18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. But let us go to him.” 16 Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”ġ7 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 15 For your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 10 But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.” 11 After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” 12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be all right.” 13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was referring merely to sleep. 3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” 4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, 6 after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.ħ Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world.
2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair her brother Lazarus was ill. It is recounted as follow:ġ1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. One of the most remarkable of Jesus's miracles is the raising of Lazarus from the dead. This is a God who loves his enemies and who wants a relationship with each and every one of us. Since Jesus is the perfect revelation of God’s character, then we know that God does not force his will through coercive power but reaches out to us with patient and self sacrificial love. It is in his crucifixion that we can most clearly see the nature of God. He surrendered his life out of his love for humanity, and on the cross, revealed a God who does not cause others to suffer and die, but who does so Himself for the sake of others.
Through their work in detailing and expanding this way of interpreting the Bible, we can understand many difficult issues like violence in the Old Testament and even the age old question of why there is evil in the world without falling into the trap of redefining evil as good.ĭuring his lifetime, Jesus of Nazareth patiently gave of himself for others, relinquishing his divinity to lead the perfect embodiment of a human cruciform life. There are various authors writing about this topic such as Brad Jersak, Greg Boyd, Jeremy Myers, Derek Flood and William P. Use the downvote button to flag irrelevance or spam, not to show you disagree. If you want to argue against cruciform theology, please use other subreddits. This subreddit is for people to find out about and deepen their understanding. It's a message that desperately needs to be spread in this time when toxic images of God abound. Put simply, it is that Jesus reveals the nature and character of God, one of self sacrificial love and of power shown in weakness especially on the cross. R/cruciformity discusses cruciform theology.
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