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Do objective moral truths exist? If so, are there any good examples? More importantly, how can we explain their existence? Can objective moral truths emerge from the laws of physics, or is an objective, personal, moral law giver a better explanation? In this stage presentation from an apologetics conference, J. Warner examines the evidence for the existence of objective moral truth.
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Why try to explain natural phenomena by way of orderly laws? Jesus followers, on the other hand, believed one God ruled the university in an orderly, rational, Manner and created us as rational beings in His image.
Third Christ's followers believed God was distinct from his creation.
Jesus taught that God transcended the material world rather than simply acting on emotions or proclivities like gods in the Greek pantheon, for example, that God Jesus described was greater than and distinct from his creation, because the Christian God worked through predictable natural processes.
The environment could be studied.
The fourth reason Jesus ignited the exploration of science, was that Christ's followers were motivated by their desire to worship, the god of the universe.
Most secular scientists today are driven by their sincere love of Science and Discovery and, while that's a noble motivation, it pales when compared to the view held by Jesus followers, who believe that scientific Pursuits are an act of divine devotion and holy worship.
Johannes Kepler, mathematician astronomer Theologian and a key figure in the Scientific Revolution described his work.
This way, I was merely thinking God's thoughts after him, igniter number five Christ followers believe they could better understand.
God by observing his activity.
In the book of nature, Galileo once wrote, the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how Heaven goes.
The first part of the statement describes special Revelation, for example the book of scripture, but the second part of Galileo's statement describes the natural Revelation observed in our world the book of nature, so to speak.
Christ following scientists throughout history held both books in high regard, igniter number, six Christ followers pursued physical and intellectual investigations of their environment.
Much of Science and Antiquity was intellectual rather than physical.
However, in the earliest Christian educational institutions, scientists began using Empirical research involving physical experiments.
Getting their hands dirty in Empirical research was an extension of their Divine Duty.
Finally, igniter number seven Christ followers created a place to advance The, Sciences scientific experimentation and Discovery blossomed.
When like-minded Scholars and students gathered in the context of modern universities.
When Christians established modern universities, they ignited the progress of science.
These seven attributes Point toward an obvious truth.
Jesus followers have had an oversized impact on the Sciences.
When we look at the history of scientific discovery and the Brilliant Minds that made it all possible, the leadership impact of Jesus follower simply cannot be denied from the ancient world through the Dark Ages in the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution and even the modern era.
Every major area of science has been profoundly impacted by Christians, and these Christians represent a disproportionate amount of the scientific community.
Take a look for a moment at all.
The disciplines founded by Christians know the diversity and significance of the disciplines listed here.
Jesus Matters, To, The Sciences, the history of scientific exploration, was forever changed.
As Jesus followers studied the book of nature.
Christians are the fathers and founders of these disciplines as the founders and fathers of the Sciences, many were Award winners.
Christians have been awarded more Nobel prizes in science than any other group of scientific contributors as I researched.
All these scientists, science, fathers and award letters I realize that these Christ followers wrote about more than their scientific discoveries.
They also wrote about their savior.
They described their faith extensively and wrote about the man that inspired their work.
Believe it or not.
All the central claims of Christianity related to Jesus can be reconstructed from the work of these eminent scientists of all the evidential summaries I've offered so far from the writings of the church, fathers, the claims of the gnostics and the ancient non-christians who didn't like Jesus from the artists and hymn writers or the university campuses and Charters.
This list from scientists is the most robust summary of Jesus in every significant claim related to Jesus.
The science fathers agree with the church.
Fathers I was absolutely shocked at some point, I found myself asking if I trust scientists as much as I claim, why am I unwilling to take seriously what they say about Jesus, but as I pondered this other questions came to mind if Jesus is truly a history's Person of Interest, as I, reflected on the fuse in the Fallout related to Jesus I was similarly persuaded that Jesus was history's unique person of interest.
The appearance of Jesus was the singular event that forever changed history, but like the jury in Steve's trial.
I also would have liked to have eyewitness testimony from those who saw the life death and resurrection of Jesus before rendering a verdict.
