by Joey Lawsin
Judaism believes that...
..... Jesus is NOT the Son of God.
Islam believes that...
..... Jesus is NOT the Son of God….. However,
Christianism believes that...
..... Jesus IS the Son of God.
So, who among these three is telling the truth?
Here are some answers excerpted from the book Man Created God:
It is quite strange to perceive that although there are three major religions in the world, Christianity is the only religious group that believes Jesus Christ is the son of god. Judaism and Islam never ever believe that Jesus is the son of god.
This concern is alarming because the bible claims that there is only one God, one Bible, and one Church. If Judaism and Islam do not believe in Jesus, then they are absolutely not with God and with their bibles. If this is the case, then the true Bible is in the hands of the Catholics. But the first bible, the true word of god, originated from Judaism. So, Judaism has the authentic Bible. If this is now the case, then Jesus is not part of the Judeans bible, and therefore the Catholics are not the true church.
Although the name Jesus Christ was never been mentioned in the Old Testament nor even in other holy scriptures outside the Christian denominations, its faithful still believe that Jesus is the son of god. So, is Jesus really the Son of God?In Matthew 26:64 Jesus the Christ admitted he was the son of man….And, in John 10:29-30 Jesus admitted he was God himself…. However, no passage in the bible speaks about Jesus admitting he is the Son of God.
In Matthew 3:17 and Mark 1:11, Jesus never proclaimed he was the son of god, but some "voice from heaven" (something supernatural) proclaimed the title.
Hebrew 7:3 does not pertain to Jesus but Melchizedek who was believed also to be the son of god.
John 1:1-14, where the verses are poetic in nature - a Christological hymn. The verses are simply testimony by John and not by god (This again can be possibly falsified).
From all these verses, Jesus never ever declared that he was the son of god. The declarations were coming from the people; from the Pharisees, the disciples, the soldiers. They were the ones who labeled Jesus as the son of god. No concrete evidence shows Christ admitted he is the son of god.
In Matthew 26:63 -- "But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God." - here, the high priest asked him if he was the son of god. I thought Jesus would respond that he is the son of god, but surprisingly reading the next verse below, HE DID NOT!
Matthew 26:64 -- Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power of God and coming in the clouds of heaven. - Here, Jesus simply said, "You said it, not me".
Although Jesus proclaimed God as his father, this does not mean that he is the "parental or biological" father. This is like praying to god. Someone might be saying "Father (which means god or Jesus) forgive me for my sins ...." Or, "Blessed me Father (which could mean priest or god) for I have sinned, ....". Thus, again, Jesus could or couldn't be God's son.
John 10:36 Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? Here, Jesus is simply suggesting that he can be the Son of God and/or the Son of Man. Either Joseph is his father, or he is of divine descent.
In John 10:22-42, Jesus was simply saying what other people say about him. It was their impressions. Jesus did not declare he was the son of god but he simply reiterated what other people thought of him ( you said ...."I am the son of god?").....And take note ......his statement was in question form...Hence, no doubt.... he is a man and he is a god .... but not the son of god.
Romans 1:4.....He was "declared to be the Son of God with power ...according to the Spirit of holiness...by the resurrection from the dead"...
If the Bible speaks that Jesus is both man and a god, then He is a demigod, a lesser divine being, a minor deity.
Who is this Man? Who is the Son of God?
He made blind men see, raised the dead, and walked on water. Three miracles when interpreted literally could be taken to be true. But they can also be interpreted allegorically. The story of the blind men could be a lesson for people to see the blessings surrounding them. The story of raising the dead could be interpreted as an awakening for those in a spiritual sleep. And the parable of walking on the water could be the power of will - that man can do things that are unusual or uncommon compared to the normal.
The title Son of God was deliberately attached as a title or label by the people and not by Jesus himself. Here are some examples that support this claim.
Matthew 4:6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. The devil tempted Jesus.
Matthew 8:29 "What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. The demons knew he was the Son of God.
Matthew 14:32-33 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying "Truly you are the Son of God."
Matthew 26:63-64 The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." "Yes, it is as you say, "Jesus replied.
Matthew 16:15-17 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but my Father in heaven."
In Luke 10:21-22: Jesus was praising his god. He called this god Lord of Heaven, The Father, and not his father.
Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
Matthew 10:32-33 "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven."
Matthew 11:27All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 3:16 says " For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life ".
The story behind John 3:18 does not even say that Jesus is the son of god. The story is a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus where Jesus was pointing out that god is sending his son to save the world.
In reading the bible, remember that these are personal accounts of the writers - the gospel according to John or the gospel according to Luke.....and not according to God or Jesus himself. Remember, Jesus never wrote the bible. They are simply personal accounts and interpretations written by ancient scribes. These biblical writers are simply telling the story of a man named Jesus. They are simply storytelling.
Now, what does .... according to John......mean? Does this mean someone is writing about John's accounts or it was John who is telling his own accounts?
From The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets:
YAHWEH, the word for Lord, was derived from YHWH.
Yahweh, the Hebrew name for Lord or God, was a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton. It was rendered parallel with Yah, Yahu, Jahveh, Jahi, Jehovah, and the Canaanite moon deity Yareah (an androgynous being). Yahweh could either be male or female. In the Canaan myth, there was a male Yahweh who was married to the Canaanite mother goddess Anat at Elephantine. Another very ancient Goddess appearing in Persian scriptures as the maker and seducer of the first man was Jahi. Like many other Creatresses, she mated with the primal serpent and gave the menstrual "blood of life" to Eve.
