Part One
INTRODUCTION: 5 CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
INTRODUCTION: 5 CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
While a
historical cause can be found for the death of Christ (He was put to death by
the Roman governor), and by studying analogous events we know that many others
were put to death in those days by crucifixion, there is no historical cause
for His resurrection. (We believe that His resurrection was caused by a power
outside of history, by the supernatural power of God). And there is no analogous
event in history with which to compare His resurrection. (We believe it was
unique). The critics tell us that experience and science agree that dead people
do not come back to life. Therefore the critic concludes that the dead body of
Jesus could not have come back to life, hence the resurrection accounts in the
New Testament are myths which must be sifted out. But according to Bultmann,
the myth of the resurrection has been used in Scripture to express the “otherworldly”
in terms of “this world.” He says that the resurrection of Christ takes place
in the kerygma, that is, when the gospel is preached Jesus is present.
Bultmann, along with others, seems to feel that science has spoken the last
word, hence its canons must be applied to the Bible record to free it of everything
unscientific before man in this enlightened age can accept it. But, of course,
when everything supernatural is removed from the Bible there is not much left
for the modern man.
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