Christians believe that the New Testament gospels contain just that kind of testimony eyewitness accounts of what really occurred, but when I started my investigation, I didn't trust the Bible and I didn't want to rely on it, but the evidence from the fuse in the Fallout, apart from the biblical accounts, revealed two important truths.
First, no man had the kind of impact Jesus had on history.
Second, every reconstruction of the Jesus story from literature, art, music, education and science describes Jesus, as God incarnate was that true was it possible? Jesus was something more than a man.
Would I find evidence for this.
On the pages of the Gospel accounts, the gospels, the eyewitness accounts of ancient Jesus followers, helped me to understand why the appearance of Jesus changed our calendar and inspired the world.
Jesus demonstrated with word in action that he was God, while other human prophets spoke for God.
Jesus spoke as God instead of saying this is what the Lord says like the prophets in the Old Testament Jesus would say: I tell you the truth.
Jesus also identified himself as otherworldly saying you are from below I am from above you are of this world.
I am not of this world.
He even claimed equality with God, saying I and the father are one.
The gospels also include several passages in which Jesus was described as having the power of God.
According to the gospel authors, Jesus had the power to create the power to forgive the power to Grant, eternal life, the power to judge sin only God has that kind of power.
Finally, eyewitnesses also said that Jesus rose from the grave.
This alone demonstrated Jesus was and is more than human.
The jury decided the truth about Steve from the fuse in the Fallout, without any testimony from my Witnesses.
How much easier should it have been for me to make a decision about Jesus with this information from the gospel eyewitness accounts, the fuse in the Fallout for Tammy, it's persuasive fuse in a Fallout for Jesus is phenomenal.
Add in the eyewitness testimony of the gospels and the evidence is overwhelming.
The engines knew what they were doing when they divided the calendar, while they may seem like artifacts from the past.
The labels BC meaning before Christ and a d meaning anal domini or a year of Our Lord, are far more accurate descriptions of history's timeline than our modern, BCE and CE.
If, if you're, not a Believer, our calendars demonstrate that Jesus still matters Jesus matters, because he Inspire more literature than any other person in history.
He matters because he was the ultimate Catalyst for the visual and musical arts.
He matters because his teaching us at the standard for moral reform and initiated a worldview that led to the flourishing of Education Jesus matters, because he sparked an explosion of scientific discovery and exploration, and he matters because his influence on human spirituality is so overwhelming that every major world religion either mentions him or merges him into their system and from each of these aspects of the Common Era, Fallout, literature, art, music, education, science and non-Christian religions.
A robust description of Jesus can be accurately reconstructed, even if every new testament manuscript had been destroyed.
Think about that.
Looking at all the evidence, I couldn't help but draw the obvious conclusion only if Jesus truly was more than a man if he was God incarnate, as that first Pastor in the gospel authors claimed what is unparalleled.
Impact on History makes sense.
Wouldn't we expect God to inspire the Ancients to think about him, the Jews to prophesy and history, to a line to his arrival? Wouldn't we expect God to have an explosive impact on the most important aspects of human existence? Wouldn't we expect him to reorder our calendar and transform our history.
This had that kind of impact on History the kind of impact we would expect from God the fuse and the Fallout of the Common Era simply confirmed the existence and deity of Jesus, as described in the New Testament Christian authors, artists, musicians, Educators scientists had known for years what I was just discovering Jesus doesn't matter because he influenced the world.
Jesus influenced the world because he matters Jesus was who he said.
He was God incarnate that truth turned the world upside down and it turned my world upside down as well.
I had a decision to make would I continue to ignore this person of interest that was responsible for everything, I valued or would I acknowledge Him as the source of nearly everything that matters decided to trust? What history revealed about Jesus I also came to trust what the gospels said about Jesus and what Jesus said about himself.
Perhaps more importantly, I decided to trust what Jesus said about me.
Our moral imperfection differentiates and separates us from God.
Yet he came to us in the person of Jesus to offer a remedy.
Those of us who recognize the truth about Jesus can accept his offer to reunite us with God Jesus Paid the price for our moral imperfection on the cross, the perfect being who had the power to create forgive Grant life.
