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* PENTECOST* 20/20 THE WORLD'S GREATEST HOLINESS PREACHER |
A New Light Dawns! |
, The Dilemma Today in Our Time - The 21st century not the 1st Century- (the century in which Jesus Christ actually lived) -- Is that we, the on-lookers -- The undecided -- The teenagers and youth of today Those who have a CHOICE about whether or not they want to set foot in a church of any type--EVER! Is that we (not the church-goers) are presented (by TV and Cable) and by ADS for Religious meetings, by historical school courses, by rumors and the traditions of our church-going friends -- and by Hollywood movies we may attend out of curiosity -- with 6 decidedly different and incompatible with each other pictures or personalities of JESUS CHRIST! |
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, but he has discussed in 6 pages, ending with this one, all these viewpoints and conflicting personalities for Jesus. On this page I'll discuss the last of the 6 possibilities, that Jesus was an ordinary human being biologically and genetically, with two human parents like the rest of us, but with more talent than most, and with unusual opportunities. He happened by chance to have been born at a time and in a place when and where these opportunities became available, and used them in an exemplary way. |
TRULY HUMAN |
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BUT WITH TALENT! |
SECULAR WRITERS, those looking at Historical Events and People who have changed the world in a significant manner, separate what can be proved about Jesus outside the Bible as being more important and less biased than the New Testament writers because of the odd way the Gospels and Acts are written, and because Paul's Epistles or "Letters" speak very little about Jesus' actual life. Paul knew better than most what it took to interest the Gentile World, the Greeks and Romans with which he lived and preached, and that they wouldn't be interested in the rather dull and ordinary details of his fellow Essene Jesus Christ's education, marriage, and efforts to open up Essenism to women and foreigners on at least a limited basis. So he kept all these things SECRET, and preached only the CRUCIFIED "Lamb of God", a "Son of God" like the other mythological characters in the Religious Myths the Greeks and Romans loved to read about and watch in their Plays. |
On this page I will attempt to do quite a few things that some will not only disapprove of, but also declare that I am a follower of Satan, not Jesus Christ! But since I believe him to be the world's greatest prophet, I cannot expect otherwise than this to happen, for his critics accused him of the same thing! Being a follower of Beelzebub or Satan! Matthew 12:22 "Then there was brought unto him (Jesus) one possessed by a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw."
23 "And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils." (Jesus, according to an earlier story in Matthew, had been led by the Spirit of God into the wilderness to have a debate with the Devil, and had won that debate by correctly quoting appropriate Scriptures.) Matt. 4:1-11 25 "And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?" 27 "And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they (your children?) shall be your judges. 28 "But if I cast out devils (solve emotional and religious problems) by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 29 "Or else how can one enter into a STRONG MAN'S HOUSE, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house." 30 "He that is not WITH ME is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad." WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HERE -- *CHRISTIAN ROCK MUSIC* *JESUS as a MOVIE STAR* *A TOTALLY HUMAN JESUS* Neither "DIVINE" nor "PERFECT" Evidence of Jesus' real Personality derived from a knowledge of "Gospel Pesher" (Not all of these subjects will be completed on this first of three pages)
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Influenced by a piano-playing older cousin, Carl McVoy (who later recorded with Bill Black's Combo), the radio, and the sounds from a black juke joint across the tracks called Haney's Big House, On the live album By Request, More of the Greatest Live Show on Earth, Lewis is heard naming Moon Mullican as an artist who inspired him. His mother enrolled him in Southwest Bible Institute in Waxahachie, Texas, so that her son would be exclusively singing his evangelical songs. But Lewis daringly played a boogie woogie rendition of "My God Is Real" at a church assembly that sent him packing the same night. Pearry Green, then president of the student body, related how during a talent show, Lewis played some "worldly" music. The next morning, the dean of the school called Lewis and Green into his office to expel them. Lewis said that Green should not be expelled because "he didn't know what I was going to do." Years later Green asked Lewis: "Are you still playing the devil's music?" Lewis replied "Yes, I am. But you know it's strange, the same music that they kicked me out of school for is the same kind of music they play in their churches today. The difference is, I know I am playing for the devil and they don't." WIKIPEDIA
The family often relied on help from neighbors and government food assistance. The Presleys survived the F5 tornado in the 1936 Tupelo-Gainsville tornado outbreak. In 1938, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of kiting a check written by the landowner, Orville S. Bean, the dairy farmer and cattle-and-hog broker for whom he then worked. He was jailed for eight months, and Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives. In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his instructors regarded him as "average". He was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his schoolteacher with a rendition of Red Foley's country song "Old Shep" during morning prayers. The contest, held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, was his first public performance: dressed as a cowboy, the ten-year-old Presley stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang "Old Shep". He recalled placing fifth. A few months later, Presley received his first guitar for his birthday; he had hoped for something else—by different accounts, either a bicycle or a rifle. Over the following year, he received basic guitar lessons from two of his uncles and the new pastor at the family's church. Presley recalled, "I took the guitar, and I watched people, and I learned to play a little bit. But I would never sing in public. I was very shy about it." WIKIPEDIA
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THE PAGAN GODS OF SUMER, ASSYRIA, BABYLON, EGYPT, GREECE AND ROME WERE MORE INTERESTING AND BELIEVABLE THAN THE JEWISH GOD YAHWEH OR JEHOVAH!
AND SO JESUS WAS BORN OF THE LATE FIRST CENTURY BC EQUIVALENT OF A MOVIE STARLET TO WIN BACK THE HUMAN RACE FOR A GOD WHO WANTED TO BE THE GOD OF ALL THE WORLD, NOT JUST THOSE TROUBLESOME JEWS!
