DAVEH: Hmmmmm again........Would you consider Jesus to have been cultish, if that is the right term? Or perhaps a better question, would he have been considered to have been the founder (or focal point) of a cult?
Not at all. His gospel, given full revelation in the writings of Paul and others, simply mirrors the "hidden: agenda of the Father from the beginning of time. An example of this would be David's comments in Ps 51, telling all those who would read that psalm that God cares more for true worship (brokenness and contribtion than prescribed acts of worship [i.e. sacrifices], even if they were presecibed by Him. The message has always been there -- it got lost in man's evolving effort at solving his own problems in his own way.
IMO
a brother,
John
