did jesus self delude him self into thinking he was this , historical savior, that the jews were looking for , when he was not the king of the jews?\n\nsuicide by cop...is were people want to commit suicide, but cant do it them selves, so they get a gun and piont it at a cop, and have the cop shoot them .did jesus think he was the savior, and to fullfill the profacy, he had to get the romans to kill him ?death by roman cop.\non the cross he said , my god why has though forsaken me.\ndid jesus relize he [comitted suside, for nothing], that he realy wasnt the king of the jews??
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According to the fairytale story I would have to say yes to Boothe questions.
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I think he meant he dont PRE-judge anyone.  Yes I am getting stirred up over Jesus!  Look at the world and the extremely elevated debate over Christianity, if that isnt proof that the Bible is accurate, non-believers will NEVER be convinced. I am amazed at how many people I am seeing converting to Christianity.  I have even seen in the last few days people here go from anti-christ, to believer- God is amazing!\n\nNOTE: Before anyone else says he didnt ask a question, read it again- the bold highlited part.  "Getting stirred up over Jesus?"  - that looks like a question to me so,,, are you???
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Jesus' only purpose in life was to be slain as the sacraficial lamb for all time.  He was aware of his father's plan from the beginning.  Do you honestly think that while he led a sinless life for the purpose of being that pure lamb, he threw it all to the wind one day to indulge himself in marriage?  Don't you think that his best friends would've written about this great event in Jesus life when he got married?  Instead, the day that Jesus rose from the dead, he proclaimed to Marry Magdelene, "Do not touch me, I have not accended to my father yet."  Notice, he did not say, "hello honey, did you miss me."\n\nI'm sure Jesus knew then that there would be all these doubts about his purity and his purpose.  The thing is, if we don't pick up the number one best seller of all time (The Bible)and read it, we will not know the answer to these questions.  \n\nJesus would have never hurt Marry on purpose and to marry her would be exactly that.  Not to mention that the sacraficial lamb of the first covenant was a foreshadow of things to come and I don't recall Aaron performing any marriage ceremonies for young lambs before he tied them to the post and slit their throat.\n\nCan you hear this,"I now pronounce you man and wife," ..."Oh and honey, did I mention that I'm scheduled to die for the sins of the world tomorrow?"\n\nThe answer is "NO", it would not make him mortal, as marriage is God's plan for man; however, Jesus was never about the work of himself but always about the work of his father (God):  The work of his father was that he might be justified from all of Satan's accusations; That God's 10 Commandments are too difficult and arbitrary for any man to adhear to.  That is why Jesus came as a man and lived with the temptations of a man and ultimately succeeded in living his entire 33 1/2 years without comitting sin (1Jo 3:4  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law).  Jesus proved to all the angels, good and bad that it could be done and Satan having fallen from his high place in the courts of heaven was shamed at the moment of Jesus death.\n\n\nPlease, it is way too close to the end to get distracted with these things, don't let Tom Hanks be the one to lead you to the truth, seek a wise council.
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Okay... let me start off by stating that "Jews" and "Hebrews" are one and the same. They are an ancient people, and "being Hebrew" is both a religion and an ethnic group. Those who have Jewish descent but are not "religious" are called "secular jews". A person can also be of the Jewish religion without being born a Hebrew.\n\nAs to whether or not they "believe" in Jesus, it is a complicated matter. Almost all people of the Jewish faith believe that there once was a rabbi named Jesus. The true issue is whether or not he was the Son of God.\n\nThe Old Testament does not make mention of Jesus by name, because by the very nature of the Bible, the Old Testament is mainly about the times before Jesus; it is about the history of the Jewish religion. There are many passages in the prophetic books of the old Testament that makes mention of a "Messiah" or "Savior" of the Jewish people. The coming of the Messiah was to mark the victory of the Jewish people, bring them back to the former glorious days of King Solomon. This Messiah was said to be a King of Kings, and would lead the Hebrew people out of the bondage of their enemies.\n\nEnter Jesus. His time was during the Roman Empire, when Rome had overtaken the Middle East, and has captured Jerusalem. The Hebrew people were under the rule of a pagan king, and there was a small but determined group called "Zealots", that prayed for the coming of the Messiah to lead them out of their captivity. When Jesus comes on the scene, He preforms miracles, and tries to teach the people how to live better lives. He tells people to love their neighbors and to treat others as they'd like to be treated. Jesus proved His divinty time and time again, yet still even His disciples were unable to fully believe.\nThe Jewish leaders of the time could accept that a poor rabbi from a nondescript part of their nation was the foretold Messiah. Why, he was not a great king... how could He ever lead them to victory over the Romans? And so, they begin to plot to have Him killed... He is disrupting their people... causing a revolt, some say. It is not He that is bringing the glory and attention to Himself, it is the people, witnessing to others about the miracles He had done for them. Blind men could see, dead were raised to live again, and food was made from near nothingness. It was all too much. He had to go.\n\nFor those who do not understand the Jewish religion, it is difficult to fully appreciate the sacrifice that Christ made on the cross. It might all seem like a gory, twisted sotry. But in the Hebrew faith, there was no atonement for sin except through the spilling of blood. If you stole something, you must sacrifice something for forgiveness. Typically, it was the purest, whitest lamb or animal one possessed. By this shedding of blood, one was forgiven their transgression. However, the sins of the people had become too great for lambs to pardon, and a larger sacrifice was needed. That sacrifical lamb, that pure innocent life, was the Son of God, Jesus Christ.\n\nTo this day, most Hebrew people are still waiting for the coming of their Messiah. It is in this point that Christianity branches off from Judism. Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Messiah. Jewish people do not accept His divinity. That is the critical difference.
