Adstar · 56-60, M
It rings true because it was never made up..
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4meAndyou · F
Regarding Jesus, He was raised to believe, by his parents, that He was the son of God. If His mother had been disbelieved by her neighbors when she claimed that she had been impregnated by an angel, she would have been stoned to death. It was important, therefore, that she and her husband continued in that vein. Just to stay alive.
Also, in the culture of that time, the KING of the Jews prophesied was believed to be a secular King. Jesus engineered His own death by following the instructions of His father, God. HIS concept of the Kingdom of God, where He would sit at the right hand of the Father, was NOT the Kingdom visualized by the Jewish people of that time, who WOULD have followed a secular King willingly and there would NOT have been all of that business with Pontius Pilate.
Jesus was not WILLING to die...as he begged his Father, God to turn that cup from Him, but on the cross he ACCEPTED that He was the sacrifice His Father wanted to make.
There were a rather large series of prophecies that HAD to be fulfilled for the return of the King of the Jews.
Lineage and HeritageDescendant of King David: The New Testament traces Jesus' genealogy through both Matthew and Luke to establish him as the rightful heir to David's throne. As noted by GotQuestions.org, “Jesus is the Son of David, rightful heir to the throne.”
Tribe of Judah: Prophecies such as Genesis 49:10 state that the ruler's sceptre would depart from Judah, a requirement the New Testament shows as fulfilled through Jesus' ancestral line in Matthew 1:1-2.
Birth and Early Life Prophecies
Born in Bethlehem: Micah 5:2 specifies the birthplace of the coming ruler, which the Gospels record as fulfilled in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-12).Flight to Egypt and Return: Matthew connects early events in Jesus' childhood to prophetic patterns, such as Hosea 11:1 (“Out of Egypt I have called my son”), highlighting the fulfillment of Old Testament expectations regarding the king's early life.
Nature of Kingship and Entry
Humble Entry on a Donkey: Zechariah 9:9 prophesied that Jerusalem's king would come to the city righteous, having salvation, and riding on a donkey. The Gospels present Jesus' triumphal entry as a deliberate fulfillment of this prophecy.
A Spiritual Kingdom: While Jewish expectation anticipated an earthly political liberator who would overthrow foreign occupiers, the New Testament frames Jesus' kingship as transcending earthly regimes, noting during his trial that his kingdom is "not of this world" (John 18:36).
He was supposed to contain God's spirit...or be the anointed one, and He was baptized by John the Baptist where supposedly a white dove appeared, symbolizing God.
Below, however, are the JEWISH prophecies which remain unfulfilled over 2000 years later.
Gathering the Dispersed: God promised to bring the scattered tribes of Israel back to their ancestral homeland (Isaiah 11:11–12, Ezekiel 37:21–22). SOME of that came true.
Rebuilding and Reigning: The Davidic throne would be re-established in Jerusalem, and the nations of the world would recognize God's sovereignty (Micah 4:1–3, Isaiah 9:6–7). THAT did not come true.
Universal Peace: Prophecies state that warfare would cease, with weapons beaten into plowshares and harmony covering the earth (Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 11:6–9) THAT has not come true.
Isn't it interesting that it was the THEN enemy of the Jewish people, Rome, which eventually became the foundation for the spread and dominance of this new religion! Christianity became extremely popular with the WOMEN of Rome.
THAT is where the belief in Jesus as God became established...among pagans...who prior to that worshipped some of their own emperors as gods.
Around 110AD: Church leader Ignatius of Antioch wrote about Jesus as "our God".
Around 112 AD: A Roman writer named Pliny the Younger reported that Christians sang songs to Christ as if he were a god.
Around 150 AD: Christian writer Justin Martyr argued that Jesus was divine and eternal.
Constantine did not invent a new belief. Instead, he wanted to stop religious fights that threatened to tear his empire apart.
He called the Council of Nicea in 325 AD to settle an argument about whether Jesus was a created being or equal with God.
Christian leaders from all over the empire voted on the matter.
