Jezus' birth
The conception of Jesus in the womb of his mother Mary was done by God himself.
There is no reason by what we cannot accept this miracle:
if the Creator had the possibility to create the entire universe with life on earth,
then 'the immaculate conception' is comparatively much simpler.
Joseph from Nazareth, the carpenter, acknowledged Jesus as his son.
Neither the exact year nor the date of Jesus' birth are known.
Therefore, the date of the Christmas party is very controversial.
Because Joseph is not Jesus' biological father, his family tree is no longer of interest.
In fact, Jesus is only descended directly from King David through his mother.
It is a Jewish rule that one may only marry within one tribe.
This was related to the Israeli law of inheritance.
Jesus' Education
The Eternal just chose Mary to give birth to Jesus. It indicates, that Mary was a spotless woman, that is, she was free from sin. Joseph also behaved exemplary. Since this family lived in a Jewish environment, we can safely assume,
- that Jesus was circumcised as an eight-day-old boy,
- that he received a perfectly Jewish upbringing and
- that he practiced bar mitzvah at the age of thirteen years.
- that he was purebred Jewish.
Jesus as a rabbi, so as a teacher
Jesus was a perfect teacher. He gave his own explanation of the Jewish laws, which often deviated from the usual views.
He gave many examples of the ethical way of life in the form of a parable.
Very important was his "Sermon on the Mount" in which he tells who are happy and blessed.
He also gave the people a standard prayer, the "Our Father".
In terms of content, that prayer is acceptable to all monotheists.
Perhaps most importantly, he did not want to change Jewish law,
but he just wanted to carry out the commandments very accurately.
Nevertheless, later, many scribes have misinterpreted his lessons, consciously or not.
Jesus as a miracle worker
Whenever Jesus performed a miracle, he clearly indicated,
that for this, he received the strength from his Heavenly Father.
Jesus as King of the Jews
Jesus was called King of the Jews. It means to me,
that he was the world champion righteous and pious.
So he was the great example that the Jews needed so much in his day.
During the biblical past, the spiritual quality of the Jewish people declined
from time to time such that the Eternal found it necessary to send a prophet to His people.
Then, that prophet could try to boost the spiritual level.
I see Jesus on a par with Moses, Isaiah and Mohammed.
Jesus, man or god?
In various places in the Old Testament, including the Ten Commandments,
can be read, that the Creator only and exclusively tolerates, that you may pray to Him,
to the only God who exists.
There is nothing wrong with admiring or respecting a fellow human being.
But people should not be glorified, because that is a form of idolatry.
How then can Christians pray to Jesus?
How can Roman Catholics pray to Mary and images of saints?
Those, who think carefully about this, will conclude that this is idolatry.
Some Christians defend this by stating that Jesus is an appearance of God.
I will show by purely biblical arguments that this is an incorrect assumption.
Nowhere in the Bible can be red, that Jesus is God.
Jesus himself never even says, that he is the messiah!
Nowhere in the Bible can be red, that Jesus already existed in the days of Adam and Eve.
Only John seems to suggest that.
Jesus prays regularly during his lifetime. He prays to God.
Then, could Jesus be God? Of course not! Nobody prays to himself!
Every time Jesus performes a miracle, he himself clearly indicates,
that he received this power for it from God, his heavenly Father.
Every time there is talk of a Father and a Son.
That only makes sense if that relationship really exists.
However, father and son are never one and the same being.
Just before Jesus dies on the cross, he asks the Eternal:
"God, for what reason have You forsaken me?"
This question alone excludes the possibility that Jesus would be God.
Trinity
In Christian doctrine the 'Three-in-one-principle' is called Trinity.
This concept is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.
Clearly, the Father is God, while The Son means Jesus.
It is less clear what is meant by the Holy Spirit and the Trinity.
In the foregoing section, it has been shown that "Jesus = God" must be a false conception,
thus the trinity is, in this sense, a nonsensical concept.
Jesus as Messiah?
If I had lived in the time of Jesus, I probably had a tendency to believe,
that Jesus was the expected Messiah. But after about two thousand years of experience
in history, I have to conclude, that a kingdom of peace has not yet been established
for a thousand years. Still worse, the clergy have been downright beasts in the past.
The Church became a gigantic tool for gaining raw power. Consider, for example, the
Inquisition.
God said "There is no savior besides Me!" This, too, is an indication that Jesus is
not the savior. Jews certainly don't need any other savior than God.
A Parable
If a pupil does some mischief in a classroom, he gets his reprimand or punishment and then,
case closed. However, if the student does not want to stand up for his actions and wants to hide
behind the back of a fellow student, then we find it despicable behavior and no doubt,
the teacher will try to correct this unwanted rascal. Then no longer it is about the
mischief itself, but about the cowardly and lying denial and concealment. This weighs
many times more!
Jesus as Savior?
The Christians believe that Jesus died for them on the cross to atone for their sins.
Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice, so to speak. Meanwhile, this has become the core idea
of Christianity: the 'Gospel' of Paul.
If we compare this with the previous paragraph and you agreed with the correcting teacher,
then you must come to the conclusion that Christians mean, that they can hide behind Jesus
as Messiah: for he was martyred as a sacrifice for their mistakes.
This is far from a good message as I feel it.
In fact, it is one of the morally worst things I can think of!
When you make a mistake, you should pay.
When I sin, I should be accountable and atone.
You shouldn't blame another! It's that simple.
Every day you can show your sincere regret to the Eternal One and you can beg
for forgiveness. In addition, for Jews, once a year, before and on the Day of Atonement,
there is opportunity to ponder all your sins, make amends with your fellow humans and
purify your relationship with the Eternal.
Three Gospels
Whoever reads the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke, he reads three Jewish books
about the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Those are not really Christian books!
Some people find these books anti-Semitic, especially John, but the verbal attacks
the ones done on Jews are aimed only and exclusively at apostate Jews.
Jesus lived one hundred percent Jewish, a rabbi (a teacher), a prophet.
He made a number of important statements.
The Sermon on the Mount
"Happy (or blessed) are they, who ..."
This is a wise lesson for any monotheist.
"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
In my opinion, the following explanation should be given:
"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
In my opinion the following explanation should be given:
"The Way" is the narrow path, your path of life, on which you have to walk
the way along the divine rules that make you see, what is good and what is bad.
The way of the righteous.
"the Truth" means that always, Jesus tells nothing but the truth.
"Life" is the way of life as God intended.
"No one comes to the Father except through me":
only if you try to imitate my exemplary way of life, you will come near God in due time.
That is my interpretation.
"I have fulfilled the law"
I think, it means, that Jesus had the opportunity to carry out all Jewish precepts at least once in his lifetime.
The Law
Jesus emphasizes that he does not change anything of the Jewish Law, nothing at all,
not a tittle or iota. On the contrary, he wants to accomplish all its rules completely
and he succeeded. This is how every monotheist should think and live.
Then you have a paradise on earth.