Scholars said that this four-letter word could not even be pronounced since they are simply letters without vowels and therefore could mean anything else. If allowed, the pronunciation would be Jehovah and not Yahweh. Its original name actually came from YHW which was pronounced as "Yahoo" by the Sashu.
In Genesis 1, the word god, in the phrase "In the beginning God", when translated to Hebrew (Bereshit bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'arets) becomes ELOHIM (the plural form for God). This means when the universe was created there were TWO GODS at least working together.
In the original manuscripts of the book of Genesis, Yahweh was only one of the Elohim. Sometimes the singular form was taken as a name, e.g. the Phoenician bull-god called simply El, "the god." In Medieval times, it was thought Elohim was one of the magical secret names of God; or, at times, it was taken to be the name of a devil. Elohim could also be interpreted as God The Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Three persons in one God.
This practice can be found among the Faithful. They usually pray either to the Holy Spirit during baptism, to Jesus on Christmas in celebration of his birth, or even to Mary, Mother of Jesus during the Immaculate Conception festivity. Although Christians claim they worship only One God, in reality, they are actually worshiping many gods- both immortals and mortals alike.
In Islam, Allah is an Arab name for God, specifically, a desert moon deity brought forth into monotheism by Muhammad, a Muslim messiah. He is also considered as the son of god.
** Leviticus 24:13-16 - If you deny one of the gods or immortals you are committing blasphemy and blasphemers are stoned to death….. Matthew 12:31-32 - if you deny the Holy Spirit, God will not forgive you ....EVER.
Here are the other messiahs that proclaimed themselves as the Son of God.
Originemological timeline of ancient messiahs:
In 3000 BC, Horus was born. After a few more years, an ancient Egyptian religion was founded.
2000 BC, Abraham was born. After a few more years, he founded Judaism
1500 BC, Moses was born. After a few more years, he received the Ten Commandments.
560 BC, Buddha was born. After a few more years, he founded Buddhism
30 AD, Christ was crucified. After a few more years, through Constantinople, Catholicism was founded
500 AD, Muhammad was born. After a few more years, he founded Islam
* This timeline, reveals that there are other gods and prophets who are adored and venerated by people from different cultures, religions, and beliefs. Take note also, Moses who was raised by the pharaohs learned the creation of the universe from his Egyptian religion. Eventually, the story was replicated in Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew bible called the Pentateuch.
How the idea of god was conceived:
If we follow the early migration of humans (see map), the concept of god most likely would come from one of these countries: Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait, and Iran.
Then the ideas most likely traveled either to Rome and Greece in the west or India and China in the east. Since our intention is to find where the concept of god originated, the west and east countries will be eliminated, and our focus will only concentrate on the seven countries on the list.
According to history, Turkey and Egypt are two of the first coastal civilizations in the world. It also says that the oldest site of worship is in Turkey. The first coins are also from Turkey and the invention of writing is from Ur, Sumer (Iraq) which means “land of the civilized kings”. Sumer is highly the probable source where the concept of god originated.
Sumer existed around 5000 BC and Sumerians believed that the universe was created by divine beings. Nammu, the god of waters, created the earth (Ki) and the sky (An). Enki, the son of Nammu and An, created man. The heaven was for the immortals, while the underworld Kur, ruled by Nergal, the god of death, was for the mortals.
Other Sumerian gods include Enlil, the god of wind; Ninhursag, the goddess of earth; Nanna, the god of the moon; Utu, the god of the sun; and Inanna, the goddess of love and war.
After the invasion of the Elamites and Amorites, the Sumerians ceased to exist. One of the Amorites, Abraham left Ur, settled down in the land of Canaan, and founded Judaism, and eventually Christianity was born. This whole mythological story reveals that the religions of the Hebrews, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, and the Far East all originated from the Sumerians.
But where did the Sumerians get the idea of God?
The idea of man-to-god, or of human being gifted with divine or supernatural powers, belongs basically way back to that earlier period of the Age of Magic. Through alchemy and magic, High Priests and Kings were thought to have miraculous powers that could make rainfall or bring the sun to shine; heal the sick and bring the dead back to life; foresee success and disaster in war, and do various miraculous spells through sacrifices, prayers, chants, and rituals, obtain their statuses of being incarnate deities. With kings and high priests viewed by their people as gods, Men became Gods.
But, if magic was the foundation of religion, what causes mankind to abandon magic instead of faith and practice religion instead?
It was the admission of human weakness and ignorance. Man, for the first time, recognized his inability to control the natural forces. Since the rain still falls, the sun still shines, and the moon still journeys across the night sky, man accepts that he has no power over nature. He thought these forces were from the divine beings superior to him. Eventually, the man succumbed to these mighty beings, humbly relying his dependence on their powers, asking mercy to furnish him with all life’s blessings. From these actions, he developed the virtue of faith in Nature. Through faith and the pursuit of divine truth, he created religion. He created his church. He created the Bible. He created God.
Man created God!
" Man came first through evolution, God came second through man's imagination."
~ Joey Lawsin
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