Who is Jesus?

[BONA FIDE]

Who is Jesus?

Without a doubt, you have often heard the claim that Jesus is God, the second person in the "Holy trinity." However, the very Bible which is used as a basis for knowledge about Jesus and as the basis for doctrine within Christianity clearly belies this claim. We urge you to consult your own Bible and verify that the following conclusions are not drawn out of context:

1. God is All Knowing.....but Jesus was not
When speaking of the day of judgment, Jesus clearly gave evidence of a limitation on his knowledge when he said, "but of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in Heaven, neither the son, but the Father." Mark 13:32, and Matt 24:36. But God knows all. His knowledge is without any limitations. That Jesus, of his own admission, did not know when the day of judgment would be, is clear proof that Jesus is not all-knowing, and that Jesus is therefore not God.

2. God is All Powerful.....but Jesus was not
While Jesus performed many miracles, he himself admitted that the power he had was not his own but was derived from God when he said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do..." St. John 5:19. Again he said, "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." St. John 5:30. But God is not only all-powerful, He is also the source of all power and authority. That Jesus, of his own admission, could do nothing on his own is clear proof that Jesus is not all-powerful, and that therefore Jesus is not God.

3. God does not have a God.....but Jesus did have a God.
God is the ultimate judge and refuge for all, and He does not call upon nor pray to any others. But Jesus acknowledged that there was one whom he worshipped and to whom he prayed when he said, "l ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God." St. John 20:17. He is also reported to have cried out while on the cross, "My God, my God why hast thou forsaken me?" Matt 27:46. If Jesus were God, then couldn't this be read, "Myself, myself why hast thou forsaken me?" Would that not be pure nonsense? When Jesus prayed the Lord's prayer (Luke 11:2-4), was he praying to himself? When in the garden of Gethsemane he prayed, "O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: Nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt." Matt 26:36-39. Was Jesus praying to himself? That Jesus, of his own admission and by his own actions, acknowledged, worshipped, and prayed to another being as God is clear proof that Jesus himself is not God.

4. God is an invisible spirit.....but Jesus was flesh and blood
While thousands saw Jesus and heard his voice, Jesus himself said that this could not be done with God when he said. "No man hath seen God at any time." St. John 1:18. '"Ye have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His shape." St. John 5:37. He also said in St. John 4:24. "God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." That Jesus would say that no one had seen or heard God at any time, while his followers both saw and heard him, is clear proof that Jesus was not God.

5. No one is greater than God and no one can direct Him but Jesus acknowledged someone greater than himself whose will was distinct from his own.
Perhaps the clearest indication we have that Jesus and God are not equal, and therefore not one and the same, come again from the mouth of Jesus himself who said in St. John 14:28, "My Father is greater than I." When someone referred to him as good master in Matt 19:17, Jesus responded, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God..." Furthermore, Jesus drew clear distinctions between himself and God when he said, "I proceeded forth and came from God, neither came I of myself but He sent me." St. John 8:42. Jesus gave clear evidence of his subordination to God, rather than his equality with God,when he said in Luke 22:42, "not my will but thine be done" and in St. John 5:30, "I seek not mine own will but the will of the Father which hath sent me." That Jesus would admit that he did not come into the world on his own initiative but was directed to do so, that he would acknowledge another being as greater than himself, and that he would negate his own will in deference to affirming the will of another, give clear proof that Jesus is not the Supreme One and therefore Jesus is not God.

 

[editec]

Thanks for clearing that up for us.

Now who is Buddha?

 

[busara]

um, thanks? ill let someone else take the time to refute these points, i dont have the time

 

[AllieBaba]

Jesus, God and the HOly Spirit. They're all part of God, but they are also individuals.

It's one of those mystery things. When you try to reason it out your head will explode.

 

[politicsezine]

Didn't early Christianity believe that God also had a feminine and masculine side? Sort of like Shiva and Shakti (and the combined form is Ardhanari).

Modern Christians dumped the feminine version in favour of a masculine god, but originally God (being all powerful) was all three.

One possible reason for the change to masculine was because Mother Mary was impregnated by God's holy energy, which is very similar to Zeus's golden shower with Danae, a clear rip off from Greek mythology. 90% of the stories in the Bible are rip offs from other sources anyway. eg. Eve's eating of the fruit is a combination of Pandora's box and Persephone's pomegranate.

