r/ArabicChristians

مرحبا، أنا نور (نورا).

أمي فلسطينية مسيحية من يافا، وأبوي البيولوجي يهودي إسرائيلي كمان من يافا.

أهلي كانوا يعرفوا بعض وهمّ صغار بس أمي ما كانت تطيق أبوي، وهو ما كان فاهم الطبخة وضله يتغزل فيها. بيوم من الأيام، أبوي جبر حاله على أمي بليلة من الليالي، وهيك أمي حملت فيّ.

أول ما أبوي عرف، بعد تماماً عن أمي وتجوز وحدة يهودية. بس لأنّ يافا بلد صغيرة وفيها حكي كتير، ما قدرش يتجاهل وجودي بالمرة. وعشان يتجنبوا فضيحة كبيرة ويضلوا بعاد عن السلطات الإسرائيلية أو المحاكم الدينية، عملوا اتفاق ودي وغير رسمي بدون محاكم، إني أشوفه كل أسبوعين لكم يوم.

بس أنا وقفت أشوف أبوي من لما كان عمري سبع سنين. وهلا أنا عايشة بالضفة الغربية.

يقول بولس "

لَا تَكُنْ فِي مَا بَعْدُ شَرَّابَ مَاءٍ، بَلِ اسْتَعْمِلْ خَمْرًا قَلِيلًا مِنْ أَجْلِ مَعِدَتِكَ وَأَسْقَامِكَ الْكَثِيرَةِ."

في اي حالة ممكن الخمر يكون علاج للمعدة ام يقصد انه انظف من المياه؟

Syrian here.

I left Islam more than 7 years ago

I married an Alawite 5 years ago who didn't really care much for anything, nor did her parents and it was great.

And during those seven years we were busy with life and work and we got occupied ,and never realized how tired and drained we were until things settled down a bit and left the middle east.

During my college years, i used to curse God alot.

You'd know what I'm talking about if you're Levantine.

i had a dream where Mariam in her blue garment put a glass of water in front of me and said "don't insult god, and drink this instead"

Back then i didn't really care much for it beside it being a weird, and unusual dream, and assumed it happened because my Christian friend was staying at my place that night and my brain may have registered that in my unconsciousness somehow.

Many Years later.

No Christian friend this time.

Haven't thought about religion in a very long time.

I had another dream, identical to the previous one,where she was standing in front of a door as if she was leaving, the glass was sitting on a table in front of me and she said "drink, I'm still waiting"

I've been going to church for a year now.

I read and taught myself about my savior, and i was lucky that my wife didn't reject it, on the contrary, She was unbelievably open to it and supported my decision.

I got baptized today and It was wholesome.

I believe I've never been this content and full my entire life.

Hi! I am not Arab but I’ve lived in the Middle East, loved it and have been largely influenced by the history and depth of the region and the various views on theological matters compared to what I’ve widely been taught in the USA.

When it comes to the purpose of the Cross, I have only ever heard one thing taught. Jesus died on the Cross to essentially appease the wrath of God. I honestly didn’t even realize there were other views out there. This is called the Penal Substitutionary Atonement. I started researching, and I realized this is more of a western theology. It makes sense, because it fits the western values / framework of guilt / innocence (as opposed to honor / shame, for example).

But I’m so curious now to hear about this topic from you guys. What were you taught about the reason Jesus had to die? Was it for to appease the wrath of God? And without it, we could never have forgiveness? Or something totally different? Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts!

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