Judge sin took the penalty that we deserve.
Those of us who are willing to trust Jesus and accept the offer of forgiveness and follow him will be forever reconciled to God.
That decision matters and it leads to a life that matters I'm Christian today, because Christianity is true, demonstrably true.
The evidence of History screams Jesus from every significant human achievement in every meaningful aspect of culture.
Even on days when it's difficult to be a Christian.
My high regard for truth leaves me no alternative, but to embrace Jesus as history's Person of Interest, and my personal Savior Jesus Christ is in the business of changing hearts and Minds, creating something from nothing, turning apathy into conviction and hopelessness into meaning he's done it for thousands of writers and artists and musicians and Educators and scientists he's done it for millions of Believers.
Just like me, he can do it for you as well.
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FAQs
What is the meaning of Mark 12 28? ›
The mention of a “dispute” (in 12:28) recalls the previous story, in which Jesus held a theological conversation with the Sadducees over the belief in the resurrection. The scribe of 12:28, apparently, shared Jesus position, so he must have been a scribe associated with the Pharisees (cf. Acts 23:7-8).
What is the meaning of Mark 12 30? ›So yesterday we came to a new understanding that the strength the Bible talks about in Deuteronomy and that Jesus quoted in the book of Mark 12:31-31 was truly about loving God with all of our muchness. Using our strength is devoting every opportunity, possibility and capacity you have to honoring God.
What does Mark 14 52 mean? ›Preached Sunday, June 4, 2017 from Mark 14:51-52. Theme: Those who follow superficially with Jesus will flee hastily when there's hostility toward Jesus. (Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references are taken from The Holy Bible, New King James Version; copyright 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc.)
What is the meaning of Mark 12 32? ›To know God, to understand and accept and live out of the knowledge that He is God and there is no other, is the foundation for love. In most of Jesus' altercations with the Pharisees and scribes, the arguments are more personal.
What does Mark 12 teach us? ›Jesus' principle here shows us that God does not need our money. If God needed our money, then how much we give would be more important than our heart in giving. Instead, it is our privilege to give to Him, and we need to give because it is good for us, not because it is good for God.
What can we learn from Mark 12 28 31? ›It simply means that loving God should be the most important and the strongest of our “loves”. A love so strong, that loving others almost appears as hate. Second, to love God with all our hearts is most important, because he created us. God is the Creator and we are his creation.
What does Mark 12 28 34 mean? ›Well, for starters, it means that we must give all our ourselves over to God. He doesn't want just a part of us, he requires the whole thing—heart, soul, mind, and strength—full tilt all the time without fail. God must come first in everything we feel, think, and do.
What can we learn from Mark 12 13 17? ›Mark 12:13–17 Reminds Us that God is Worthy of Our Hearts
And the answer to that question is so significant. Think all the way back to the very beginning of the Bible, Genesis 1, God's image is stamped on every human heart. In other words, Caesar may be worthy of a coin but God is worthy of our hearts.
In v. 30, Jesus simply indicates that the people of the present evil age will remain until his second coming, and in v. 32, Jesus tells his disciples that only the Father knows the timing of that coming.
What does Jesus mean in Mark 2 21? ›The point Jesus is making is that what He has come to do and fulfill can't be fitted into old forms and traditions. Jesus's teachings, miracles and authority are unlike what anyone had seen before. They are the works and words which no man had ever done before, and no one has done since!
What is the message on Mark 4 35? ›
The central truth of the passage is that Jesus is God. He has power over the wind and the waves and He is in fact God in flesh. By extension, because Jesus is God we can trust Him and choose to live in faith in Him rather than fear, regardless of situations of our lives.
What does Mark 5 35 mean? ›Mark 5:35-43 (NIV)
God never calls us to blindly believe, just believe deeper, broader, and wider. Jairus was confident Jesus could heal the sick; certainly that was why he approached the Healer in the first place. He was not quite as sure, however, that our Lord could or would raise the dead.
The implication made is that when God claimed to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God was implying that such men still existed after their earthly lives had ended.
