Who is Jesus Christ to you?

[MatthewA]

Who do you see Jesus as?

What are your thoughts about Him?

What do you believe his purpose was?

Please be reminded this is interfaith discussion and not a debate thread.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Who do you see Jesus as?

What are your thoughts about Him?

What do you believe his purpose was?

Please be reminded this is interfaith discussion and not a debate thread.

1: One of the great prophets we know of.
2: See answer above
3: To teach a spiritual teaching first to Jews, but then to the people who become Christians

 

[Twilight Hue]

I view Jesus as a mythological demigod alongside with other deities in the Greek and Roman pantheons of God's and deities, but nowhere near the level of recognition the other gods and demigods enjoyed in the day.

My thoughts on Jesus is the figure is still viewed as being revelant like other figures from ancient mythology which is rather impressive in regards to longevity, but not unique, since other mythological figures are still being followed to this day by people.

The purpose of Jesus is whatever his followers think his purpose is. It varies depending on who you ask.

 

[Dawnofhope]

Who do you see Jesus as?

From a Baha'i perspective Jesus was a Manifestation of God.

What are your thoughts about Him?

He has been one of the most influential historical and religious figures in the last two thousand years.

What do you believe his purpose was?

To promote the Teachings of God so that no created being may remain beyond the bounds of God's Grace and good pleasure.

 

[fantome profane]

A guy who lived and died over two thousand years ago and about whom very little can be known with certainty.

 

[sun rise]

Who do you see Jesus as?

A manifestation of the eternal Avatar along with Krishna, Buddha and many others.

What are your thoughts about Him?

Anyone who seeks to align his life with the Love that he preached is on one of the royal roads that leads to Divinity.

What do you believe his purpose was?

The Avatar's purpose is always to push humanity forward.

Song of the Avatars (Words by David Spangler; Music by Milenko Matanovic)

When righteousness declines
And wickedness is strong,
In the dying of an age
As a new age comes along,
That is when I rise again
And yet again to light the flame
Of truth within the sons of men.

I am Light.
I am Truth.
I am the fire of the Son.
I am the hope of all the earth,
The spirit of the One.

When men have lost their way
And know not where to turn,
And the future seems to end
Where the fires of hatred burn,
Then let men look within
To see the rising of my flame
Of love to light the way again.

I am Love.
I am Truth.
I am the power of the Son.
I am the Light within all men
The spirit of the One.

When darkness seeks to hold
The hears of men in fear,
When men cry out for help
And no one seems to hear,
That is when I rise again
To shatter forms enslaving men
To let a newer world be born.

I am Light.
I am Truth.
I am the freedom of the Son.
I am the destiny of Man,
The triumph of the One.

 

[Trailblazer]

Who do you see Jesus as?

What are your thoughts about Him?

What do you believe his purpose was?

Please be reminded this is interfaith discussion and not a debate thread.

I believe that Jesus and many purposes for coming into this world. First and foremost, He was a Manifestation of God who came to the world to reveal God to us and to bear witness to the truth about God

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Jesus was also a great teacher and a martyr for the Cause of God and He saved us from sinful lives with His teachings and His cross sacrifice.

“…those who turned toward the Word of God and received the profusion of His bounties—were saved from this attachment and sin, obtained everlasting life, were delivered from the chains of bondage, and attained to the world of liberty. They were freed from the vices of the human world, and were blessed by the virtues of the Kingdom. This is the meaning of the words of Christ, “I gave My blood for the life of the world” 6 —that is to say, I have chosen all these troubles, these sufferings, calamities, and even the greatest martyrdom, to attain this object, the remission of sins” Some Answered Questions, p. 125

 

[Viker]

I see him as a probable historical figure, a rabbi and a man that since has been turned into a god, misrepresented and misinterpreted.

I have no problem with him.

I don't know anything about purpose.

 

[Trailblazer]

has been turned into a god, misrepresented and misinterpreted.

You can say that again.

 

[MatthewA]

I believe that Jesus and many purposes fro coming into this world. First and foremost, He was a Manifestation of God who came to the world to reveal God to us and to bear witness to the truth about God

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

Jesus was also a great teacher and a martyr for the Cause of God and He saved us from sinful lives with His teachings and His cross sacrifice.

