norwegen
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Government indeed began resting on Christ's shoulder. As early as Armenia and Ethiopia, states began to recognize Christianity. The faith had become the state religion even of the Roman Empire.I've long been curious about some of the mechanics involved. In particular the details surrounding the old testament being included in the christian bibleScofield was hired by Samuel Untermyer who also published the Scofield Bible.
Its sort of a progression. Jesus wasn't the Messiah the Jews had expected. He was NOT an anointed warrior king who would vanquish the enemies of the Jews. The government never rested on his shoulders.
Nonetheless Jesus was definitely very special. I think later writers embroidered his story which religion seems to have always done.. exaggerating everything..... and fiddling with the OT to make Jesus "fit" the Jewish prophecies.
IMO you can't dismiss Jesus as the bastard son of a Roman soldier and you can't claim the Jews got it all wrong. Clearly Jesus was an important Holy man.. a messenger if you can get your head around that concept.
I'm Christian by heritage and by choice so I just accept the Jewish beliefs as well as Muslim beliefs..
The Old Testament provides the backstory, the way I see it. It tells us briefly of what went right - in the garden - and then goes on for page after page about what went wrong. "None is righteous," lamented David. "No, not one." Including David, by and by, a murderer and adulterer.
With Christianity, mankind enters into God's rest again, where he was in the garden.