Twitter is one of the popular networks in
social media. It can connect us to countless people across the world. Through it, we can quickly share information. And that can be vital during disasters.
Tweets can also divide us, incite mob rule to pile on a hapless twitterer of an unpopular opinion. And it's so easy to snipe from the anonymity of a keyboard.
Likewise, the words and action of public figures can divide us. As we approach
Easter, we have a perfect example of that, 2000 years ago. That is Jesus, of course. And the mob had Him crucified. Only He did not stay dead. That's why we celebrate Easter.
How Jesus divided people is recorded in the
Gospels. And there is a good booklet (in pdf format) describing this, provided via the modern marvels of computers and hyperlinks:
The Cross Divides Men
The Gospel and 21st century tech
If you are reading this blog, it is a marvel of our social media, like blogging. And I most likely tweeted the link you are reading, or posted it on Facebook, or you googled it on your browser.
How would the Gospel be told via twitter in our times? Below is a video embedded from YouTube (another modern marvel) showing that:
So in the 21st century, tweets and posts with hyperlinks can quickly spread the Gospels across the world.
The Gospel and 1st century tech
During the first Easter, the tech of the times also prepared the world to spread the Gospel.
Alexander the Great conquered the known world and made
Greek the universal language of its time. They also translated the Jewish Torah (Old Testament) into Greek, known as the
Septuagint.
Later the
Romans conquered most of the known world. They built roads, brought law and order, and peace and security to most of its denizens, known as the
Pax Romana.
The
New Testament was written mostly in Greek, the universal language of the known world. And the apostles like
St. Paul, spreading the Gospel, traveled down the Roman roads in the relative safety provided by the Pax Romana,
So these military and technological feats paved the way to spread the Gospel.
[Reference: Preparation of the World for Christianity ]
The Great Commission
So to this day, the disciples followed one of Jesus' last commands before leaving this earth, using the tech of the times-whether the 1st or the 21st century:
Then Jesus came to them and said,
“All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always,
to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)
So on this note begins another thread -
Tech.
From 20 centuries of tech of the times, may readers continue to receive the blessing this Easter.
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