Shiva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shakti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ardhanari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This topic feels like mental masturbation, but whatever.

 

[us4israel]

BS"D

[From noahide.com/yeshu.htm]

Who Was Jesus?

The Bible gave a warning about a dangerous, false prophet who would arise to test our faith in G-d. In Deuteronomy 13, G-d describes this false prophet as a member of the Jewish people (v. 2, 7) who would tell true prophecies and would have the power of miracles. G-d Himself would give this false prophet the power to perform miracles and reveal prophecy, but the false prophet would try to seduce the people away from G-d's Law and towards strange gods unknown to Judaism. The purpose would be to test whether we are truly committed to living under the Law, or whether we will be dazzled and fall for the temptation to join a false path to salvation (v. 3-6, 7-8, 11). In this Biblical passage, G-d repeatedly commands the Jews to kill this false prophet, lest the evil spread and destroy many souls.

To be accepted by the people, the false prophet would sometimes pretend to be a righteous Jew who fulfills the Law, but at key moments he would turn against certain details of the Law in order to make the breach (v. 6, 7). This is the reason that verse 1 commands us not to add or subtract any details from the Law, and verse 5 warns us to remain steadfast with all the traditions of the Law.

In Deuteronomy 17, this false prophet is also described as someone who would rebel against the authority of the judges of the Jewish people, and who should be put to death for his rebelliousness (v. 8-13, esp. v. 12). Who are the judges? The highest court in Israel was the Sanhedrin, which was established by Moses (Exodus 18:13-26; Numbers 11:16-29), and which lasted more than 15 centuries. The members of the Sanhedrin were the rabbis known as "Pharisees" (Pirushim, "those with the explanation"). G-d gave permanent authority to these judges to interpret the Law and G-d's Word, and it is a commandment to follow their decisions without turning even slightly to the right or the left (Deut. 17:11). But the false prophet would challenge the authority of the Sanhedrin, thus revealing himself to be an evil man.

In the book of the prophet Daniel, this false prophet is described as a king (the eleventh horn on a terrible beast) who would wage war against the Jews (the "holy ones"; see Deut. 14:2 on this term) and would change the Law including the calendar and the holidays (Daniel 7:8, 20-25). Elsewhere, this false prophet is described as a king who would disregard the G-d of his fathers, exalting himself as a god and giving honor to this new god-head (Daniel 11:36-39).

The man known today as "Jesus" fulfilled all these prophecies. He became a "king" (over the Christian church) who changed the original Law, doing away with the Hebrew calendar and the Biblical holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos the Festival of Tabernacles, Passover, etc.). He disregarded the one, infinite G-d of the Hebrew Bible in favor of a new "trinity" that included himself. And he repeatedly broke the Law by committing terrible sins, while openly challenging the G-d-given authority of the rabbis of the Sanhedrin.

Naturally, Jesus did sometimes pretend to respect the Law, but whenever he thought he could get away with it, he turned right around and broke that same Law. In Matthew 5:17-19, he declared that he came to fulfill the Law, and in Matthew 23:1-3 he defended the authority of the rabbis. But the rest of the time, he rebelled against the Law—thus showing that his occasional words of piety were meant only to hide his evil agenda. The following sins of Jesus are recorded in the "New Testament":

1) Jesus repudiated the laws of kosher food (Mark 7:18-19). [Compare this to the prophet Daniel's strict adherence to kashrus, in Daniel chapter 1.]
2) He repudiated the laws of honoring one's parents, and called on his followers to hate their parents; he also dishonored his own mother (Matthew 10:34-36; Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 14:26).
3) He violated the Sabbath by picking grain, and incited his disciples to do the same (Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-26).
4) He again violated the Sabbath by healing a man's arm, which was not a matter of saving a life, and he openly defied the rabbis in his total repudiation of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:9-13; Mark 3:1-5). [Compare this to G-d's view of violating the Sabbath, in Numbers 15:32-36, Nehemiah 10:30-32, and dozens of other places throughout the Bible.]
5) Jesus brazenly defied and disobeyed the rabbis of the Sanhedrin, repudiating their authority (This is recorded in many places throughout the New Testament, but look especially at Matthew 23:13-39 and John 8:44-45).

