when you read the bible do you get the impression that Jesus is referring to someone else, may Elias, when he speaks of the coming of the son of man
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NOPE HE IS NOT THE SON OF MAN.. JESUS WAS JUST A JEWISH GUY THAT RAN AROUND DOING TORAH TEACHINGS AND WAS GREATLY MISUNDERSTOOD.
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Dear ES,\n\nI agree with you and I enjoy reading it and giving away copies of the Bible.\n\nLong before I read the Bible from cover-to-cover I intended to re-write the Bible and take out all of the sexist language.  What a joke that was!  When I finally read it I didn't change it but it sure did change me!\n\nOne wonderful thing I noticed was that I had the feeling that it was written directly to me, even though I know it was written long before I was born.  It reminds me of looking at a photograph when it seems as though the subject is looking right back at you.\n\nEven though there have been several translations of the Bible they all say just about the same thing.  However I've seen a few that are not divinely inspired and there is no sense of the Living Word of God.\n\nYes, it is fascinating to look at the prophecies and realize that Jesus was the only person who ever had his biography written before He was born!
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YES\n\nIt means it is made up to try to make Jesus seem more than a the son of a carpenter.\n\nWithout that the bible wouldn't be much of a novel would it
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i think its in the book of revelations
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I don't think he used it much to describe himself or his feelings, but I could be wrong.  Second hand accounts of what he said can be found in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John if you would like to go through them to count.  God Bless You and Love You
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This is a difficult question, and I'm not sure I can answer it all satisfactorily, but I think I can help.  \n\nWith the first part, 'no other gods,' Christians don't believe that Jesus is another god, but rather the same one.  Two different facets of the same God (with the Holy Spirit being the third).  What's more, you know that in Genesis, God speaks in the plural 'let's go do this.'  Also, the Hebrew word for God - elohim - is also plural.\n\nSecond, it is true that Jesus never called himself 'God the Son.'  The way he speaks of himself as 'the son of God,' however, is unique.  He says, "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him" (Luke 10:22).  Also, he is called by the Greek word for "one and only son", "mono-genes", means literally, "one in kind, unique."  This seems to contradict the view that we are all sons and daughters of God on the same level as Jesus.  Finally, in John 15:15, Jesus says "I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father."  God is the only person to whom we (humanity in general) could ever reasonably be called slaves.  How could we have been 'slaves' to Christ is he weren't also God?\n\nOne more word on the Trinity: God sent "his spirit" down onto "his son."  Additionally, in Matthew 28:18-20 it's said, "Then Jesus approached and said to them, 'All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.  And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.'"\n\nIn the early Church, the Jews celebrated the Sabbath on Saturday, and then Christ's resurrection on Sunday.  The gentiles who entered the Church, however, didn't celebrate the Sabbath, but only the resurrection.  Eventually, the Church accumulated more gentiles, and observation of the Sabbath was fell out, leaving only the celebration of Christ's resurrection.\n\nIn a sense, Paul is claiming to speak for Jesus, but this is warrented.  He is relaying Christ's message, or the spirit of it, to us.  First, recall that although Jesus appeared a second time for Thomas, on that occasion he said "But blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."  Now if they have not seen, how can they believe?  How can they even know about the resurrection?  Obviously, someone has to tell them, someone has to speak for Christ.  Someone like Paul, or any of the apostles.  What is more, that is the mission Jesus gave them.  He sent them out as missionaries to go to the Jews and then to the gentiles.  They were, in essence, his ambassadors to the world.  They spoke for him because he wanted them to; that was their task.  Now, to reconcile the two paths to heaven that you mentioned.  If you truly believe that Jesus is lord and that he rose from death and that he died as sacrifice for our sins as Paul says, then how could we not "love God, love our neighbor, help the poor?"  If we say we believe and yet don't try to do these things, then despite what we may say, we don't truly believe.  The two go hand in hand.
