Earliest "Jesus is God' Inscription found in Israel deemed greatest discovery since Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Yes he is. He is the human incarnation of God himself, because as almighty and all knowing as God is, he did not understand the human experience and especially why humans abused their gift of free choice. God didn’t have an understanding of how far, good or bad humans would choose to go, either by their own choices or pressure from their peers. Through Christ he gained 1st hand experience and in Christ’s death forgave us for our sins, because truly humans can act in awful ways when they certainly do not know what they are doing. What the long term implications can bring/be of any given choice.
That’s why instead of continued punishment from God or just up and wiping the human slate clean…. again, he left us with all of our faults and issues to decide on our own to make our free choice to try to follow Christ’s teachings regarding ourselves to our best ability, or not period.
Eternity or Heaven’s Earth/Garden awaits for those that do their best. Those that fail, I’m guessing go to Hell, or get to do the rough and tough love version of Earth all over again.
This is unpossible
I like to explain it like this:
I went through Kindergarten. I know exactly what it’s like. I have memories from that time in my life, I know how and why the teacher makes specific decisions, I know how I behaved, and I know how I expect my daughter to behave.
But despite this, there are times I just don’t quite get why something bothers my daughter for the day and makes her behave in ways I don’t appreciate.
I know the how, the why, the outcomes, but I was missing the specific context of her lived experience. In a real way, I know too much and can see the bigger picture too well to be able to relate to her struggles.
If I could put herself in my shoes, would I?
Of course.
And that’s why I think God did it. By limiting his view, he can choose to view our issues from our eyes and know our struggles without the benefit of his full capabilities and knowledge.
And I personally find that approach to be so loving and beautiful.
I would go even further, based on my own personal experiences with Jesus.
Jesus opened himself up to be the vessel of God and was guided to teach others how to do the same.
That's why organised religion hated him, because he is telling people that they have a direct connection with God, unpolluted by the personal desires/drives of the priesthood who have always maintained a monopoly on access to 'God' (in inverted comma's because they are no such thing of course).