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Why for three years.Where was he before and after these three years.Was he afraid of the Jews and could not face them, in my opinion?
Jesus was a couragious man in my opinion, and at least after the event of crucifixion, he lived peacefully and happily among the Jews, not in Judea, but in India and the neighboring countries were most of the lost 10 out of 12 tribes of Isael resided, in my opinion.
I love Jesus and Muhammad
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Ahh, so you noticed it was three years.
And the
number is very significant.
For He is of the
Trinity. You will find a few numbers used often in the Bible.
Three is one of the absolute most used.
Twelve is also often used.
Seven also.
Anyway - the fact is - Jesus did everything in triplicate because altho He is One God, He is One of Three of the One God.
SO that should answer you. It had nothing to do with fear.
His life and the number three often signify the coming revelation of the Trinity.
I realise this is your opinion Pear, but history, archeology and even secular writers shortly after the time of Christ all back up that Jesus lived and died on the crucifix.
You will not find a writing about Jesus in India, or any other ancient writing [outside the Church] unless it is 200 plus years later - which we call gnostic. Gnostic writers created their own style of borrowed Christianity [gnostic means hidden secrets - much like what we call fiction] …but the period the writings existed are too late for them to be even slightly credible considering all other writings dated perfectly to His time - said He died on the crucifix.
Perhaps if you were to read an account from Josephus the account he gave sometime after the death of Jesus, and he himself was not a Christian.
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Flavius Josephus, who lived until 98 A.D., was a romanized Jewish historian. He wrote books on Jewish history for the Roman people. In his book, Jewish Antiquities, he made references to Jesus. In one reference he wrote:
About this time arose Jesus, a wise man, who did good deeds and whose virtues were recognized. And many Jews and people of other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. However, those who became his disciples preached his doctrine. They related that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive. Perhaps he was the Messiah in connection with whom the prophets foretold wonders. [Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, XVIII 3.2]
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Muhammad lived during the time of the Nestorians…and he did befriend Christians in Medina before he was ‘pushed out.’
However; the ‘Christians’ he consorted with were heretics and their own theology [removed from the norm] died away.
BUT Muhammad runs a close theology to their own - but i think he took what he learned from them and recreated his own stuff…as to show he was ‘given’ the truth and unlike the Nestorians who died away - he would not invoke the same heresies so as not to be aligned with them.
I think it’s kind of sad the sort of mythology which has crept up around the life of Jesus, so that his followers are completely brainwashed away from sense.
And then to try to convince me that the Qur’an is… I don’t even know what she’s trying to convince me, since she doesn’t know anything about the Qur’an in the first place. Ah well.
It makes more sense that our God - who even Muslims recognise we were removed from Heaven and God, would come and sacrifice Himself for our sake to open Heaven back up to sinners - and some debt was paid for our choice to accept sin…
You couldn’t possibly think God would seperate us and then say ‘O well, come on back, I was kidding when I made you flesh and let you die a mortal death.’
Than to believe God wrote the Quran and only one man was handed the Quran without so much as an explanation of what it meant…and yet without fail knew what it meant. That’s really amazingly god like.
Could you understand the Quran if an Angel gave it to you without reading it and explaining it?
IF Muhammad didnt write it - then how come he understood it so perfectly?
Even Jesus commented ‘Let those who have eyes see, and those who have ears hear…’
He was referring to those who could ‘see’ the prophecies unfolding of the OT pointing to Him for their eventual conversion after His resurrection.
And yet He concealed Who He was so that He would be crucified.
AS He told Pilate . …
John 18
36 Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.
One other thing i noted - Jesus never said ‘Allah’…
He said ‘Abba’ and He said ‘Yahweh’ but never said ‘Allah’…
