In the Book, Jesus Before Christianity in chapter 18, Albert Nolan, recounts Christianity as the history of those who came to believe in Jesus and who were inspired to take up the challenge of his death. The elements of this challenge are present in our everyday lives, in our thoughts, actions, written word, and music. A musical piece that inspires me to recount Jesus’ challenge is the song The Wall by Kansas. When I think of the challenge of Jesus’ death, I recount the sacrifice, courage and conviction a single man endured for others. Jesus’ chosen life path had lead him to a task or obstacle. This was his “wall” between what he was on Earth and all that he knew could be if he endured the pain and suffering of a trial and crucifixion. As Nolan discusses, Jesus as a man feared this test and prayed others would not be as severely tested as he was to be. Alone with his thoughts, and seemingly abandoned by his friends, he feared he was too weak to take up this challenge. However, when the time came, he did it. His actions in this trial stood to others as a symbol and a sum of what his life was; he knew in the end he must act to tear down this wall, sacrifice himself to bring the kingdom to earth. Through this act, all that he was, and all that he was ever meant to be would exist in harmony. It would be a kingdom open to all who wanted to live and believe.
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