What is Matthew 22 v 32? ›Matthew 22:32 New Living Translation (NLT)
'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ' So he is the God of the living, not the dead.”
The Lord will rule despite being surrounded by enemies, and His people will follow Him willingly. The Lord will also be a priest in the order of Melchizedek which outranks the priests from the tribe of Levi (Hebrews 7:1–10).
What is the meaning of Mark 12 17? ›Jesus' rejoinder reframes the issue and places His enemies into a trap. “Then give back to Caesar what belongs to him, and give back to God what belongs to Him” (Mark 12:17). Rightful ownership decides whether we are to pay or not. The coin bore the image of the ruling government's head of state: Caesar.
What is the lesson from Mark 12 17? ›Jesus is not proclaiming license to do as you please at work, but peace about the things you cannot control. You can control whether you defraud others in your work (Mark 10:18), so don't do it. You cannot control whether you have to pay taxes (Mark 12:17), so pay them.
What do we learn about Jesus in Mark 14? ›Mark 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It contains the plot to kill Jesus, his anointing by a woman, the Last Supper, predictions of his betrayal, and Peter the Apostle's three denials of him.
What can we learn from Mark 3 31 35? ›Mark 3:31–35 teaches us that Jesus Christ not only established his kingdom and a new nation, but also a new family. It is a family characterised by radical obedience to the revealed will of God; a family that sticks closer than a blood brother, because it is the family of God.
What does Mark 12 18 27 mean? ›In Mark 12:18-27 Jesus is confronted by the Sadducees as they try to trap Him and give the crowds reason to turn against Him. In this conversation Jesus both proves the resurrection and points out the underlying errors that led the Sadducees to this most significant error.
What can we learn from Mark 6 31? ›
We all need rest from time to time, even when we are busy doing the Lord's work and serving Him through ministry. Since God created us, he knows more than anyone else that our bodies need adequate rest. And because Jesus, the Son of God, came to dwell among us in a flesh and blood body, he experienced being tired.
What does Luke 10 27 say? ›He answered, “ 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself. '”
What can we learn from Mark 8 27 30? ›In Mark 8:27-30 we come to a significant transition as Peter makes this great confession of faith: You are the Christ. The disciples' dullness of faith and slowness to believe has been well documented throughout the Gospel, but it becomes particularly evident in chapter 8.
What does Mark 12 28 33 mean? ›A reading of Matthew's account of this episode makes him seem hostile to Jesus, but Mark portrays the man as an honest inquirer. He thought Jesus answered the others well (28). After Jesus answered, he agreed with Jesus (32). And Jesus considered his reply a wise one (34).
What can we learn from Mark 6 17 29? ›Instead of moving towards propriety, we fail to humbly acknowledge we have been wrong or excessive in our decisions or actions. Instead, we resort and cling onto social pride, disregarding criticisms out of fear that others would think less of us if we humble ourselves, accept our faults, and reform our ways.
What do we learn from Mark 6 14 29? ›Mark wants us to prepare for the worst. He wants those believers who are weak to be prepared for the passion of Jesus. There is a need for the followers of Christ to become strong in midst of the evil in the world. Like John in the gospel, who are the innocents and voiceless whose heads are cut off these days?
What can we learn from Mark 6 30 44? ›Jesus didn't want a stampede or trampled people so He wisely made people sit down. If they wanted to receive the benefit from His miracle they had to do it on His terms. This is just like salvation. He offers it freely, but we have to accept it on His terms, not on our own.
What did Jesus mean in Mark 2 18? ›With these two parables Jesus is showing that he needs to be received on his own terms. The religious practices of the Pharisees and Jesus will not mix. And if you don't come to Jesus on his own terms, not only will you not get Jesus (the wine is destroyed) but you will be worse than before (the wineskins are ruined).
What does Matthew 24 34 mean? ›In the most prevalent interpretation, 'this generation' is understood as Jesus' contemporaries, implying that Jesus anticipated that his contemporaries would experience 'all these things' [πάνταταῦτα] to happen in their own lifetime.