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As Judas leads the procession up the Mount of Olives, he feels sure he knows where to find Jesus. During the past week, as Jesus and the apostles traveled back and forth between Bethany and Jerusalem, they often stopped in the garden of Gethsemane to rest and to converse. But, now, with Jesus possibly concealed in the darkness beneath the olive trees, how will the soldiers identify him? They may never have seen him before. Judas provides a sign, saying: “Whoever it is I kiss, this is he; take him into custody and lead him away safely.”\n\nJudas leads the great crowd into the garden, sees Jesus with his apostles, and goes straight up to him. “Good day, Rabbi!” he says and kisses him very tenderly.\n\nHe led a great crowd, including Roman soldiers and a military commander. The mob had clubs and swords as well as torches and lamps, which they would need if clouds covered the full moon or if Jesus was in the shadows. The Romans probably would not recognize Jesus, so, according to a prearranged sign, Judas greeted Christ and in an act of hypocrisy “kissed him very tenderly,” thus identifying him.
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seekfind, \n\nhow did Jesus come down from heaven when he was born here on earth???!!\n\nAhmad don't ask them questions they can't answer. they can't seem to agree on whether he was God or son of God or both.\n--\nedit:\nfor mimi.\ngreat i agree with you that the Trinity doctrine is made up and that Jesus and God are indeed not equal.\nso what would make Jesus a physical son of God just because he spoke God's word? was Moses the son of God? was David the son of God?\nGod is so powerful and can do any thing he wants just by saying "be" and it is. then why couldn't God do the same in the case of Jesus' birth? we know Mary was virgin, but why couldn't Jesus be a Human Miracle? a sign from God for the Israelites?
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Do you notice that Jesus first tells the man that all he need do is keep the commandments?  But the man carries on, feeling that it won't be enough for some reason (even though Jesus just said it would)?  He feels he's still lacking.  Jesus tells him what he must do 'to be perfect'.  Not what he must do to gain eternal life.  I don't know about you, but, I have too many other people in my life to take care of to be 'perfect'.  Even as much as I admire Jesus.
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Jesus called for the reformation of Judaism of the time. To him Judaism was being too heavily influenced by the Roman empire, and when he openly spoke out against it during passover (flipping the merchant's tables etc.), the roman empire saw him as a threat... Jesus ( during his time) was not necessarily viewed as the son of God... just a disrupter.
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First of all, I apologize on behalf of Donald Shaw.  I thought his response to your question was absolutely terrible, and very un-Christian.  \n\nI was dismayed that, instead of sharing his faith with you and trying to bring Christ to you, he chose words that would serve no other purpose than to alientate you and push you away.   Trust me, not all of us Christians are like that.\n\nNow, in response to your question:\n\nGod can (and does) effect His forgiveness in any way He wishes.  He's God.  He can do whatever He wants.\n\nSo why did He have His Son suffer and die for our sins?  \n\nOne reason is that this was predicted in the Old Testament.  The OT speaks of a "suffering servant," a human Lamb of God who -- like the lamb sacrificed each year by the ancient Jews on the Day of Atonement -- would die for us and take our sins with Him. \n\nSecond, human nature being what it is, it's not enough for us to read something (like "your sins are forgiven") and then believe it.  We human beings need visuals.  We need proof.  For us, seeing is truly believing.  \n\nAnd seeing Christ suffer and die the worst form of execution in the history of capital punishment -- for us! -- is truly believing.  \n\nWhy else would anyone, let alone the Son of God, willingly put Himself through that?   He certainly didn't do it for nothing.  He definitely didn't do it for Himself.  \n\nHe did it to conquer sin and death.  And for those who believe in Him, that's what He accomplished.
