Proposing that the disappointment of hopes for the imminent arrival of the Kingdom of God could have led to the demise of the Jesus-movement, Fredriksen offers \u201cfour interrelated factors\u201d that enabled those early believers to maintain their commitment against the odds. These included continuing experiences of \u201ccharismata\u201d such as prophesying, healing and exorcizing demons, which believers ascribed to the divine Spirit. These experiences validated the community of believers as those to whom the Spirit had been given.\u00a0A second factor was \u201ctheir intensified turn to Jewish scriptures.\u201d That is, early on, Jewish believers searched their scriptures to find resources for understanding their circumstances and also, importantly, the figure of Jesus. This process introduced the third factor, as this biblical interpretation led believers to \u201crefine\u201d (or reformulate) ideas about \u201cMessiah\u201d and the ways that Jesus fulfilled that role. So, for example, there was the novel idea that Messiah was to undergo a violent death and then come again in glory.\u00a0The fourth factor in Fredriksen\u2019s proposed scheme was another novel idea: the early believers felt themselves obliged to continue Jesus\u2019 mission \u201cto prepare Israel\u201d for the coming Kingdom of God. Then, through various circumstances, this mission expanded to include initially Jews in the wider Diaspora and then even Gentiles (or pagans, to use Fredriksen\u2019s preferred term).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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