“…those who turned toward the Word of God and received the profusion of His bounties—were saved from this attachment and sin, obtained everlasting life, were delivered from the chains of bondage, and attained to the world of liberty. They were freed from the vices of the human world, and were blessed by the virtues of the Kingdom. This is the meaning of the words of Christ, “I gave My blood for the life of the world” 6 —that is to say, I have chosen all these troubles, these sufferings, calamities, and even the greatest martyrdom, to attain this object, the remission of sins” Some Answered Questions, p. 125

That is a true scripture; Jesus Christ had come to bring forth the Kingdom of God to all people who believe on Him; people who believe and place trust in Christ Jesus are given the kingdom of heaven (the Holy Spirit/the spirit of Christ) that lives with in them that causes peace with God and to have a willinglyness to Love God and to Love others.

To me Jesus Christ is King of king and Lord of lords, the Word of God, the Lord God Almighty, the redeemer, the door, there is so many names for the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

[MatthewA]

I see him as a probable historical figure, a rabbi and a man that since has been turned into a god, misrepresented and misinterpreted.

I have no problem with him.

I don't know anything about purpose.

What do you mean you do not know anything about purpose?

 

[MatthewA]

A manifestation of the eternal Avatar along with Krishna, Buddha and many others.



Anyone who seeks to align his life with the Love that he preached is on one of the royal roads that leads to Divinity.



The Avatar's purpose is always to push humanity forward.

Song of the Avatars (Words by David Spangler; Music by Milenko Matanovic)

When righteousness declines
And wickedness is strong,
In the dying of an age
As a new age comes along,
That is when I rise again
And yet again to light the flame
Of truth within the sons of men.

I am Light.
I am Truth.
I am the fire of the Son.
I am the hope of all the earth,
The spirit of the One.

When men have lost their way
And know not where to turn,
And the future seems to end
Where the fires of hatred burn,
Then let men look within
To see the rising of my flame
Of love to light the way again.

I am Love.
I am Truth.
I am the power of the Son.
I am the Light within all men
The spirit of the One.

When darkness seeks to hold
The hears of men in fear,
When men cry out for help
And no one seems to hear,
That is when I rise again
To shatter forms enslaving men
To let a newer world be born.

I am Light.
I am Truth.
I am the freedom of the Son.
I am the destiny of Man,
The triumph of the One.

What do you mean push humanity forward?

 

[MatthewA]

1: One of the great prophets we know of.
2: See answer above
3: To teach a spiritual teaching first to Jews, but then to the people who become Christians

Alright thank you for sharing.

I view Jesus as a mythological demigod alongside with other deities in the Greek and Roman pantheons of God's and deities, but nowhere near the level of recognition the other gods and demigods enjoyed in the day.

My thoughts on Jesus is the figure is still viewed as being revelant like other figures from ancient mythology which is rather impressive in regards to longevity, but not unique, since other mythological figures are still being followed to this day by people.

The purpose of Jesus is whatever his followers think his purpose is. It varies depending on who you ask.

Okay thank you for sharing.

From a Baha'i perspective Jesus was a Manifestation of God.



He has been one of the most influential historical and religious figures in the last two thousand years.



To promote the Teachings of God so that no created being may remain beyond the bounds of God's Grace and good pleasure.

Thank you for sharing.

A guy who lived and died over two thousand years ago and about whom very little can be known with certainty.

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Viker]

What do you mean you do not know anything about purpose?

I just don't know. I probably see things as random. No purpose. Maybe the only thing is that we make purpose. There's nothing divine in that as I can see.

 

[RestlessSoul]

A carpenter's son from Galilee, whose simple philosophy - that you should love one another, as I have loved you - conquered an empire after his death.

His purpose? to bring light into the darkness, to give hope to the hopeless, to show us how to replace fear with faith, and how to conquer hate with love.

 

[Trailblazer]

That is a true scripture; Jesus Christ had come to bring forth the Kingdom of God to all people who believe on Him; people who believe and place trust in Christ Jesus are given the kingdom of heaven (the Holy Spirit/the spirit of Christ) that lives with in them that causes peace with God and to have a willinglyness to Love God and to Love others.

Yes, I agree with all that you said above.

To me Jesus Christ is King of king and Lord of lords, the Word of God, the Lord God Almighty, the redeemer, the door, there is so many names for the Lord Jesus Christ.

