. Put through torture, Jesus is ultimately hung on a cross left for death, speaking his last word, “Father, into your hands I commenced my spirit” (CSB 143). After the fact of his death, I would reveal to my students the mystique in Jesus’ return. Jesus’ body was buried in a cave, although when women from Galilee had returned days later with spices and oils for Jesus, they would only discover an empty cave. Angels would later tell these women that Jesus was still alive. While two Disciples were discussing the events of the past few days, Jesus had approached them and walked with them. Their eyes could not recognize Jesus until he later broke bread before them which opened minds to the fact that Jesus was still alive. Jesus quickly vanished, though the Disciples would proceed to gather everyone together in Jerusalem for prayer. It is here that Jesus visited them all. He said, “…everything about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled” (CSB 145). As is written in the Bible, Jesus completed the predictions. He then opened their mind to the understanding of the Scriptures so that they were left with the knowledge to educate people of God for years to come. The Disciples walked Jesus outside, and He rose up to heaven.Jesus’ life left one universally important message behind: Love your neighbor as you would love yourself, thus you must forgive others as you would want to be forgiven. Kearney 4Living by these two things, Jesus strives to spread God’s word so that people will see that hatred-filled and unforgiving people will not be invited to the Kingdom of God. I would tell my students that whenever an attempted act of mine is in question, I will revert back to this to determine whether or not God would approve.The third Gospel, written by Luke, is a detailed description of Jesus’ life on Earth. Covering so much area in terms of stories and lessons, it...
