Friday, October 25, 2013

Not a stone left unturned..





Let’s uncover the nature of Jesus.  Jesus was a man plain and simple. Yet in the viewpoint of most Christian’s, they see Jesus as part of the three-fold God essence making up the trinity.  Was Jesus sent by God in order to relay messages to the people? Was Jesus sent to teach the people or was Jesus actually God’s only begotten son and if he was why was he sent to the Israelites?  More on this in a bit…

God is eternal and everlasting but can this be proven?  Jesus was human therefore he presented in human form, which is not eternal and everlasting.  Was Jesus a figment of the imaginations of the early Israelites? It would seem I have more questions than I have answers and perhaps that’s when one knows they are submerged in theology. We are called upon to create our own interpretation of history; which we have discovered in our first year seminary classes is many times contradictory.

According to biblical scholars throughout history, they are able to prove that a man named Jesus lived however they are unable to prove much more than that.  It is believed that stories were created by the Israelites to explain the marvels and the events that happened around the time of Jesus. It is my belief that Jesus existed as a person based on all historical accounts.  I would say Jesus was humanly divine. In the many parables it would seem Jesus was to be a teacher to the Israelites and it was their responsibility to ensure that the stories of Jesus would be told as to not be forgotten.  If Jesus was God’s only begotten son it is believed that he was sent as a sacrificial offering so that the Israelites would know that God too has made sacrifices for his people, the Israelites.  

1 comment:

  1. "We are called upon to create our own interpretation of history; which we have discovered in our first year seminary classes is many times contradictory." Amen. It would seem that the further we dive into this Biblical and theological rabbit hole the more contradictions and confusions seem to be emerging. The concept of the importance of mythology over historicity seems to be what is keeping me from hitting the ground with a big old thud.

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