The Talmud (Babylonian edition) records other sins of "Jesus the Nazarene":

1) He and his disciples practiced sorcery and black magic, led Jews astray into idolatry, and were sponsored by foreign, gentile powers for the purpose of subverting Jewish worship (Sanhedrin 43a).
2) He was sexually immoral, worshipped statues of stone (a brick is mentioned), was cut off from the Jewish people for his wickedness, and refused to repent (Sanhedrin 107b; Sotah 47a).
3) He learned witchcraft in Egypt and, to perform miracles, used procedures that involved cutting his flesh—which is also explicitly banned in the Bible (Shabbos 104b).

The false, rebellious message of Jesus has been thoroughly rejected by the vast majority of the Jewish people, as G-d commanded. Unfortunately, however, this same message has brought a terrible darkness upon the world; today, over 1.5 billion gentiles believe in Jesus. These lost souls mistakenly think they have found salvation in Jesus; tragically, they are in for a rude awakening. Truth and eternal life are found directly from G-d, through performing His Law. Any "mediator" only separates man from G-d:

1) "G-d is not a man, who can lie, nor the son of man, who relents... He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen perverseness in Israel" (Numbers 23:19).
2) Speaking prophetically of the Christian church, Moses declared, "For their 'rock' is not like our Rock... Where is their god, in whom they trusted?" (Deut. 32:31, 37).
3) "'See now that I, only I, am He, and there is no god with Me. I kill, and I bring to life; I wound, and I heal, and there is none who can rescue from My Hand...' Sing songs of joy, gentiles, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants, and will take vengeance on His enemies, and will forgive His land and His people" (Deut. 32:39, 43).
4) "I, only I am Hashem (the L-rd), and besides Me there is no savior" (Isaiah 43:11).
5) "I am the First and I am the Last; besides me there is no god... Is there a god besides Me? There is no rock; I do not know any" (Isaiah 44:6).
6) "Israel is saved in Hashem with an eternal salvation... Assemble yourselves and come, come near together, you gentiles who have escaped [the judgment]. (They have no knowledge, those who carry wooden sculptures and who pray to a god that does not save.) Announce and bring near, even take counsel together: Who declared this from ancient times, and announced it from then? Is it not I, Hashem? And there are no other gods beside Me, nor any righteous and saving god other than Me. Turn to Me and be saved, all ends of the earth, for I am G-d and there is none else. By Myself I swore, a righteous word went out of my mouth and it will not be withdrawn, that to Me every knee will bow and every tongue will swear" (Isaiah 45:17, 20-23).

What is the true key to salvation? Those who return to the Law (the Seven Commandments for the Children of Noah, according to the eternal covenant made with Noah in Genesis 9) and who assist the Jewish people (Isaiah 60, 61, 66) will be saved and will participate in the miracles and revelations, including worshipping in the Third Temple, under the kingship of the Messiah. As described in many places, including Jeremiah 16:19-21 and Zechariah 8:20-23, all the old gentile religions of the world will disappear, and their followers will turn to the Jews for spiritual leadership. Until then, Christians are spiritually blinded, and cannot yet understand G-d's wisdom in the Bible.

Ours is the last generation of the era of sin and evil and the first of the Messianic Era. Indeed, for the first time in history, there is a growing consensus of leading rabbis willing to name the man most suited to be the Messiah, and they are agreeing that he is the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The Rebbe is the spiritual leader of our generation, having boldly stirred up controversy over vital issues in which other leaders have remained tragically silent or have even caved in to the growing forces of darkness. He has upheld the Law perfectly and has worked mightily to strengthen the observance of the Law by Jews, as well as the observance of the Noachide Law by gentiles. Through his teaching of chasidus (Jewish mystical teachings, preserved from Moses and Mount Sinai), he has taught the world that G-d is One, the Infinite Who renews creation at every moment. The Rebbe is a direct descendant of King David and has received a true prophecy from G-d that we who are alive in this generation shall be the first in history to see the coming of the true messiah. Many Jews are eagerly anticipating the Rebbe's resurrection from the grave, ready to re-establish the Sanhedrin and anoint the king.

Our job is to finish preparing the way, by announcing the truth and bringing all of mankind back to the Law immediately. Through our divinely mandated efforts, we shall now clear the path for the return of the Garden of Eden and the establishment of the eternal sinless world promised by Isaiah and the other Biblical prophets.

 

[Shogun]

oh this thread is going to be RICH.


I feel a chub coming on already!

 

[AllieBaba]

Didn't early Christianity believe that God also had a feminine and masculine side? Sort of like Shiva and Shakti (and the combined form is Ardhanari).