I believe that Baha'u'llah is the King of kings and Lord of lords, but Jesus is the Word of God, the redeemer and the door. There are many names for Jesus such as Son of God and Son of man and Savior of the world, but there are also many names for Baha'u'llah. The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith wrote of the many titles that were given to Baha'u'llah by Old Testament prophets.

“To Him Isaiah, the greatest of the Jewish prophets, had alluded as the “Glory of the Lord,” the “Everlasting Father,” the “Prince of Peace,” the “Wonderful,” the “Counsellor,” the “Rod come forth out of the stem of Jesse” and the “Branch grown out of His roots,” Who “shall be established upon the throne of David,” Who “will come with strong hand,” Who “shall judge among the nations,” Who “shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips slay the wicked,” and Who “shall assemble the 95 outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Of Him David had sung in his Psalms, acclaiming Him as the “Lord of Hosts” and the “King of Glory.” To Him Haggai had referred as the “Desire of all nations,” and Zachariah as the “Branch” Who “shall grow up out of His place,” and “shall build the Temple of the Lord.” Ezekiel had extolled Him as the “Lord” Who “shall be king over all the earth,” while to His day Joel and Zephaniah had both referred as the “day of Jehovah,” the latter describing it as “a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.” His Day Ezekiel and Daniel had, moreover, both acclaimed as the “day of the Lord,” and Malachi described as “the great and dreadful day of the Lord” when “the Sun of Righteousness” will “arise, with healing in His wings,” whilst Daniel had pronounced His advent as signalizing the end of the “abomination that maketh desolate.”
God Passes By, pp. 94-95

 

[Hockeycowboy]

1. He was the one sent by God and anointed to be the Messiah. - John 17:3

2. He is the King of God’s Kingdom. - Psalms 2; Isaiah 9:6-7

3. His death provided the means to eventually reunite all creation back under God’s control (Ephesians 1:10; Hebrews 2:10-18; 1 John 3:8), and set an example for us. - 1 Peter 2:21-23

 

[MatthewA]

Yes, I agree with all that you said above.

I believe that Baha'u'llah is the King of kings and Lord of lords, but Jesus is the Word of God, the redeemer and the door. There are many names for Jesus such as Son of God and Son of man and Savior of the world, but there are also many names for Baha'u'llah. The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith wrote of the many titles that were given to Baha'u'llah by Old Testament prophets.

“To Him Isaiah, the greatest of the Jewish prophets, had alluded as the “Glory of the Lord,” the “Everlasting Father,” the “Prince of Peace,” the “Wonderful,” the “Counsellor,” the “Rod come forth out of the stem of Jesse” and the “Branch grown out of His roots,” Who “shall be established upon the throne of David,” Who “will come with strong hand,” Who “shall judge among the nations,” Who “shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips slay the wicked,” and Who “shall assemble the 95 outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Of Him David had sung in his Psalms, acclaiming Him as the “Lord of Hosts” and the “King of Glory.” To Him Haggai had referred as the “Desire of all nations,” and Zachariah as the “Branch” Who “shall grow up out of His place,” and “shall build the Temple of the Lord.” Ezekiel had extolled Him as the “Lord” Who “shall be king over all the earth,” while to His day Joel and Zephaniah had both referred as the “day of Jehovah,” the latter describing it as “a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.” His Day Ezekiel and Daniel had, moreover, both acclaimed as the “day of the Lord,” and Malachi described as “the great and dreadful day of the Lord” when “the Sun of Righteousness” will “arise, with healing in His wings,” whilst Daniel had pronounced His advent as signalizing the end of the “abomination that maketh desolate.”
God Passes By, pp. 94-95

alright I deleted my last post because it was inappropriate it is not my business why you do or why you believe or anything like that but thank you for sharing.

 

[Trailblazer]

alright I deleted my last post because it was inappropriate it is not my business why you do or why you believe or anything like that but thank you for sharing.

I hope you can accept my apology for posting that paragraph because it was a bit overwhelming unless one is a longtime Baha'i and understands what it means....
but I said before that I am loopy today because my judgment is impaired from sleep deprivation.... LSD, LDS.

 

[MatthewA]

Okay you take care