The vast majority voted to confirm the traditional teaching that Jesus shared the same divine nature as God the Father.
So, Constantine merely legislated a belief that already existed VERY strongly among his people.
Also, in the culture of that time, the KING of the Jews prophesied was believed to be a secular King. Jesus engineered His own death by following the instructions of His father, God. HIS concept of the Kingdom of God, where He would sit at the right hand of the Father, was NOT the Kingdom visualized by the Jewish people of that time, who WOULD have followed a secular King willingly and there would NOT have been all of that business with Pontius Pilate.
Jesus was not WILLING to die...as he begged his Father, God to turn that cup from Him, but on the cross he ACCEPTED that He was the sacrifice His Father wanted to make.
There were a rather large series of prophecies that HAD to be fulfilled for the return of the King of the Jews.
Lineage and HeritageDescendant of King David: The New Testament traces Jesus' genealogy through both Matthew and Luke to establish him as the rightful heir to David's throne. As noted by GotQuestions.org, “Jesus is the Son of David, rightful heir to the throne.”
Tribe of Judah: Prophecies such as Genesis 49:10 state that the ruler's sceptre would depart from Judah, a requirement the New Testament shows as fulfilled through Jesus' ancestral line in Matthew 1:1-2.
Birth and Early Life Prophecies
Born in Bethlehem: Micah 5:2 specifies the birthplace of the coming ruler, which the Gospels record as fulfilled in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-12).Flight to Egypt and Return: Matthew connects early events in Jesus' childhood to prophetic patterns, such as Hosea 11:1 (“Out of Egypt I have called my son”), highlighting the fulfillment of Old Testament expectations regarding the king's early life.
Nature of Kingship and Entry
Humble Entry on a Donkey: Zechariah 9:9 prophesied that Jerusalem's king would come to the city righteous, having salvation, and riding on a donkey. The Gospels present Jesus' triumphal entry as a deliberate fulfillment of this prophecy.
A Spiritual Kingdom: While Jewish expectation anticipated an earthly political liberator who would overthrow foreign occupiers, the New Testament frames Jesus' kingship as transcending earthly regimes, noting during his trial that his kingdom is "not of this world" (John 18:36).
He was supposed to contain God's spirit...or be the anointed one, and He was baptized by John the Baptist where supposedly a white dove appeared, symbolizing God.
Below, however, are the JEWISH prophecies which remain unfulfilled over 2000 years later.
Gathering the Dispersed: God promised to bring the scattered tribes of Israel back to their ancestral homeland (Isaiah 11:11–12, Ezekiel 37:21–22). SOME of that came true.
Rebuilding and Reigning: The Davidic throne would be re-established in Jerusalem, and the nations of the world would recognize God's sovereignty (Micah 4:1–3, Isaiah 9:6–7). THAT did not come true.
Universal Peace: Prophecies state that warfare would cease, with weapons beaten into plowshares and harmony covering the earth (Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 11:6–9) THAT has not come true.
Isn't it interesting that it was the THEN enemy of the Jewish people, Rome, which eventually became the foundation for the spread and dominance of this new religion! Christianity became extremely popular with the WOMEN of Rome.
THAT is where the belief in Jesus as God became established...among pagans...who prior to that worshipped some of their own emperors as gods.
Around 110AD: Church leader Ignatius of Antioch wrote about Jesus as "our God".
Around 112 AD: A Roman writer named Pliny the Younger reported that Christians sang songs to Christ as if he were a god.
Around 150 AD: Christian writer Justin Martyr argued that Jesus was divine and eternal.
Constantine did not invent a new belief. Instead, he wanted to stop religious fights that threatened to tear his empire apart.
He called the Council of Nicea in 325 AD to settle an argument about whether Jesus was a created being or equal with God.
Christian leaders from all over the empire voted on the matter.
The vast majority voted to confirm the traditional teaching that Jesus shared the same divine nature as God the Father.
So, Constantine merely legislated a belief that already existed VERY strongly among his people.
it's the upside down kingdom
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