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* PENTECOST* 20/20 THE WORLD'S GREATEST HOLINESS PREACHER! |
A New Light Dawns! |
, HIS EXAMPLE THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS
WAS THAT OF A HOLY LIFE
BUT NOT PERFECT! |
6 Commonly Proposed Pictures or Personalities of Jesus Christ |
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Dr. Robert F. Holt, MD pictured here with this montage of pictures representing the Dead Sea Scrolls, is obviously biased towards Jesus #3, that Jesus was an Essene, and that's the assumption that he'll use on this page, although he'll discuss the other "pictures" of Jesus on other pages. |
AN ESSENE JESUS, one who kept all of the multitude of RULES in the COMMUNITY RULE, the major law scroll that regulated the lives of all the ESSENES and who lived in the Qumran Monastery and the other Essene Sites along the Western Shore of the Dead Sea, would have, of course, been living a much more "PERFECT LIFE" than we do, and more "PERFECT" than the lives of any of the Gentiles the Apostle Paul was addressing his Epistles to! But "PERFECT" in the sense in which Westerners with their Greek and Roman LOGIC think of the word "PERFECT"? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
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NOT KNOWING THIS TO BE TRUE, OF COURSE, THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS HAVING NOT YET BEEN DISCOVERED, AND JOSEPHUS' ACCURACY ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ESSENES STILL BEING QUESTIONED IN THE DAYS OF ELLEN WHITE AND THE MILLERITES AND EARLY ADVENTISTS, THERE WAS MUCH DEBATE IN THOSE DAYS ON THE SUBJECT OF PERFECTION!
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"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:48. God intends that improvement shall be the lifework of all His followers and that it shall be guided and controlled by correct experience. The true man is one who is willing to sacrifice his own interest for the good of others and who exercises himself in binding up the brokenhearted. The true object of life has scarcely begun to be understood by many.... Intellect alone does not make the man, according to the divine standard. There is a power in intellect if sanctified and controlled by the Spirit of God. It is superior to riches and to physical power, yet it must be cultivated in order to make the man.... That which will bless humanity is spiritual life. If the man is in harmony with God, he will depend continually upon Him for strength. “ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” It is our lifework to be reaching forward to the perfection of Christian character, striving continually for conformity to the will of God. The efforts begun upon earth will continue through eternity. God’s standard of man is elevated to the highest meaning of the term, and if he acts up to his God-given manhood he will promote happiness in this life, which will lead to glory and an eternal reward in the life to come. The members of the human family are entitled to the name of men and women only when they employ their talents, in every possible way, for the good of others. The life of Christ is before us as a pattern, and it is when ministering, like angels of mercy, to the wants of others that man is closely allied to God. It is the nature of Christianity to make happy families and happy society. Discord, selfishness, and strife will be put away from every man and woman who possesses the true spirit of Christ. Those who are partakers of Christ’s love have no right to think that there is a limit to their influence and work in trying to benefit humanity. Did Christ become weary in His efforts to save fallen man? Our work is to be continuous and persevering. We shall find work to do until the Master shall bid us lay our armor at His feet. God is a moral governor, and we must wait, submissive to His will, ready and willing to spring to our duty whenever work needs to be done (Testimonies For The Church 4:519, 520). Our Saviour took up the true relationship of a human being as the Son of God. We are sons and daughters of God.... We must follow where Christ leads the way. For 30 years He lived the life of a perfect man, meeting the highest standard of perfection (The S.D.A. Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 5, 1085, 1086).
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THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT DURING THE 30 YEARS HERE MENTIONED BY ELLEN WHITE, THE "HIGHEST STANDARD OF PERFECTION" WAS ATTAINED BY THE ESSENE HIGH PRIESTS,
AND THAT JESUS WAS NEVER ACCEPTED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME AS AN "ESSENE HIGH PRIEST"! INDEED ON THE ONE OCCASION IN 32 AD ON A YOM KIPPUR "DAY OF ATONEMENT" IN WHICH HE TEMPORARILY SWAPPED GARMENTS AND RITUAL WITH JONATHAN ANNAS, A "REAL" ESSENE HIGH PRIEST, HE PRECIPITATED A TEMPORARY CRISIS WHICH ALMOST ENDED HIS CAREER AS AN ESSENE "MESSIAH" |
PRE-1888 Statements by Ellen G. White From "A Chronological Study by Woodrow W. Whidden II"
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IN SEVERAL OF THE GOSPEL STORIES, THIS STORY OF JESUS' GARMENT AND RITUAL SWAP WITH JONATHAN ANNAS IS PRESENTED IN A DECEPTIVE WAY THAT ALLOWS LATER READERS TO SEE JESUS "GLORIFIED" OR "TRANSFIGURED"
ADVENTISTS, AS WELL AS MOST OTHER CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN SO DECIEVED BY THIS DECEPTIVE PICTURE THAT THEY HAVE IMAGINED A JESUS THAT INDEED NO ONE THAT IS HUMAN CAN REALLY FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF, OR LIVE LIKE -- AS ELLEN WHITE, NOT KNOWING THIS TO BE IMPOSSIBLE, REPEATEDLY URGED WAS THE "DUTY" OF ADVENTISTS TO DO!
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Eventually, beginning in 1888, Adventists "fell off" their original pathway and accepted the "Divine Trinity" caricature of Jesus --
and although the old debates still rage on in the rarified air of Adventist Academia, ordinary church members in their pews are content to not even try to live like the Real Jesus, the Essene Jesus, in any meaningful way!
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NEXT PAGE: The REAL LIFE of Jesus Christ differed in significant ways from the life described in the FOUR GOSPELS. Now we can know what these differences were! For Dr. Bob Holt's description-- |