Book Review
N.T. Wright releases How God Became King: The Forgotten
Story of the Gospels with the affirmation that the church has come
to emphasis almost exclusively on Jesus birth, death and
resurrection. Although, the gospels devote the majority of their
time on Jesus life. Jesuss life, death, resurrection and rise did
not hint the end of the old Israel story, but redirected it further
to a worldwide effort of adaptation. Wright addresses several New
Testament documented interpreters who present the gospels as simply
the prognosis of early Christian faith, reflecting the disputes
and predicaments of the early church, something Wright calls a
half-truth. Wright argues that notwithstanding the gospels
countless differences, none of
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The essential
problem Wright identifies in the introduction can be documented
most clearly in six ordinary, but unsatisfactory responses often
provided by the church to the query "What are the Gospels all
about?, which are: 1) teaching people how to go to Heaven, 2)
recording
Jesus's exclusive
ethical teaching, 3) depicting Jesus as a moral prototype for the
people, 4) exhibiting Jesus as the perfect sacrifice, 5) telling
stories with which humans can recognize and then find direction,
and 6) signifying Jesus's spirituality. While each of these answers
contains a portion of truth, Wright contends they all fail to hold
the heart of the
Gospelaccounts.
According to Wright, the gospels tell of Jesus who embodied the
living
Godof Israel and
whose cross and resurrection really did unveil and initiate the
Kingdom of God. Wright then claims that the kingdom is apart of a
greater eschatological theology, which is concerned with what is
believed to be the final events of history, or the definitive
destiny of humanity.
Robert Gundry presents a more critical review of N.T.
Wrights How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels.
During his public ministry, Jesus taught extensively in words and
deeds about the kingdom of God. In How God Became King, N.T.
Wright
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