What does it have to do with the resurection of Jesus?\nOr am I missing something?
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The film has to do with Passover, which also occurs around Easter.  \n\nThe Passover remembers the time when Jews were set free from slavery by the Pharoah who has just experienced the worst of a series of plagues. The eldest son in each home was killed by the Spirit except those homes which had the blood of a lamb sprinkled on the doorposts.  The Spirit "passed over" those homes and that family was safe.
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How many times are you going to ask the same question, and ignore the simple, obvious, answer?\n\nYour assertion that the comforter was WITH Jesus is false.\nJesus said He would send ANOTHER COFORTER LIKE HIMSELF!\n\nWhile Jesus was here, God's primary method of relating to humanity was throudh the person of The Son, Jesus.\nAfter that, His primary method of relating to people is through the Person of the Holy Spirit.\n\nhttp://www.needGod.com
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This is something that is causing great concern for me as a Pastor.\nThe concept of Jesus is God seems to me to be denying the Father.\nIf it is in reference to , Father, Son and Holy Ghost, saying it in that manner only serves to confuse the person you are talking to.\nAs a Pastor I worship God, the Father,  and serve HIS SON, Jesus Christ.
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What exactly are you asking? What am I agreeing with? If it's a matter of whether I think this verse sets forth biblical doctrine, then yes. I believe in a physical resurrection (for everyone--though only those who are covered by the atonement get to go to heaven). I also believe in a spiritual atonement and an entrance into the Kingdom of G-d, both made possible through the work of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) on the cross. And I believe that the only reason we can approach Him to praise Him is "through grace divine," because I certainly don't deserve to be in His presence. Only the blood of an innocent Man allows me to come near Him.\n\nWhat is the reference, by the way? I tried to find the verse...not sure what translation you are using.
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"Jesus was born during the Jewish feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot.\nIt is happy celebration and a time of joy and rejoicing. Jesus is our joy. This makes sense."\n\nyes, it does.\n\n"That is why all the rooms were gone in Bethlehem too."\n\nactually, this probably makes sense too, PLUS with all the people from the tax thing. your explanation makes sense, and also, that might be why the Romans decidend to take taxes then, becuase the people would all be in one place anyways.\n\n"It is NOT wrong to celebrate Christ's birth any day. Just trying to let you know, he was born in the feast of joy! PRAISE HIM!"\n\nAMEN! he is worthy of praise, celebrate his love EVERYDAY!
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If the Gospel of Judas was a proper Gospel then it would still not corrabote - as Jesus WAS crucified - but the difference was that Judas is made out to be the hero - as it frees Jesus' spirit from his body - which apparently was the mission.\n\nHowever, this just is not consistent with the fact that Jesus healed people - if the purpose is to free spirits from the flesh then while heal the flesh (and He still does today - see my question on miracles).\n\nBut given that it was written by the Gnostics 200 years later then no.  But it does provide an interesting insight into the Gnostics beliefs.
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I'm Christian. I love Jesus. I also find your question really funny. A lot of people seem to find your question offensive, but I think they have missed your point! (Of course I could be wrong. You might be a horrible guy and I'VE missed the point.)\n\nI know exactly what you mean though, I have only heard this term related to Jesus and the dinosaurs!
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Jesus is complaining that the Pharisees and teachers are distorting the meaning of their religion.  This "adultery" does not refer to sex but to "adulteration", to contamination and unfaithfulness to the true Jewish faith.  They are twisting the meanings of the scriptures to promote their own evil ideas.\n\nLooking at the context, Jesus had just cured a blind, deaf man by casting out a demon.  The Pharisees explained that Jesus had done it with with the permission of the prince of demons.  They then demanded their own personal miracle from Jesus as a test.  Jesus was angry and accused them of discrediting any sign from God that they couldn't control.  He then brought up examples of miracles from the past, Jonah converting the hated Ninevites, the heathen queen of the South coming to learn wisdom from Solomon, to show that the Pharisees were blind to real signs of God's presence.\n\nBy calling them a "generation", Jesus was saying they were controlling the attitudes of an entire generation, setting themselves up as the authority to interpret scripture and religion in their own, twisted, Godless way.