AND OF COURSE THE MOST PRIESTLY AND PERFECTIONIST OF THE JEWS, MOST OF WHICH BELONGED TO THE ESSENES AT THAT TIME, OBJECTED STRONGLY, AND WHEN HE HAD CAUSED THEM CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE, A PERFECTIONIST PHARISEE HIGH PRIEST NAMED CAIAPHAS TURNED THIS ESSENE MESSIAH OVER TO THE ROMANS TO BE CRUCIFIED!
IN WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE MOST POORLY KEPT "SECRET" LOVE AFFAIR OF THE NEXT 2000 YEARS, MARY MAGDALENE, THE SHADY LADY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE, WAS THERE AT THE CROSS AS THE ROMANS CRUCIFIED HER LOVER, WHOSE BABY SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH (OF COURSE), KNOWING THAT THE CLEVER ESSENES WOULD SOMEHOW OR OTHER SAVE HIM. WHICH THEY DID BY MEANS HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT FOR ANYONE TO FIGURE OUT EXCEPT PERHAPS THE BRAIN-DEAD MONKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES WHOSE TASK WAS TO WRITE OUT, LABORIOUSLY BY HAND AND QUILL PENS, THIS INFORMATION, OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IT.
THIS HAPPENED ON A FRIDAY, EVER SINCE THEN CALLED GOOD FRIDAY, ALTHOUGH IT WITHOUT DOUBT WAS THE WORSE FRIDAY THAT JESUS CHRIST SUPER-STAR EVER SPENT IN HIS LONG AND CHECKERED CAREER, MOST OF WHICH NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT BUT A FEW OF US, WHO HE HAS PERMITTED TO LEARN A LOT MORE THAN MOST DO. NOT BECAUSE WE'RE MORE RIGHTEOUS BUT JUST LESS STUPID. BY MONDAY, THREE DAYS AND A FEW HOURS LATER, HE WAS AT THE ESSENE GATE IN JERUSALEM OFFERING A PRIESTLY BLESSING OVER SOME FISH AND A HONEYCOMB. AND SHOWING OFF HIS CRUCIFIXION WOUNDS. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLOT FOR A BROADWAY PLAY! (Except for the BEST PARTS, which nobody is allowed to believe!) |
The work's depiction offers a free interpretation of the psychology of Jesus and the other characters. A large part of the plot focuses on the character of Judas, who is depicted as a tragic figure dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus steers his disciples. Contemporary attitudes and sensibilities, as well as slang, pervade the lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events. Stage and film productions accordingly feature many intentional anacronisms." WIKIPEDIA |
WITHOUT THE BOOK OF "J" NO ONE WOULD READ THE OLD TESTAMENT! AND WITHOUT MARY MAGDALENE, AND JUDAS ISCARIOT, FEW WOULD READ THE 4 GOSPELS!
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The Book of "J" Who is this J, described by Harold Bloom in "The Book of J" as one of the greatest of all writers? Hitherto, J has been a mere patchwork of passages, by an unknown author or authors, in the first five books of the Bible. Biblical scholarship has, by long and minute labor, and with continuing controversy, established that these books are a redaction of at least four separate documents (some say more). One of these, usually regarded as the earliest, was given the label J, because it refers to God by the name Jahweh or Yahweh. Another is known as E because he calls God by the plural word Elohim, a word J uses only for angels. Later came P, a priestly contributor, who wrote Leviticus, and D, who contributed largely to Deuteronomy. Finally there was R, the Redactor who, after the return from the Babylonian Exile, put all the books into something like their present form. Nobody knows who J, as the author of J has come to be called for short, was, and many believe there were several J's; but Bloom, while agreeing that all these different authors were involved, is quite sure there was only one J, whom he takes to have been a writer living in Jerusalem about 3,000 years ago, during the decadent reign of Rehoboam. This person venerated the semidivine David and contributed to the cultural splendors of Solomon's court, along with another great writer, the author of II Samuel, who was probably a close friend. Bloom has further decided that J was a woman, first arguing playfully that this assumption is no more and no less a fiction than the assumption that J was a man, and then, more positively, by adducing evidence for her feminine preferences. Thus J's most striking characters are women; her males are often childish. Even her Yahweh behaves like a headstrong, petulant boy, and is treated with a maternal indulgence tempered by irony. This hypothesis is advanced with the learning and ingenuity, the charm and the cheek, that characterize Bloom at his brilliant best. I can only hope that it will not cause such a stir that the rest of this fascinating book gets inadequate attention. (More ---) Frank Kermode |
JESUS the Violinist Jesus the Guitar Player Two of a Kind! Jesus and Elvis! Playing a more Jewish Instrument -- the Ram's Horn! Advising some female admirers about Yahweh's Preferences Listening to Angel Lullabyes as a baby Get Ready for my Grand Entrance!
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Now admittedly these photos and illustrations I've shown you gleaned from other Internet Web Pages other than my own showing Jesus (or someone dressed up and made up to look like Jesus) is shown playing various modern musical instruments have minimal support in the 4 Gospels, where there is no clearly stated text saying that Jesus ever sang a note, recited a Psalm at any length, or played a single note on any stringed instrument. That does not mean, however, that there is no New Testament Biblical support for the Jesus as a Musician Theme because in the Book of REVELATION, definitely a part of the New Testament, Jesus is indeed not only MUSICAL, but the LEADER of His own Musical Group, and I will next direct you to the page on which I'll introduce -- Jesus as the Conductor of the All-Male, All-Virgin 144,000 Harpist Orchestra!
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NEXT PAGE IN SERIES: In which I both PROVE that Jesus Himself not only directed the writing of the New Testament Book of REVELATION but also was PRESENT at the Jewish "Grand Finale" at MASADA! |