Modern Christians dumped the feminine version in favour of a masculine god, but originally God (being all powerful) was all three.

One possible reason for the change to masculine was because Mother Mary was impregnated by God's holy energy, which is very similar to Zeus's golden shower with Danae, a clear rip off from Greek mythology. 90% of the stories in the Bible are rip offs from other sources anyway. eg. Eve's eating of the fruit is a combination of Pandora's box and Persephone's pomegranate.

Shiva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shakti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ardhanari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This topic feels like mental masturbation, but whatever.

Nope. Christianity never embraced a female God aspect.
Catholics have saints and the Virgin, but it's not the same.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

um, thanks? ill let someone else take the time to refute these points, i dont have the time

Nothing to refute. The Trinity is NOT one entity. The Bible is very clear on that.

 

[Toro]

Jesus is my landlord.





"Blessed art thou.

And where's the rent?"

 

[Gunny]

Who is Jesus?

He's this Mexican guy that makes awesome breakfast tacos at Lupitas around the corner.

 

[Gunny]

Jesus is my landlord.





"Blessed art thou.

And where's the rent?"

Does he cook at Lupitas as well?

 

[Shogun]

No one fucks with the Jesus

 

[jillian]

Didn't early Christianity believe that God also had a feminine and masculine side? Sort of like Shiva and Shakti (and the combined form is Ardhanari).

Modern Christians dumped the feminine version in favour of a masculine god, but originally God (being all powerful) was all three.

One possible reason for the change to masculine was because Mother Mary was impregnated by God's holy energy, which is very similar to Zeus's golden shower with Danae, a clear rip off from Greek mythology. 90% of the stories in the Bible are rip offs from other sources anyway. eg. Eve's eating of the fruit is a combination of Pandora's box and Persephone's pomegranate.

Shiva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shakti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ardhanari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This topic feels like mental masturbation, but whatever.

Actually, it's Kaballah that believes in a divinity with both male and female aspects. I don't think Christianity ever had such a belief.

 

[Gunny]

No one fucks with the Jesus

N-i-c-e outfit.

 

[Shogun]

he's a pederast dude.



8 year olds.


(if you havent seen the movie go treat yourself)

 

[Epsilon Delta]

Assuming Jesus believed what he was saying he really wasn't making much of a claim.

Jesus: "I am the son of your lord, God... and so is everyone else! So treat each other nice, k?"
The People: "OMG, he said he's the son of god, how iconoclast!"
Jesus: "Yeah, yeah, I am, but the point is that everyone else is too, guys. C'mon, we're all in this together!"
The People: "So you think you're so special, eh? Crucify him!"
Jesus: "No, no, you guys are getting it all wrong, we're all the children of God. Love each other and stuff. Get it?"
Rome: "Alright, fine, we'll crucify him."
Jesus: "Oh God"

Jesus- a guy with a message, everyone got it wrong.

 

[Diuretic]

Now why would God come down to Earth as God? For a start it would frighten the whatsit out of the locals.

"Hello, I'm God".
"Oh yeah, prove it then!"
"See that building over there?..."

That's alright if God wanted to turn up and terrify everyone but apparently He didn't. He sent himself as Jesus (I'm working with the argument here). But He didn't allow that representation to be omnipotent. Everyone knows a Superhero has a flaw right? That's because the story has to be interesting. If Superman wasn't done over by kryptonite then the stories would be pretty bland don't you think?

Same with Jesus.

If Jesus had been just a representation of God in human form then He could have sorted everything out quick smart. But that wouldn't have been a very good story. Jesus had to have some limitations because of what He was required to do in terms of seeding the ideas of the Gospels in the minds of the Apostles and of course from them to many others. That's how God wanted it to work. It's like you don't give your kids everything they want and give them an easy ride, they don't develop as mature adults if you do that. Same with us. God could have made everything perfect but He knew that would be giving us too easy a ride. So he gave Himself the form of Jesus who wasn't omnipotent, who was in human form and so limited by the fact that He was in human form he had to work at spreading the central message which was that redemption is available.

That message had to be delivered by someone in human form. If God had fronted up and delivered the message then everyone would have signed up, in awe of the omnipotence of God ("see that building over there...?"). That would have been too easy. No, a man had to persuade others to have faith, to accept the word of God delivered by a man to other men and by them to other men.

Anyway that's my untutored view of the issue.