What does the cross mean in Mark 8 34? ›It means choosing to do or say what Jesus commands us to do or say, and what he himself did, and looking to him for the power to carry it through. This is what following him means. It is what it meant to the disciples. They obeyed him, and they were taught to look to him for whatever it took to make it possible.
What did Jesus mean in Mark 2 28? ›
Jesus is wrapping up a defense of His disciples for picking and eating grain on the Sabbath. His overall point is that Sabbath laws were meant for the benefit of the people, not as a burden. Nit-picking and overly literal obedience is not meant to override the real purpose of such laws.
What did Jesus mean in Mark 2 19? ›A time for feasting, not fasting (2:19) – As He often does, Jesus responds in a parable. He speaks of a wedding celebration and the fact that no one fasts during a wedding feast. It's a time of joy and celebration, not a time for mourning or sober reflection.
What does John 11 35 say? ›Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the life, and he who believes in me will never die. Even though he dies, he will live.”. Like I know my dad, because he trusted in Jesus, he lives. He died, but he lives today.
What did Jesus mean in Mark 9 35? ›In this passage, Jesus turns the definition of greatness on its head. The standard of greatness in Jesus' day was measured by the number of people who served you in some fashion. But Jesus' definition of greatness was measured by how many people you yourself served.
What can we learn from Mark 8 35? ›"For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it." (Mark 8:35) This is a surprising element of Jesus' call. When you lose your life for Jesus, you actually save it. You find your life when you lose it -- a total paradox.
What does Mark 6 30-34 mean? ›Several biblical resonances are at work in verses 30-34, each of which underscores Jesus' identity as the true shepherd, the very inauguration of the divine kingdom. Seeing the great crowd, Jesus “had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd” (verse 34).
What does Mark 6 32 34 mean? ›In Mark 6:32-34 we sense the fatigue and need for rest and renewal that Jesus and his disciples experienced. For a Christian, times of retreat and solitude, times for prayer and worship are a potential source of spiritual renewal and nourishment.
What does Mark 8 34 35 mean? ›Mark 8:34–35 Teaches that We must Deny Ourselves
And there are some places in the gospels where Jesus says, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself daily and take up his cross and follow me.” We need this reminder on a daily basis that as followers of Jesus, you and I have died to ourselves.
Mark 15:6–15 describes history's greatest miscarriage of justice. The Sanhedrin has convicted Jesus with blasphemy, a crime in the Mosaic law (Mark 14:61–64). Such a charge won't convince the Roman authorities to execute Jesus, so they present Him to Pilate as an imminent insurrectionist (Luke 23:2, 5).
What does Mark 12 31 teach us? ›If you are invited to love someone as you love yourself this means that if you dislike or are cruel to yourself then you are to dislike or be cruel to that someone. Conversely, if you cherish yourself then to others you are invited to do likewise. Love your neighbor as you love yourself.
What is the message of Mark 16? ›
This shows us that when Jesus invites us He wants to reveal Himself to us. “He is going before you into Galilee, there you shall see Him” was the message. The main object was to see Him, for Jesus to reveal Himself to His people.
What is the meaning of Acts 10 34? ›He tells Cornelius, “I truly understand that God shows no partiality.” This does not mean God accepts all people no matter their response to Him or that people who fear Him do not need Christ. Rather, it means that God does not restrict any nationality or ethnicity from the free gift of salvation.
What does Matthew 22 40 mean? ›In other words, the entire law and all the prophecies from God are designed, ultimately, to motivate and enforce love for God and love for other people. Put another way, God's greatest desire for any human being is that he or she love God and love others.
What does Matthew 18 21 22 teach us? ›Jesus was teaching Peter to set no limits on how much mercy would show. In other words, forgive your brother for sins done against you as many times as your brother needs forgiving. Do not show your brother forgiveness seven times only. Show your brother an infinite amount of mercy and forgiveness.
What does Mark 12 43 mean? ›We are to observe the faith of the widow, who in her devotion to God makes her offering out of her poverty and yet puts “more into the treasury than all the others” ( 12:43 ). The quality of her faith stands in sharp contrast to the false piety of the hypocrites, who are more concerned with appearances than godliness.
