Beginning of Christianity

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Beginning of Christianity
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Romans

• Conquered Jewish kingdom of Judah in 63 B.C.
• The Jews had been under rule of foreign rulers
  for centuries
• Some Jewish sacred writings promised a Messiah
• They disagreed when the Messiah would arrive.

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Jesus

• Was a Jewish man who followed the teachings of
  Judaism
• The accounts of his life are in the Gospels of
  Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the Bible.
• Jesus traveled with his 12 disciples (followers)
• Taught parables (stories with a moral)

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Parables

• Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and Lost Sheep
• He forgave people who broke religious laws,
  wanted others to live humbly and simply.
• His followers declared he was the Messiah the
  Jewish people were waiting for.

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Controversy

• Jesus made some enemies in the Roman government
  and Jewish leaders.
• The claim of Jesus being the Messiah threatened
  Roman political power and authority. Shocked
  Jewish leaders
• Jesus traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover

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Death

• Jesus criticized how the Temple in Jerusalem was
  being run
• This challenged Roman and Jewish authority, he
  was arrested and sentenced to death
• Crucifixion was the form of death sentenced to
  most people found guilty
• Jesus body disappeared three days after he died,
  those who followed him said he resurrected.