• A Translated Bible Without the Definite Article
• What Is the Gospel?
• Concerning the Bible
• Concerning God
• Concerning Jesus Christ
• Concerning the Holy Spirit
• Concerning Man
• Concerning Salvation
• Concerning the Church
• Concerning the End Time