Lent as a Fulfillment of Creation | John 19:1-6 | N.T. Wright Online
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LENT AS A FULFILLMENT OF CREATION | JOHN 19:1-6
John tells the story of Jesus as the genuine human being. Pilate unknowingly echoes this sentiment when he hands Jesus over to be crucified, setting up a showcase between the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of the world. In this episode, Prof. N.T. Wright highlights that contrast to show how God’s plan from the beginning - to rule Creation through genuine human beings - never changed and, in fact, had its fulfillment in Jesus, the ultimate genuine human being.
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Dang coming back as a Gardner. Restoring the garden giving us his flesh and blood as the tree of life. Whoever writes this stuff is good.
Thank you for sharing these Lenten messages. Going through some difficult times but knowing our Messiah has already begun the new creation helps me get through hard trials. Blessings to all this Lenten season.
I was blown away by this interpretation. I felt so uplifted and I could discern the Spirit of God in your words! Wonderful!
facinating - I`d really never even thought about those three days in this way!
Reading Carson’s commentary on John now so your comment on the prologue and creation harmonized with what I read.. Of course your gift of condensing subjects, and pulling out insights within a compact presentation is par excellence. I see Jesus now as the Perfect Gardener, the perfectly obedient man.
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Wonderful teaching and so simple and clearly put. I love the point of Jesus resting on the 7th day. I am humbled. God could find no other so sent Jesus to save us.
Amen and Amen.
Dear Cousin Tom, You give the gifts that have been revealed to you so well. I’m 85+ , my fingers hurt, my time is short. You illuminate the words of God to the many of our world. Thanks from the USA. As we reach out to the master we find he is always there. Thank you so much!
We're glad to have you here!
Glory to God. This is absolutely astounding. I love the Word of God & how Apostle John connected the 7 days of Creation in Genesis to Lent as we know it, the crucifixion, the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. A New Creation, A New Genesis in Jesus’s resurrection. As Apostle Paul later expounded on this. By Adam sin came into the world and by Jesus Christ the New man, sin was defeated by His death and resurrection.
Amen!
Amen. How fascinating! The fact that John continually refers to Genesis was an eye open or for me. As many times as I've heard this story of Easter and my 65 years that was the 1st time I've ever heard it preached in that light. This is why I love listening to you Mr. Wright. Because I learned something new every time.
Thanks for sharing!
I'm 65 too Sherry, and think it's the first time I've heard the correlation made so clearly. Helps put Christ's work in a whole new perspective. :)
Another 65 year old (1957 had the highest birth rate post War).
I was struck by today, Friday being the 6th day, when humans were created. Behold the man.
Wright’s emphasis on the significance of humans is in contrast to those philosophies that emphasize “souls.”
What a great rendering of this passage
Amen. Love your style and clarity of teaching. Thank you.
Thank you, for such a Amazing , Awesome message , May our hearts rekindle His gratitude and our faithfulness increase in our days to come. May Our HaMashiach Yeshua be with you for ever and ever..Amen
Another eye opening explanation! I have never read the passage or heard it preached in this way before (the true human Jesus, God resting in the tomb on day 7 and then new creation). I'm so very grateful for N.T. Wright's work and ministry which is helping me and so many in our calling to live as true humans in God's kingdom.
How beautifully God's words are explained to all of us Thank you. !!
Thank you for so instrumental in teaching us the “why” of what we believe.
Great insights!!!
Amazing how God has orchestrated HIs work over the centuries to line up like He did. And wonderful that Prof. Wright sees these links and can share them with us. Very encouraging! Thank you.
This is so good...fulfilment of creation...beautiful
I look forward to these each week. Thank you for the continuous encouragement!
Glad you're enjoying them. Thanks for being here.
Very Up lifting message for Easter. Well stated as to the 6,7, & 8th day.
This was done masterfully and truthfully. Thank you, Professor Wright. What a Savior!
I love the over arching narratives in the Scriptures. I’ve enjoyed hearing about Genesis in John.
I don’t know how much it matters, but I struggle to reconcile ‘three days and three nights in the heart of the earth’ with ‘dead on Good Friday and alive on Sunday.’ I’m not great at maths, but I’m pretty sure if my mum told me on Friday it was three sleeps to my birthday, I wouldn’t be eating cake on Sunday.
A good (and accurate!) observation, which scholars have wrestled with for centuries: How to reckon Jesus spending only one full day and two nights in his tomb, and the 'three days and three nights'?