What does Mark 12 27 mean? ›12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye there- fore do greatly err: Jesus explains that, in a sense, there are no dead people: God can self-define in terms of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob because they are still living.
What is the meaning of Mark 12 29? ›That means that our love is not divided between this and that; even if God is still getting a good size portion of it , maybe even the majority of you, it's not enough. He wants all of you. Jesus is calling us to love Him above all else, to serve Him and Him alone, to put him first in everything we do.
What is the meaning of whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself take up his cross and follow me? ›A call to bear one's cross as part of following Jesus, then, is a call to be as submitted to Christ as the condemned criminal was to his death. Therefore, when Jesus calls for self-denial and cross-bearing, he's claiming authority. Following Christ means disowning the self and giving allegiance to him instead.
What does it mean that God will wipe away all tears? ›We can take strength in knowing that all the hard experiences in this life are temporary; even the darkest nights turn into dawn for the faithful. When all is finished and we have endured all things with faith in Jesus Christ, we have the promise that “God shall wipe away all [the] tears from [our] eyes.”
What does it mean therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance? ›We hear John tell his listeners in verse 8, “bear fruit worthy of repentance.” That is, if you repent of your sins, if you confess your sin, say you will turn to God, then there must be something to show for it. It MUST affect the way you live.
What is the significance of Jesus cursing the fig tree in Mark? ›
The image is taken from the Old Testament symbol of the fig tree representing Israel, and the cursing of the fig tree in Mark and Matthew and the parallel story in Luke are thus symbolically directed against the Jews, who have not accepted Jesus as Messiah.
How do I deny myself and follow God? ›2:3–4) Philippians 2:3–4 (NLT) “Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.”
What does it mean to deny yourself? ›: to not allow oneself to enjoy things or to have the things one wants.
What is the last word of Jesus before he died? ›Just before he breathed his last breath, Jesus uttered the phrase “it is finished.” Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
Will we know each other in heaven? ›In fact, the Bible indicates we will know each other more fully than we do now. The Apostle Paul declared, "Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known" (1 Corinthians 13:12). It's true that our appearance will change, because God will give us new bodies, similar to Jesus' resurrection body.
What does God do with our tears? ›“And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain….” (Revelation 21:4). Ultimately, there will be a glorious day when you will feel the Hand of God gently caress your cheek, wiping away the tears you once cried.
What does the Bible say about tears in heaven? ›They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
What kind of fruit does God want us to bear? ›We're called to bear the fruit of Christian character, Christian conduct, and Christian converts! First, God wants us to bear the fruit of Christian character. Galatians 5:22-23 describes the fruit produced in us by the Spirit Christ gives us. It is the fruit of Christian character.
What is the fruit of true repentance? ›This is the beginning of Luke developing what it means to be saved. Jesus will get right into the nitty-gritty of it in the next dozen chapters, but when John tells them – and you and me – to bear fruits worthy of repentance, he's saying that if you submit to God and are sincere in this your life will prove it.
How do you maintain repentance? ›- We Must Recognize Our Sins. To repent, we must admit to ourselves that we have sinned. ...
- We Must Feel Sorrow for Our Sins. ...
- We Must Forsake Our Sins. ...
- We Must Confess Our Sins. ...
- We Must Make Restitution. ...
- We Must Forgive Others. ...
- We Must Keep the Commandments of God.
What do figs symbolize spiritually? ›
From a spiritual symbol to a luxurious treat, the Fig tree is steeped in ancient meaning and for millennia, has symbolised wisdom and success in an abundance. Fig trees were so highly valued by the ancient Greeks that it was considered an honour to bestow upon the winner of various competitions.
Who was Jesus talking to under the fig tree? ›Now listen to what Jesus said to Nathanael. Nathanael, you might recall, had just been caught asking, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” That had to be embarrassing, considering the most famous Nazarene in history called him out for the insult. The cutting remark had come underneath a shady fig tree.
What tree was Jesus crucified on? ›According to the story, it was the dogwood tree that provided the wood used to build the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Because of its role in the crucifixion, it is said that God both cursed and blessed the tree.