07. Who is Jesus?
The questions are the title of the above painting by Paul Gauguin, explained in Wikipedia as follows:
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (French: D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?) is an 1897–98 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. The painting was created in Tahiti and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by Gauguin, the painting is considered “a philosophical work comparable to the themes of the Gospels”.
Wiki explains that Gauguin attended a Catholic boarding school with a strong religious focus, and although he became anticlerical, these questions stayed with him.
Jesus' birth and early life
To whom was this momentous event first announced, and where were they in the order of social status?
And how did their response compare with "Herod and all Jerusalem" in (5) below?
With Herod's later response in verse 16, what had the coming of the Messiah brought to people? Any sign of the peace and rejoicing they hoped for?
Just like in Genesis, all of the details that people might be curious about, are omitted. Why do you think they are not included?
Although I would like to have a pop-up form which allows you to keep your personal answers here, I haven't found how to do that within budget. So, I plan to prepare downloadable pdf files with fillable spaces for your answers - yet to be done.
