Maria Robinson2 said:"I am standing right here before you—Jesus. I possess wisdom greater than Solomon's; I am a prophet greater than Jonah, who turned an entire city—Nineveh—to the worship of Jehovah!" (I guess if I were the son of god, I'd also be some great wise prophet handing out signs to people.)
Jesus claims that Moses was actually talking about Him.
"How are you all so blind that you can't see ME in all the Jewish holy scriptures? IT IS I, JESUS, THE ONE THEY ARE ALL WRITING ABOUT!!"
And apparently, the mythical Moses only spoke of some future prophet even greater than himself—describing someone vague enough to be anyone.
Jesus seems to be fixated on this passage when he rants about the necessity of believing that Moses was specifically pointing to Him.
So, I suppose Jesus was just making a case for his own ego.
Only I, Jesus, am your Leader! Only I am your Teacher!
"The scribes and Pharisees sat in Moses's seat. So do and observe everything they tell you, but don't follow their actions, because they talk without doing. They tie heavy burdens onto people's shoulders but won't even lift a finger to help. They do everything just to be seen by others. In fact, they lengthen their scrolls and make their tassels longer. They love the best seats at banquets, the first chairs in synagogues, greetings in the streets, and being called 'Rabbi' by people. But you, don't let yourselves be called 'Rabbi,' since you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. Nor should you call anyone on earth 'father,' because you have one Father—the one in heaven. (Though what about the Pope—the Holy Father?) And don't let leaders call you theirs, because you have one leader—Christ.
From such egomaniacs, we can probably expect nothing more than aggressive copyright claims and the retention of all rights to goodness and progress... under threat of a fiery HELL filled with the grinding of teeth.
The Acts of Jesus. 🙄
The day Jesus truly lost His temper was when He walked into the temple and found it being run like some chaotic back-alley marketplace—he ended up tossing things everywhere in a fit of rage. There must have been an incredible amount of noise, with gold and silver coins clattering against the temple walls... one can only imagine the racket.
Because what He saw inside felt like a personal insult—since He is, after all, the son of His Father (you already know the sections in the book)
Jonah’s three days inside the belly of that massive fish is just symbolism for the three days of Jesus’s death as a man.
Moses wasn't dealing in myths; he had actual insight and simply passed it along as he received it.
Obviously, Jesus was more powerful and wiser than Solomon—Solomon was just a man who prayed from the heart, and since his heart was in the right place at the time, God granted his request... but Solomon eventually lost his way, introduced idolatry to the people, and broke his covenant with God (which ultimately led him to servitude).
Jesus also possessed free will; He could have chosen a different path, yet His agreement with the Father was deeply woven into His heart, and He saw that pact through to the end.
So?
Are we suggesting that an Almighty God didn't know who He was sending to Earth for this mission?
... or what?
Wasn't Jesus himself present in heaven before anything else was even created?
And wasn't God, as the Father, creating everything else alongside Him?
People struggle to grasp their unity, I suppose—but if you remind them of a father who loves his son and is loved in return, working together on the family estate, is that really such a difficult concept to understand?
On Earth, we call our fathers "fathers" (that's how we refer to our own kin back home, and I don't see the issue there).
Yet, there is still a Father above them all, as He is the Creator of all fathers.
And I honestly don't see what part of that is confusing.
As for hell and the gnashing of teeth... hell is imaginary, but if it actually existed, this planet would be its headquarters by now.
That's about it. 🙂
The day Jesus truly lost His temper was when He walked into the temple and found it being run like some chaotic back-alley marketplace—he ended up tossing things everywhere in a fit of rage. There must have been an incredible amount of noise, with gold and silver coins clattering against the temple walls... one can only imagine the racket.
Because what He saw inside felt like a personal insult—since He is, after all, the son of His Father (you already know the sections in the book)
Jonah’s three days inside the belly of that massive fish is just symbolism for the three days of Jesus’s death as a man.
Moses wasn't dealing in myths; he had actual insight and simply passed it along as he received it.
Obviously, Jesus was more powerful and wiser than Solomon—Solomon was just a man who prayed from the heart, and since his heart was in the right place at the time, God granted his request... but Solomon eventually lost his way, introduced idolatry to the people, and broke his covenant with God (which ultimately led him to servitude).
Jesus also possessed free will; He could have chosen a different path, yet His agreement with the Father was deeply woven into His heart, and He saw that pact through to the end.
So?
Are we suggesting that an Almighty God didn't know who He was sending to Earth for this mission?
... or what?
Wasn't Jesus himself present in heaven before anything else was even created?
And wasn't God, as the Father, creating everything else alongside Him?
People struggle to grasp their unity, I suppose—but if you remind them of a father who loves his son and is loved in return, working together on the family estate, is that really such a difficult concept to understand?
On Earth, we call our fathers "fathers" (that's how we refer to our own kin back home, and I don't see the issue there).
Yet, there is still a Father above them all, as He is the Creator of all fathers.
And I honestly don't see what part of that is confusing.
As for hell and the gnashing of teeth... hell is imaginary, but if it actually existed, this planet would be its headquarters by now.
That's about it. 🙂
The day Jesus truly lost His temper was when He walked into the temple and found it being run like some chaotic back-alley marketplace—he ended up tossing things everywhere in a fit of rage. There must have been an incredible amount of noise, with gold and silver coins clattering against the temple walls... one can only imagine the racket.
Because what He saw inside felt like a personal insult—since He is, after all, the son of His Father (you already know the sections in the book)
Jonah’s three days inside the belly of that massive fish is just symbolism for the three days of Jesus’s death as a man.
Moses wasn't dealing in myths; he had actual insight and simply passed it along as he received it.
Obviously, Jesus was more powerful and wiser than Solomon—Solomon was just a man who prayed from the heart, and since his heart was in the right place at the time, God granted his request... but Solomon eventually lost his way, introduced idolatry to the people, and broke his covenant with God (which ultimately led him to servitude).
Jesus also possessed free will; He could have chosen a different path, yet His agreement with the Father was deeply woven into His heart, and He saw that pact through to the end.
So?
Are we suggesting that an Almighty God didn't know who He was sending to Earth for this mission?
... or what?
Wasn't Jesus himself present in heaven before anything else was even created?
And wasn't God, as the Father, creating everything else alongside Him?
People struggle to grasp their unity, I suppose—but if you remind them of a father who loves his son and is loved in return, working together on the family estate, is that really such a difficult concept to understand?
On Earth, we call our fathers "fathers" (that's how we refer to our own kin back home, and I don't see the issue there).
Yet, there is still a Father above them all, as He is the Creator of all fathers.
And I honestly don't see what part of that is confusing.
As for hell and the gnashing of teeth... hell is imaginary, but if it actually existed, this planet would be its headquarters by now.
That's about it. 🙂
Total nonsense. They were just selling supplies for worship services there—like those doves his mother bought. But the Greeks didn't get it; they just made up this whole story about Jesus being outraged over money changers and temple currency. It’s just your typical smear campaign against Israelis by a bunch of unrefined, bigoted Greek writers.
