Purple Jesus part 2

This is part 2. This is the most in depth of the three parts.

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Purple Jesus Part 1

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This is Part 1. What started me on a long interesting process

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Purple Jesus Part 3 – What is Purpose?

Part 3 was huge for me. This part alone took about four months to draft. The Pdf is my first rough outline of the finished product. It vague in spots, hopefully I will complete a new more detailed outline in the future.pj31.pdf

8. The marriage Cup

This is my attempt at understanding what really was going on at the last supper, in the garden, and on the cross. If you read below the surface of events, there might be a case that what was happening at the cross was much deeper then we can ever understand. It wasn’t just a death, it was a marriage.

1. The servant is sent – Genesis 24

Abraham spends a servant to find Isaac a bride ( Rebekah). The servant didn’t brag about himself, he was there to brag about the son. The servant had to choose someone who he thought was compatible with the son. But the son had the final decision on who he would take as his bride.

* Jesus sent by God, walks down the beach and calls his disciples by name. He then spends about 2 years with them bragging about God.

2. The price is negotiated

In Jewish society it was an honor to have a boy. The carried on the family name. A daughter was very expensive to raise, and when she got married she would change her name to take the males last name. So it was customary to pay a bride price. The brides father didn’t want to sell his daughter, so he would set the price as steep as he could.

* Jesus payed the only price there was to restore freedom. God paid the ultimate price for his bride the church.

3. The proposal

One method was to pour a cup of wine and slide it across the table to the women you wanted as your bride. Is she drank from the glass, then she was accepting your proposal. If she pushed it away then she was declining.

*Jesus pours a glass or wine at the last supper. Slides it across the table in front of his disciples and says take and drink…

4.The vow

If the women drank from the cup, then the man would stand and deliver a speech. To let her know that he would began working on their honeymoon suite.

*John 14 Jesus makes a speech after the last supper. ” in my father’s house there is many rooms…”

5.Waiting for the wedding

The bride and groom are now engaged. But the wedding won’t take place until the honeymoon suite is ready. She must go on living her every day life. She didn’t know when her groom was coming for her. She had to always be ready for his return.

*Jesus says in John 14 ” I’m going away…but I will return…”

6.When the groom returns

When the father says it’s time, the honeymoon suite is done. The groom mounts his horse and rides non stop to where his bride is. He stops a short distance off and raise’s a commotion until his bride hear’s him and comes out to get him.

Other Facts

- The bride and groom fast on the day of the wedding

- The Ketubah ( marriage contract) is read in Aramaic by the groom. this is when the groom takes responsibility for his bride. The Ketubah was signed by two other witnesses.

-The sabbath is referred to as a “bride”

- Matthew 26:28-30, Mark 14:23-26 ( drinking from the cup, signing hymns)

- Psalms 22 “It is finished”

- Jewish people always get married under a Chuppah. A covering or canopy. When Jesus was on the cross darkness covered everything.

2 paths to purpose

There are two paths to take. 1 the path of Judas, 2 the path of Peter. Judas denied Christ and ends up killing himself. Peter denied Christ and goes on to start the church.Keep in mind both were disciples, both were baptized, both saw Jesus perform miracles, both heard him speak, both performed miracles, and both had their feet washed at the last supper. Yet they took different paths. In Judas’ mind there must of been nothing worth going on for yet for peter he found purpose.For 3 years these disciples did the same physical things, so the only difference must of been their hearts. It’s a great illustration of Jesus sermon on the mount. Where he say ” I didn’t come to destroy the law I came to add too it.” He added the heart condition to the physical law.

It’s also a great illustration of purpose. We try so hard to do everything right. And we think that 1 mistake wipes away a life time of preparation. But we see here it’s not if you mess up or not, it’s how you react. What do you do after you deny Christ? Peter could of gone the same route as Judas, but he found purpose.

Which will you choose. The path that leads to Judas, or the path that leads to Peter?

Cup of Wrath

Purple Jesus | part 3 | section 8

This is something I just want to remember to mention. The cup of wrath theory says that jesus in the garden was speaking about the cup in Jermiah 25. The cup of wrath that God would pour out for judgement. And that when Jesus says “take this cup from me” he’s asking for God to try and find another way to pour out that cup, so Jesus wouldn’t have to drink it. But Jesus says not my will but yours be done.

Then on the cross when Jesus says “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me. Whats happening is Gods transferring the sins of man on too Jesus. And for the first time Jesus is separated from his father. Jesus becomes our Azazel. He is lead out of the city, the sins of the nation were transferred to him, and he was slain.

3 Questions

For part three of Purplre Jesus, I think these are the questions I have to ansewer.

1. Have I bought into the lie that if my life is easy then I must be doing something right? Or If my life is hard it’s because I’m doing something wrong?

2. What is it that I’m carrying around that I refuse to put down, because I’m convinced I need it in order to succeed? AS far as is there baggage in my life that I keep bringing along with me everywhere I go, because I see it as important? Or maybe it’s a worldview that I have that needs to be changed.

3. How long will I run on my own until I realize I can’t do this on my own? I’m the creation and not the creator for a reason. But will I give in, or wait until I crack at the seems before I ask for help.