The Life of Christ According to the Gospels

Christ is Born

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He was born to the Virgin Mary in the town of Bethlehem, Israel, according to Matt. 2:1, which fulfilled the prophecy of Miach 5:2. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, per Isa. 7:14. The Shepherds were in the fields when angels proclaimed his birth to them and they went to see him themselves.

Boy Jesus in the Temple

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Jesus goes to the temple with his parents, Mary and Joseph to celebrate Passover. When they left, his parents forgot Jesus in Jerusalem. After a day's journey, they realized and hurried back to Jerusalem. In three days, they found him in the temple conversing with the teachers of the Law. They scolded him for causing them to worry and Jesus responded with, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49).

Jesus's Baptism

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Jesus goes to the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist. John is Jesus's Cousin, who was revered as a prophet by the people. John would say to Jesus when he approached to be baptized, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" (Matthew 3:14). Jesus easily convinces John to baptize him. When Jesus comes out of the water, a light shines on him as a dove descends from Heaven, and God, the Father says, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17).

Jesus's Temptation

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After his baptism, he was led into the wilderness for 40 days and nights. He was tempted by Satan to turn stones to bread, while Israel grumbled against God in the wilderness about food. Then he was tempted to throw himself off the temple as to test God while Israel continually tested God. Finally, he shown all the world's delights and asked to bow to Satan while Israel was drawn away by many false Gods, He resisted all of these temptations with God's word.

The Healing of the Demon-Possessed Man

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He had left the wilderness and returned to Capernaum. Sometime after he returned, he was preaching in a synagogue when a man who was demon-possessed cried out, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God." (Mark 1:24). Jesus's responses by rebuking the demon to be silent and out of the man. It comes out violently but the man is unharmed. The crowd is amazed at Jesus's authority in both deed and teaching.

The Parable of the Tax Collector and the Pharisee

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Jesus tells a parable of how a Pharisee and a Tax collector go into the temple to pray. The Pharisee boasts about what he does, such as tithing while also thinking of himself as more righteous than, "other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector." (Lk 18:11). Meanwhile the Tax Collector humbles himself before God recognizing he was a sinner. Jesus shows God's character by highlighting the Tax Collector's humility as well as showing Jesus's mission to save the lost.

Christ's Crucifixion

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He was tried and sentenced to crucifixion by Pontius Pilate. Jesus was cursed as he carried the cross up to calvary. His hand and feet were nailed to the cross, then he was set between two criminals. His garments were divided by the casting of lots. Mary and John where at the cross, when Jesus told John to take care of her. Sometime later, one criminal started cursing Jesus while the other rebukes him and asks for forgiveness. Jesus replied, he will be in paradise with him then breaths his last.

Jesus enters Jerusalem

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He rides into Jerusalem on the back of a foul, which was foretold by Zechariah (9:9). People came out of Jerusalem and surrounding towns to welcome Jesus into Jerusalem, by laying robes and palm branches on his path and shouting "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" (Matt. 21:9).

Jesus clears the Temple Courts

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After he arrives in Jerusalem, he goes to the temple. He hears and sees all who are selling. He gets consumed by zeal and starts flipping tables of those who were selling. He also fashioned a whip out of cords and drove out those who were selling. He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers." (Luke 19:46). The chief priests and teachers of the law try to arrest and kill him, but they can't due to the people revering him.

Jesus's Arrest

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After the meal he and his disciples, except Judas, had went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. Jesus prayed three times and after the third time, Judas along with the temple guards came to arrest Jesus. Jesus knowing what would happen says that I Am (Yhvh) and causes them to pull back in fear. He then goes with them willingly.

The Last Supper

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Jesus celebrates the Passover with his Disciples and establishes the Lord's Supper and the New Covenant. He and his disciples are in the upper room eating the Passover meal. Jesus then breaks the bread, blesses it, and passes saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." (Luke 22:19a) then he said as he blessed the cup and passed it, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood." (Luke 22:20).

The Resurrection

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Jesus's body was set in the Garden tomb shortly after he died on Friday. Mary Magdalene and Mary mother of James went to tomb to put spices on his body when they found the stone rolled away and his body was gone. When they got closer an angel of the Lord appeared and said "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen" (Matthew 28:5-6). They ran and told the disciples, yet most did not believe them, only John and shortly Peter believed them.