Jesus was a 1st Century Jewish apocalyptic prophet. He taught the immanent coming of the Kingdom of God. And he himself almost certainly pointed to the "Son of Man" as someone other than himself. In fact, almost all the stuff about Jesus saving the sins of the world etc. was added by Paul later. In other words, there is a radical distinction between the religion "of" Jesus and the religion which grew up "about" him. These are just the basics. If you all want to learn more about this subject from an expert, I suggest you buy some of Bart Ehrman's lectures at www.teachco.com.
matrixmonitor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -An alternative to a. simply an extraordinary human and b. a unique, Divine entity (God or God-like...as in "true God and true Man" - the Nicean Creed and the Athanasian Creed, defining dogmas of Cathlocity.). ...would be an entity intermediate between "God" (a Monotheistic Personal Deity) and humans. The Jehovah's Witness concept of Jesus fits into this category, since from the JW perspective, Jesus is the redeemer, the Savior and Messiah; but NOT God! (that title alone reserved for YHVH)...according to the JW. (but still unacceptable to Judaism). The ancient Greeks seemed to belittle YHVH, placing him in the "Demi" or half-God category. -- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/4/07 11:50:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > My point is that the Hebrew Scripture prophecies refer > to an extraordinary human being who is obviously favored > by God but do not indicate that he is to be of uniquely > divine origin or status. That was an invention of > Christianity that isn't found in the Hebrew Scriptures, > and it's why Jews do not accept Jesus as their Messiah. > > > > Extraordinary human Being, Supernatural Human Being? Divine origins, no > difference. Does the Hebrew scripture specifically state the Messiah would NOT > have divine origins, or is just not indicated? Would a man who is less than > extraordinary be able to fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah 53? Clearly no Prophet > was able to do so. > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
