If God wants to make it known that Jesus is him and his son, why did he come during the time he did? It seems more efficient to come after the invention of video cameras so we could know and see that Jesus worked miracles and died and came back to life. Jesus was unknown around the world when he was here.
Also, why have no major miracles occurred since the invention of video cameras?
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Re: Jesus on camera
by jimwalton » Tue May 14, 2019 3:58 am
All such dialogue about why Jesus came during the time He did is speculative at best, but it can still be fun. Let's try.
1. It was the only era (since 586 BC) that the Temple existed. It doesn't even exist now, in our modern era. The Temple played into various of Jesus's teachings, illustrations, and parables. It also played an important role in the crucifixion scene: the possible slaying of the Passover Lamb just at the point of his death (3 p.m), and the veil being torn. These are items of high symbolism for OT-NT correlation, and essential to the message of Jesus.
2. For that matter, it was an ideal time because of the existence of Jerusalem as the center of Judaistic practice. Dragged into exile in 586, partially restored (but weakly) in about 445 BC, smacked down by Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean revolt, but finally gloriously rebuilt by Herod the Great. It was a golden era for Judaism, a ripe environment for a Messiah who would confront empty ritualistic practices with a new covenant written on the heart.
3. It was a prime time of the Roman Empire, allowing enhanced communication through common languages, free travel, and relative safety. It was a comfortable time for a message to spread freely in and between Asia, Africa, and Europe.
While other eras of the future offered far more historiographical tools, like video technology, the convergence of Temple, Judaism, and Rome were blockbusters that have even to this day not been repeated.
And while literacy rate was low (but distinctly higher in Palestine where the Jewish culture valued being able to read the Torah), and written works were limited, we still have enough written records to faithfully reconstruct the life and teaching of Jesus. Even in our era of sneaky and sometimes imperceptible digital editing, one can't necessarily trust the written or the video word.
You want to know why "no major miracles occurred since the invention of video cameras," but they have. Dr. Craig Keener has written two-volume set about miracles in Jesus's day and in our modern era, showing that miracles are authentic. If you are honestly wondering about their true occurrence, possibly reading those books would show you what you want to know.
I would also wager, though, that even seeing a miracle on video wouldn't convince you. We know so much about sleight of hand and video manipulation that even video footage wouldn't convince most people. Reading Keener's books (or ones like it, though Keener's is based in scholarly research) may answer your question better than video footage.
That's my two cents.
1. It was the only era (since 586 BC) that the Temple existed. It doesn't even exist now, in our modern era. The Temple played into various of Jesus's teachings, illustrations, and parables. It also played an important role in the crucifixion scene: the possible slaying of the Passover Lamb just at the point of his death (3 p.m), and the veil being torn. These are items of high symbolism for OT-NT correlation, and essential to the message of Jesus.
2. For that matter, it was an ideal time because of the existence of Jerusalem as the center of Judaistic practice. Dragged into exile in 586, partially restored (but weakly) in about 445 BC, smacked down by Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean revolt, but finally gloriously rebuilt by Herod the Great. It was a golden era for Judaism, a ripe environment for a Messiah who would confront empty ritualistic practices with a new covenant written on the heart.
3. It was a prime time of the Roman Empire, allowing enhanced communication through common languages, free travel, and relative safety. It was a comfortable time for a message to spread freely in and between Asia, Africa, and Europe.
While other eras of the future offered far more historiographical tools, like video technology, the convergence of Temple, Judaism, and Rome were blockbusters that have even to this day not been repeated.
And while literacy rate was low (but distinctly higher in Palestine where the Jewish culture valued being able to read the Torah), and written works were limited, we still have enough written records to faithfully reconstruct the life and teaching of Jesus. Even in our era of sneaky and sometimes imperceptible digital editing, one can't necessarily trust the written or the video word.
You want to know why "no major miracles occurred since the invention of video cameras," but they have. Dr. Craig Keener has written two-volume set about miracles in Jesus's day and in our modern era, showing that miracles are authentic. If you are honestly wondering about their true occurrence, possibly reading those books would show you what you want to know.
I would also wager, though, that even seeing a miracle on video wouldn't convince you. We know so much about sleight of hand and video manipulation that even video footage wouldn't convince most people. Reading Keener's books (or ones like it, though Keener's is based in scholarly research) may answer your question better than video footage.
That's my two cents.
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