A deeper dive into some of the interpretive issues locates another interesting observation: Jesus wasn't in 'the heart of the earth', but in an above ground tomb. Some see a topological reference to Jerusalem as the heart/centre and explore biblical pasaages about how to understand this phrase. Others notice a dissimilarity between Jesus who had died and Jonah who remained alive (in the fish- belly tomb). There is a rich discussion to be had here to be sure.
I have often thought over the years how Jesus rested on the seventh day, fulfilling every sabbath within himself. When we live in and from him we are living from a place of fulfilled sabbath rest (Hebrews 4), free to live into new creation here and now. (This is not to say that we do not need to acknowledge our humanness by observing some form of sabbath now, on this side of the dirt.) Thanks for bringing that thought full circle. :)
And, thank you for the good reminder that we both have already and yet still need our rest in Jesus.
Amen 🙏
Great stuff, thanks. I had not seen the link between behold the man, the sixth day and the creation of the first Adam (man). Also, the fact that on the eighth day Jesus is mistaken for the gardener could possibly tie up with the truth that Adam was put in the garden to tend/look after it.
Well said! And, we see Jesus as the true (genuine) gardener of God's creation.
@@NTWrightOnline YEP!!
Any suggestions of books/commentaries that view John’s gospel as a recapitulation of the 7 day creation account?
I’d like that, too.
There is a chapter in ''Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship', and you might also check out 'Broken Signposts'. A more in depth online search in journal articles (or even a search using Google Scholar) will offer more. What do others suggest?
John's Gospel uses a literary form called Midrash. A Hebraic term found in 2Cronicles ch13 and ch 24. The last verse of both. The prime root of the word is darash meaning a searching out, inquisition, a looking into of sorts. It's translated as 'story' or 'treaties', depending on the translation. Jesus spent His time teaching properly, or as the people were saying, "with authority". Well, John was using a literary teaching form of Midrash that had been developed during the second temple period properly or doctrinally showing forth Jesus as the Messiah by proving He is the last Adam. That's why the emphasis is on The Beginning. On the third day, Jesus does a miracle with water at the wedding and on the third day of creation, God does a miracle with water. As John had written he wrote these things that we would believe Jesus is The Messiah. He was using a form of teaching they would be familiar with and a Jew of the first century would understand what John was saying. We in the west have a difficult time picking up on the Hebraic way of thinking but when we do it illuminates doctrine. We should never make doctrine from typology or Midrash, these things written in the scriptures help to illuminate doctrine. The apostles got their doctrine from the Old Testament illuminated by the Holy Spirit. The OT stories are saturated with doctrinal illuminations through typology and midrash. I would recommend Alfred Edersheim, "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" I'm still in the process of gaining an understanding of thinking more Hebraic rather than western when reading scripture and this book is helping sort these things out.
The parallel with Genesis is fascinating, but Jesus was in the tomb 3 days and 3 nights.
... very interesting but, drawn by the title, I came here to learn something about Lent! Not mentioned once 😢
Sorry to hear we fell short of what you were expecting. These videos are meant to be a devotional companion during the Lenten season. We do have an online course taught by Prof. Esau McCaulley about Lent, which might be closer to what you you're looking for:
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@@NTWrightOnline Just quickly tell me why/how Lent is a fulfilment of creation!
One way to look at the Lenten season might be as we reflect collectively on our God who entered our place of suffering, including death, to eventually bring hope of new life, new creation, and the promised forgiveness of sins. There are many reflections that might be made here, and of course, no one 'right' way to observe or practice Lent.
It's not easy to understand the why and the reason for the need of the perfect Sacrifice or the Passover Lamb. Christ came to deal with sin, not to remove it from the world. I think that is an important distinction. Atheism denies in belief in any supreme being - God, Allah or other gods.
I am not saying I disagree (I am very helped by your videos). I am wondering if you would be so kind to unpack more how you connect Jesus being "mistaken" for the gardener as connected with Genesis 2:15 (I assume that is what you meant)? I see Genesis 2:15 as a priestly role for Adam, and Jesus, as the last Adam, has a priestly role. So the connection is intriguing. But at first glance and every commentary I've read portrays the story as an innocent mistake on Mary's part. As I have processed this, the best support for this (in my mind) is the string of events where Jesus is portrayed in a negative light yet ironically true. You brought up "behold the man." Then the inscription "king of the Jews." They wrap him in purple with a crown of thorns. Am I on the right track? I would love a little more clarification.
Perhaps a connection might be made as a gardener cares for the soil, nurtures the plants tenderly, and oversees the fields.
Amen. How fascinating! The fact that John continually refers to Genesis was an eye open or for me. As many times as I've heard this story of Easter and my 65 years that was the 1st time I've ever heard it preached in that light. This is why I love listening to you Mr. Wright. Because I learned something new every time.