Perception That Leads To Identity Essay

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Perception That Leads to Identity
Disha Patel

Most of what we know of Jesus’ life we do so through the four gospels of the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The four gospels all share their individual perspectives on Jesus’ life, but it is seen that Matthew, Mark, and Luke are similar to one another compared to John. Particularly the gospels of Mark and John both work to form Jesus’ identity, the way those around Jesus view him, through his healings; however, John portrays Jesus as the son of God, the Christ, whereas Mark describes a Jesus that was a servant to his people.
Both Mark and John show examples of Jesus’ healings that people then comprehend and draw their individual conclusions of who Jesus is. This is the reason
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That is however, not the case. Jesus’ actions and his healings are not simply done with the intent of helping those who are ill and sick but a way of persuading the people of Jesus’ godly nature. Jesus’ actions are carefully calculated so that those who see him heal think that he is accomplishing acts that only God himself is able to do, so he must be God according to that logic. On one account Jesus leads James and John up a high mountain where Jesus “transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on Earth could bleach them” (Mark.9.2-3). This visionary experience of Jesus’ transfiguration resembles what is often used to describe when one sees God; it looks a lot like a radiating light of glory around a form. This illustration resembles that glory of the God of Israel that long ago had shown up on Mount Sinai. This goes to reinforce the notion that Jesus’ constant comparison to God is to show where Jesus stands in his relation to God, and that they are one and the same. The details of Jesus’ transfiguration show ultimately that Jesus is the embodiment of God’s glory, and not a servant of