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#43 Tom on his life and faith and the meaning of the cross

Ask NT Wright Anything

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The Christas Victor Model

The powers that had held the pagan world in a dark captivity were defeated. The gospel can go out and people's lives can be transformed is this to some extent what people have termed the Christas Victor model. When Jesus dies on the cross the primary thing that's about is the messianic victory he has king of the Jews above his head. Paul talks about the Gentile mission going out into the non-Jewish world directly linked to God giving us our power back.

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