{"id":2874,"date":"2007-11-15T00:10:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T00:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/11\/colossians-remixed-44.html"},"modified":"2007-11-15T00:10:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-15T00:10:58","slug":"colossians-remixed-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/11\/colossians-remixed-44.html","title":{"rendered":"Colossians Remixed 44"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second to last section in Colossians Remixed<\/a>\"\"<\/em> concerns the story of Jesus as a story of suffering — and this, they suggest, provides a foundation for the Colossian Christians to understand their own suffering.
\nCross-bearing is integral to being the body of Christ
\nThe church is destined to affliction or, better yet, to oppression. See 2 Cor 1:3-7; Phil 3:8-11 and Rom 8:17. [Question: If “oppression” — translating thlipsis — was the analogy between the church and Christ, why is that word never used for Christ’s sufferings in the Gospels? It is often used in the Gospels for eschatological tribulation.]
\nThe story of the church is the story of oppression.
\n“Where does that leave a Christian community that seems to avoid any sort of suffering?” (229).
\nPaul made known the “mystery” and the “hope of glory.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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