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Huh? Who is Jesus? Do you mean that jewish rabbi Jeshu that the greek christians renamed Jesus and claimed him as their God in the flesh? Didn't he already come back once? How many lives does that guy get any way? The last event would probably be "WORLD-WIDE PANIC"
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I dont think owning guns is unchristian or sinful... if we remember, Peter cut off the Roman Soldier's ear with a sword (they didnt have guns back then) I doubt it was a little sword that Peter had hidden, he had it for protection. Jesus did repremand him for cutting the soldier but only because Jesus knew He had to go with them. But Jesus obviously didnt condemn the bearing of arms unless Peter carved it secretly while Jesus was off praying.
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Well, because Jesus isn't God himself.  Though that certainly is a very hard question, one that many have pondered over.  This was awful, why weren't more saved?  And it wasn't just Jews that died in the concentration camps, it was also people who were disabled or coloured, or basically not liked that weren't "aryan".  The Jews are the "chosen ones" and Jesus himself was a Jew.  So the only thing I can say would be there must have been some awfully huge cosmic lesson needed to mankind for God to not intervene sooner.  Or maybe he did, but just in smaller ways.
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christians : hellooooooo !\nit is obvious this question cannot be answer with your stupid " it is in the bible " ....duh !\nthe question is about records, like the ones the city make? got it now christians?\nsomething that recorded anything about his existance at the time he existed.\nis there anything?\nnothing?\nhow convinient .....\n\nthere were no birth certificates back then, but there was a census ?\nthere were no death certificates back then, but there was a trial where he was sentenced to death ?\n\nhowcome ,christians, there is nothing about this jesus guy?
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This is only a theory, \nbut when Constantine and the Council of Nicaea canonised the Bible, they weren't too kind to the Jews. They didn't want anything to do with them as they felt Jews were beneath them. So they made it known, separated Easter from Passover, introduced the death penalty for ministering Judaism, same for those listening, coined the term 'Christ Killers' and basically treated them like dirt, and the same went for their Prophet and Book. \nAfter changing words in the Bible, adding to it (words like 'begotten' meaning to sire or father), calling Jesus a son of God - which was more powerful than having a Prophet who was only spoken to by God, they then started to regain their power back away from the people.... and all because some guy called Jesus had stirred up plenty of trouble for Rome by giving out free medicals and telling them to believe in One God that created all of us.\nThey set out to burn any Bible that didn't match their own and kill anyone who wouldn't accept the new doctrine - crusades. \nThe God of Constantine in the NT would certainly be more merciful than the God of the Moses in the OT.... it says so, as written by powerful political men of the 4th Century.\n:)
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cheri_da_rn: he meant carpentry!\n\nI wonder, was it before or after he got married to Mary Magdalene? You couldn't really hold it against the guy if he was already married and THEN found out that he was supposed to be the Messiah, and die on the cross, etc.
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I think this is the low down, Jesus was having some issues with this dude Satan, he was from the dark side. One day Jesus was cruising along in his cloud convertible and Satan called him out. Jesus knew he couldn't handle Satan by himself, I mean just look at the size of the pitchfork that mofo is packing. So he thought he needed some help, so he rang up Oprah, but she was busy with a show on 101 ways to stop Tom Cruise jumping on your couch, so Oprah suggested he get in touch with Tupac. This was a brilliant idea thought Jesus, after all he owes me big time for that day I gave him awesome sunshine to have a bumper crop. So Jesus asked Tupac and reminded him of a few things he had done for him and may have even exaggerated a little saying how he wanted tupac over Oprah, because tupac is more powerful then Oprah and tupac was happy to go along. Because just like Jesus sis "Bro's before Ho's" So I wouldn't say that Jesus abducted Tupac, I just think he was to wasted to not agree to go with Jesus. That and Jesus promised him a Big Mac when they got there.
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If a mother steps out into oncoming traffic and is killed while saving her child, who lives, is the child "happy" the she had to do it?  Is he thankful for her sacrifice?  Does he realize how much she loved him to do such an act of heroism?  Does he think of her as the dearest person in the world to him for loving him so much?\n\nGod requires a sacrifice to cleanse ones heart from sin or he will die.  Jesus stepped out into the oncoming traffic for all of mankind.  Anyone who believes on him has a heart of adoration and gratitude for this act of love, knowing that if he had not done it, the world would be lost and die.\n\n"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." John 20:31