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Empire. you could practice your religion in whatever way you chose to practice your religion, but what the romans didn t like is one charismatic figure, especially one who was messianic. fearing for jesus safety, james and his family come to capernaum. i think it would be terribly frightening to have a member of your family get involved in that kind of religious environment potentially leading up to violence. the family have heard these reports that jesus is preaching and casting demons out, and they think, has he gone mad? i m here to see jesus. i m his brother. his mother is here. when jesus gets word that his family have come for him, he refuses to see them. he asked, who are my mother and my brothers? here are my mother and my brothers. ....
matthew 1:25 says literally, joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth to jesus. now, any normal reading of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that, and his brothers and sisters are in fact his brothers and sisters. the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. the gospels really fast forward almost totally until he s 30 years old, and he s the son of god. what about all those missing years when he was a teenager playing around with his brothers, getting into trouble? written around 100 years after jesus death, the infancy gospel of thomas is a collection of stories about his childhood. there is a peculiar story about james, and it s an interesting picture of jesus and ....
An ossuary, scientifically dated to the time of christ. on its side, an inscription in ancient aramaic which reads james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. it came just as we d crossed the millennium threshold. we d already had the y2k bug. we had the pope s millennial visit to the holy land, and this seemed to be another one of those sort of millennial happenings. it s claimed that this box, measuring 10 inches by 20, is no less than the burial casket of james, the brother of jesus christ. the ossuary is so important, not just for the fact that it says, the brother of jesus, ....
jerusalem, ad 62, a leading member of the jewish priesthood gives james an ultimatum: renounce his brother jesus as his messiah or face death, but james refuses. the link between jesus and james ultimately means that james can t survive. james is led to the temple walls, only a few hundred meters from where jesus was crucified. he s martyred for this cause, and he s martyred for his sincere devotional piety. ....
Has been on, and the resurrection is the moment where james comes to believe that jesus really is something special. perhaps that was the moment where he came to acknowledge jesus was not just his brother but also his lord. james life is transformed. now from doubting brother, he will become jesus most devoted follower and help shape a new world religion. what i love most about being a scientist at 3m is that i m part of a community of problem solvers. we make ideas grow. from an everyday solution. to one that can take on a bigger challenge. we are solving problems that improve lives. ....