The two events that the end and the transformation were accomplished separately but were linked up to save humanity. Both death and resurrection are inseparable events in that they are like the weft of the cloth and the warp. Significantly, He paid it all for our sins when he was crucified and shed the blood in the cross of Calvary. According to the book of Isaiah 53:4-8 at the Cross God had to pile all our sins on Jesus, this made Him undergo the punishment because of us. So whenever we sin we crucify Him the second time. Despite the Biblical understanding concerning the death and the resurrection of Christ, many have come up with their own beliefs. I have encountered many of them where have been ministering and others right in the church where I am currently ministering. This had to give me an insight into Interview some of them and get an understanding of their beliefs and look for the way of nurturing them grow spiritually.  I managed to interview three of my church members who gave me their divergent views. The members include:

The first respondent: Kobi Edward

Edward believes that Jesus had to die so that He could transform His human nature to the divine bound view he believes He posses currently. According to him the teaching he received them during his lower primary Christina religious studies and his beliefs them up to the moment. But after a thorough interview and engagements he vowed to search the scriptures and have the facts to enable him to defend any biblical teaching.

According to Edward if Jesus had not come back to life after He had been buried life could have been normal still. This is because; he does not see any change in life between those he studies in history and the current experience. But it seems like he believes in ancestral spirits because according to him, he triumphs in his endeavors because his great grandfather had blessed the family before he died. He only attends the church service because he was invited by his neighbor to come and assemble with us. Therefore, since he started attending ceremony, he has been consistency an indication of a good ending upon thorough teaching.

The ascension of Jesus Christ according to Edward, he believes that Jesus went because He is the only one since the earth was created had arisen after death. There is also no other person of that category in the whole World. Therefore, ascension was to demarcate the boundary between the living and those who had died and resurrected. The only problem with Edward he has never before had an encounter with the Bible or any biblical teachings. He only knows he believes that he grew up with and those people discuss in the village concerning the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Second respondent: Kamau

According to Kamau my second respondent he believes that Jesus had to die so that we the sinful creatures from the garden of Eden we can be set free.  He believes that the first sin was committed by a woman that is Eve, after disobeying the commandment of eating the forbidden fruit. Since then we were prone to sin that engulfed the whole world.  Jesus had to allow Himself to be crucified even if he had not committed any wrongdoing to save the whole humanity. As per the book of Mathew 27:32-56, it narrates the story on how Jesus was crucified; this is used to help in shedding more understanding of the whole idea. He had some knowledge of what the Bible entails unlike his colleague Edward.

If Jesus had not come back to life, according to Kamau, we could be perishing forever. Him being a life we believe in life after death, that is even if we die today we will resurrect and if we are faithful, we will welcome Him in the clouds. According to the book of Psalm 23:4 it has given us hope that even if we walk through the valley of death, we shall not fear any evil because He is watching of us. This is a clear indication of Him becoming a life again. If He could have perished, we couldn’t have the hope we are having currently.

According to Kamau, ascension means that He moved to the holy place. This is the place we the sinful beings we are sojourning towards in our day to day encounter with Him. Kamau seems to have a deeper understanding of the Bible because he believes that Jesus ascended to the holy place to prepare for us home and soon or later He will come for us. According to him the book of John 14: 3 say that “if I go and prepare for a place for you I will come again and receive you again” which is a sign of great hope for us. This is a clear indication that He ascended to prepare a place for those who will be victors of sin during His second advent to take those who are for His own. That is why we are moving up and down in search of the word because soon or later the hour will come.

Third respondent: wanjiku

Because of gender sensitivity, I had to interview a lady and have an understanding of her belief concerning the doctrine of death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. According to Wanjiku, Jesus had to die at the cross not because he had committed any sin but because of us. This was evident because during the time He was nailed at the Cross He prayed for those who were torturing May the father forgive them because they know not what they were doing, that is according to Luke 23:34. This was evident that he died at the cross for a purpose that no one else understood but Himself. He died to save us from this sinful world, and that is if we abide by His rules and regulations that are depicted in His teachings. She has been a member of the church since her childhood. The responses were a sign of ethical teachings that she was exposed to in the Christian teachings.

Jesus coming back to life again gave us great hope as his followers. If He could not have come to an entity, we could have perished a long time ago. We couldn’t have somebody to intervene for us to the Father. This is because we have God the father, the son and the Holy Spirit that is the Trinity. According to Wanjiku, in most of her responses, she didn’t imagine how it could have been without Him being there for us. This was a great indication that He is the Alpha and the Omega.

The ascension of Jesus Christ clear gives us hope that there is a land, a place that we will proceed to after becoming victorious this sinful world. The roots of everything are bitter, but the fruits are sweet. Like Christina, we have to be tempted and wander far and wide from the Almighty, but when the time comes, He will receive us home. Therefore, there is a great hope that soon or later we will do away with wearies of this world. As Christians we are ought to search the Bible and use it as the mirror line towards getting Heaven where the place has been prepared for us.

Evaluation

After analyzing the three respondents’ views, I had to come up with the following review from what every respondent believes.  According to Edward, he believes that the blessing left by our ancestors structurally hold the earth. This means that he does not think in the life after death. Therefore, according to him, the end of Jesus Christ has got nothing to do with our well being in readiness to His second advent. This is a good indication according to the ministry that there are many people out there that have not received the word yet. As ministers in the in His vineyard we are ought to go out and spread the word now that we have time. The time is coming when there will be no more preaching and people like Edward will perish not that they didn’t know, but because we never preached to them. According to the book of Mathew 5:13-16,  it states that we are the light and salt to the world. Therefore we must behave as the light and the salt to those we are living with as our neighbors. This means that we are to preach even with our characters. This will make many come to thee through our behaviors. Many times we don’t bother whether the faithful in the church have the Bible, but instead preach without any Bible study session, which is a critical engagement for them to know the Bible more than the ordinary preaching.

According to Wanjiku and Kamau, they have an understanding of what the Bible has about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This means that they are the Branches from the vine, who can go out and preach to the nation. As a minister, it will be hard to reach every person who has not known this truth about death and resurrection. Therefore, it is a noble idea to use those who have known the truth, to traverse to the whole world and preach because His time is nigh. According to Mathew 3:2, we are pleased to repent because His times are nigh. Through them, the church will open many branches all over the world, and many will come to His kingdom through being baptized in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit. This is evident in the book of Mathew 28:9, which indicate “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit.”

According to the doctrine of death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is a good lesson to us as Christians to believe that there is life after death. That will only be possible if we die thinking that Jesus Christ had come to save the lost from sin. So we ought to fight for our souls as we wait for the Second Advent. If Jesus could not have become life again after death, it could have meant that the life we are living could have been useless. Therefore, this has given us great hope to lean on in times of trouble. According to the book of James 1:2 it indicates that “count it all joy when you go through troubles” an indication of our future hope. Meaning that even if we are tempted in this world, we need not give up but stick to those doctrines that are our landmarks in this journey of faithful. Therefore, we as minister we are to make sure that all the members we are ministering to have an idea of what the Bible is talking concerning their life and what they are hoping for and also how to prepare towards the reception of the Messiah during the second advent.

 
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