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You are entirely missing the point of the passage in Mark. He's talking about people who use technicalities to get out of doing the basics, one of which is honouring "Thy father and thy mother" - it is the same point he makes when he berates people for tithing mint and cumin, useless things to be giving to the poor.\n\nWe know that Jesus was not fixated on carrying out punishments - we see that clearly in the passage added to John in which he prevents a woman from being stoned, even though that is the prescribed punishment. Jesus knows that, in theory, everyone stands condemned - be they dishonourers of parents, adulters, or who knows what. That's the entire point of his visit - not to see to everyone's execution, but  to BE the paschal victim, the stand in for every thing that we do.\n\nChristianity is not bibliolatry. It isn't about hanging on the technical words used, finding the strictest possible literal sense, and then stoning people. The Bible takes on meaning only through Exegesis - the critical study of the work as a whole, as done through the millenia through the great interpretive traditions of the greatest theologians, such as Augustine, Origen, John Chrysostom, Thomas Aquinas, St. Jerome, etc.\n\nChristianity is about the hope laid at the feet of the cross, and brought to fruition in that rolled away stone. If you continue to miss this simple childlike hope that infuses  everything in Christianity, you will never understand it - and continue to flail away at its edges with irrelevent interpretations of passages you don't understand.
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Why did you add Jesus to the end? Curious.
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Mainstream Christianity has always maintained that god's son died on a cross to save people from their sin. But other Christians rejected this and said that it is not his death that can accomplish anything, but rather his life and teaching. I agree with the latter (though it is very unorthodox and wonderfully heretical). And I agree with your thinking and I cannot see how the death of a man on a cross can possibly achieve anything. Such primitive practices go back to when people believed that god can't do anything without seeing blood ("without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sin").
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You make a number of excellent observations, but trying to convince or convert in this type of forum is at best a crap shoot. Jesus related to people on a personal level. When someone is ready to accept the truth under the guidance of the Holy Spirit someone will be there to help them take their first step. If you're not called to save the whole world by all means don't try to do so.
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I am very surprised that this had no replies before me!\nI probably am not the best person to answer as Im not particularly religious.  I was brought up attending church but to me Jesus is pretty much just a fictional character in a very old book ( that probably wasnt translated very accurately anyway!)...;
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Basically, because the Biblical method of salvation (called, elect, predestined) is not popular. People like to think they have something to do with their salvation. They need to "help" God. They do not truly believe that it was finished on the cross, nothing more needs to be done. The Calvinistic idea of total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace and perseverance of the saints will not fill churches nor the collection plate, but it is totally Biblical and the true Gospel.
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Your point's a good one. I agree that the Resurrection is equally as important (and in some ways moreso) than the Crucifixion. \n\nI think there are many reasons why the cross is often preferred:\n\n1. The Crucifixion is easier to symbolize. (I mean, what do you wear around your neck if you're celebrating the resurrection? An Easter bunny with a halo? heh)\n\n2. The Cross represents the love of God expressed in what Jesus was willing to suffer and sacrifice for our sake. (The Resurrection more symbolizes God's power [over death] than his love.)\n\n3. I think the beginning of Christ's name in Greek was Chi Rho -- the Chi was an "X" (a cross). So "X" became a symbol for Jesus (and could possibly be why "Xmas" became shorthand for "Christmas").\n\nI don't know. I'm strongly ambivalent. I think we need to recall God's power, and the Resurrection is a glorious promise of the Life God offers. \n\nBut, being a rather melancholy, long-suffering sorta fellow, the Crucifixion really resonates with me -- in dark times, it's a reminder that Christ suffered as well, that the Trinity loved me THAT much... and that no matter what I might go through in this life, I am not alone.
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Maybe its something supernatural.. Don't know. But you need Jesus. Because he is the only way. We have sinned against almighty God, and deserve eternal punishment. When we turn away from sin, and give our lives to Christ, We will be saved. Also you will be freed from all these things you now face.
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I've heard two theories, and I suspect one was designed to replace the other.  (1) It is the Druid's way to call up the spirits inside the tree, and (2) it is the Christian's way to touch the cross on which Jesus was crucified.\n\nYou pays your money and you takes your pick.