Jesus In New Orleans Research Paper

The area of New Orleans, Louisiana was one of the places that was strongly influence by Haiti. The City of New Orleans has the richest culture compare to others Urban area in the United States. Haitian life and elements is found in the tradition of voodoo. Which is still a part of the Culture in New Orleans today. Elements of the Haitian language was contributed to the Creole language. Which people speak in New Orleans and areas around it.

For centuries, artists depicted Jesus as a white European, anchoring this image in collective imagination and consciousness in western culture. Modern mass media adopted this depiction, and through cinema and TV consolidated it worldwide. Sadly, for descendants of indigenous population of American continents and African-American community, the image of white European Jesus became a symbol of White supremacy and oppression. In this paper, I will explore the evolution of image of Jesus as white European in art and movies, and the issues related to the image of white European Jesus as symbol of white supremacy and oppression for African-American

Jesus performs many miracles throughout the Gospels. Comparing how he presents these wonders among different books can help display the author’s themes and goals in these Gospels. Jesus’ first miracle, turning water into wine, is only mentioned in the book of John. This story is called “The Wedding at Cana” (John 2:1-12). Jesus and his disciples attend a wedding and Jesus’ mother is concerned that there is no wine left. He asks the servants to fill their jars with water, but when the steward tasted the water it had become wine. Another interesting miracle story is Jesus walking on water (Mark 6:45-52). In this story, Jesus’ disciples leave on a boat, while he stays back to pray. He then walks on water towards their boat, and the disciples were afraid when they saw him. Each of these stories involve water and display Jesus’ great power, but their differences are even more significant.

New Orleans has a rich history that can be marveled at, as well as be frowned upon. As a constituent of the greater Louisiana, New Orleans was at the heart of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Slaves were imported from West Africa, as well as India and then tasked with working in the robust cotton farms that characterized New Orleans at the time (Blassingame 5). Women slaves were mostly assigned to households where they worked as house helps, as well as babysitters. To this end, women developed close ties with most of their slave owners. In the image, New Orleans woman and the child she held in slavery, it is apparent that the girl worked for the woman and there was a lot of

Jesus is not a mere man. He is so much more than a man; we can see

even in the midst of persecution and assures believers that the Lord will keep his promise to us.

Back in the day, before Jesus was born, there were feasts of many kinds that the Isrealites had. It was one of their ways that they worshiped God, for example, one important feast would be the Passover, or Pentecost, or The Day of Atonment. The Passover was a reminder to the Isrealites of when God made a plague go into Egypt to kill all of the firstborn. God told them, that the Isrealites were to kill a male sheep or goat, that was one yr old, and put it's blood on the doorposts of their houses, and then eat the sheep coocked, and whatever they didn't eat, they would burn. Then when he came passing through Egypt, he would kill all of the firstborns except the one's with blood on their doors. This he told them to do for generations to come, which they did until after Jesus came.

It is noted that the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew tells various events in a different manner or perspective, and have an effect on how The Walking on the Water is retold. Concerning the complete Gospel of Mark, "The story is told with an unusual urgency" (Powell, p. 40), and "Emphasize Jesus 's deeds over his words" (Powell, p. 41). In terms of theology, this presents people in general in a neutral fashion, while presenting Jesus as a god, and less as a person.

Mark in this reflection relates the power and wisdom of Jesus’ healing ministries. In Mk 5:35-43 Jesus’ helped a family that was suffering due to the death of their 12 year old daughter. In fact, Jesus help them to resurrect her by saying that she was not death but a sleep, after this words Jesus used his healing ministry and said “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).

The other major event was the coming of the Holy Spirit to indwell all of Christ’s disciples. Previously, the Holy Spirit had come upon individuals for particular ministries—but now, as part of the new relationship that God wanted with His people, the Spirit was going to permanently indwell Christians. Jesus had promised the disciples He would send this Spirit, although He didn’t fill them in completely about what the Spirit would be doing.

Throughout the course of history, the goal and/or objective of Gods incarnation as Jesus the Christ was for the redemption of humanity (Gal.4:4, 5). The bible tells us that He "gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity" (Titus 2:14), so that the mechanism by which our redemption is accomplish is fully understood to be by the blood of Jesus (I Peter 1:18, 19; Rev.5:9). Accordingly, the word of God tell us that as sinners we are servants to sin (John 8:34; Rom. 6:17) and that we need to be redeemed with a price; and that this price is the blood of the Jesus Christ (I Peter 1:18, 19; Rev.5:9). So I believe that in Christ "we have redemption through His blood" (Eph.1:7) and that without his blood there is no remission of

Hays believes John, in contrast to the other Gospels, gives minimal moral instruction because the apostle’s focus is on Jesus’ identity, as he understood him as the Man from heaven who has come to bring light and salvation. In Jesus, the creation and redemption are held together. The church as an official fellowship of those united in him, thus expected to imitate Jesus in every way possible.

Mark’s disciples’ significance is to be an example for the readers of the gospel both in a positive light and as failures is to understand that Jesus is the Son of God.

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus’ story is told the the eyes of those around him. Within the text there are many perspectives mentioned, most of who encounter a moment with Jesus. Deeds such as curing diseases with the touch of his hand, removing unclean spirits, and feeding those around him seemed to have simultaneously sparked questions or uncertainty and belief in his greatness. Which leads to the question who is Jesus and why does he matter.

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been many great men who have left an impact on today’s world. Some of these men may have changed a certain system was run or established a better community for other people. While doing these things is certainly commendable, there is one man who stands above the rest. This man is unique in every way from His conception to His death. In addition, this man made astonishing claims and performed many great miracles. While there were many that embraced this man, there were many that called him foolish and a sinner. This man was Jesus Christ. Through the use of Old Testament prophets, various New Testament testimonies, and certain divine attributes, it is proven that Jesus Christ is unique in that He and God are one.