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uh no.\nmore later have to get on with the day.\n\nthere are three God Heads, in One Jesus the Holy Spirit and God the Father. One in agreement, one in power and part of it is the very mystery of God.\n\nwe are falliable, unknowing humans and He is an all knowing, loving God who reveals Himself through creation, the Bible the life of Jesus and His intimacy with those who call upon Him out of a pure heart.\n\nIsaiah 55:6-11\n6. \nSeek the Lord while He may be found;\ncall to Him while He is near. \n7. \nLet the wicked one abandon his way,\nand the sinful one his thoughts; \nlet him return to the Lord,\nso He may have compassion on him,\nand to our God, for He will freely forgive. \n8. \n"For My thoughts are not your thoughts,\nand your ways are not My ways."[This is] the Lord's declaration. \n9.\n "For as heaven is higher than earth, \nso My ways are higher than your ways,\nand My thoughts than your thoughts. \n10. \nFor just as rain and snow fall from heaven,\nand do not return there\nwithout saturating the earth,\nand making it germinate and sprout,\nand providing seed to sow\nand food to eat, \n11. \nso My word that comes from My mouth\nwill not return to Me empty,\nbut it will accomplish what I please,\nand will prosper in what I send it [to do]." \n\nhave a good week, interesting ques.\nGBU
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There would be no need for Jesus to have his mother give prophecies, the Bible is complete.\n\nRevelation is inspired of God. Who would dare change a word of what God himself has spoken and transmitted through the one who is now the reigning King, Jesus Christ? Certainly, such a person would deserve to lose out in the quest for life and suffer the plagues that must come upon Babylon the Great which is false religion  and upon the whole world.
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In the Bible it says "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:  and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."  \n\nsorry, I misquoted the first time
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I've read the Gospel of Barnabus, it is very similar to the ones in the new testament, it was ommitted by the Vatican because it spoke of prophecies conserning the coming of a final Prophet after Jesus.
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We are saying that the story of Jesus was probably embellished alot down the line. Perhaps he did not claim to be the son of god, maybe he was just a prophet or political activist who gained people's admiration - and ended up being persecuted by the politicians of the time for spreading his political message.
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Look, I've never read the bible before.\nAll I know is it's all on how you want to interpret it.
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wow,someone is actually reading the bible right.i actually see the same thing.check this out.when jesus was praying in the garden of gethsemine,if he be the only god everyones cracking him up to be.why would he go thru all the trouble to pray to himself????dosnt sound like sense to me.daaaaaaaaaah.why does he always say "he only does what he see his father do.hhhmmmm.is this the higher being that every body heard at jesus'baptism.quote "behold this is my beloved son whome i am well pleased".this must be the guy who jesus referrs to as father.isnt this a trip.wow!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes and his name was Jesus the son of Mary peace be upon them both. You claim that you believe in the Quran, if so then go read what God tells us in it.
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:}\nWhile this chapters addresses end times the admonition not to trust in man is valid for all times;\nPsalms 146:3-5 adds light.\n"3.  Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.\n4  His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.\n5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:"\n\nMan is no more reliable or steadfast than the air be breathes, here now and soon passed.\nOnly the Lord can be our refuge,\n\nremember that Bro.Eli Soriano is also a man, use his help but keep trust in the Lord.
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Jesus is the son of God. He is the Savior, altho many do not yet realize this yet. But...soon they will...The Bible predicts that this Son Of God, Jesus, will come back to this earth, and we will see that He is our Savior, God's son, and we will bow down to him ( Jesus died on the cross for both the believers and the non believers)\nHe's not "just some guy," as some believe, but it's up to each of us to prove that fact to ourselves. If we don't, we may have to learn it the hard way...at His 2nd coming...Better to get with it, and prove it A.S.A.P.
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The bible is open to interpretations.  Jesus stated that we will not be given the knowledge to predict these coming events.  A massive earthquake is imminent especially in the "ring of fire" as we have seen lately with the Indonesian tsunami, the recent earthquake in Indonesia's java province, and the small earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.  As far an Asteriod hitting us, God only knows.  If you have Jesus in your life, you don't have to worry about all this stuff.