I have a question about the Bible that no man or woman preacher in any Christian belief has been able to answer.
The very last words Jesus spoke before his death confuse me.
Did he not know he was to die to bring salvation to mankind.?
"It is finished." Kind of seems like He knew what He was saying...
Also the Trinity that came about 1,000 or so years after his death bothers me.
I was raised in a mono theistic faith, One GOD, yet as a child the trinity bothered me.
Jesus said that He and the Father were One, and He sent the Holy Spirit (the Helper) right after His ascension. What 1000 years are you talking about?
There were parts of the Bible that made me wonder, when Mary had to hot foot it up a freakin mountain to find her son who was suppose to be helping Joseph and on finding him sitting mediating on whatever, she asked why he was not helping his father. He Replied he was talking to his real father. A real slap in the face for her.
Firstly, He was in a temple, not on top of a mountain, and secondly, they were traveling, nothing about Him being "supposed to help Joseph," they'd just assumed He was with another group, and thirdly Mary knew Who His Father was...she was there, remember?
Another that I do not understand is when his brothers and sisters came running home to tell Mary and Joseph that their brother had gone crazy and to come and get him. His siblings did not understand him or his actions, so Mary never told them that their brother was special??
Exactly where in the Bible is this little gem?
To believe the Christmas story one has to believe that both Mary and Joseph walked away with great riches from the 3 wise men and knew what they were getting into raising this child.
Probably a great help to a young couple that had to move into and out of Egypt in the next few years, huh?
Jesus was a Jew as were his parents, he was no weak sister as he showed when he became outraged and threw out the money changers in the Temple.
I hate the paintings of him that depict a Wuss, he had to have been one strong and big man.
Also wise about his enemy's that tried to entrap him.
He was also a realist when he told Mary Magdalene there would allways be the poor.
Kind of sad when he asked one of his followers just who had touched his cloak as he felt the power drain from him.
Jesus was half human it is is told, so I look at the human aspect of him as the other half I cannot imagine.
Jesus IS fully human, and also fully God. There is no half and half. Nor is there a "was." He is alive, you know?
Have faith I was told, do not question just believe what I was told, try to believe all the different Christian segments.
Well, if you're having trouble with your faith, perhaps you need to spend some time studying the facts...read some commentaries...read CS Lewis...read Josh McDowell. There is a lot more foundation to our beliefs than "take it on faith."
When I am told that Jesus was God himself, I keep going back to his last words as he suffered on the cross.
It is finished...
Then the lost years, where was he, what kind of life was he leading, had he traveled allot to study other beliefs and cultures.?
A single man from 2000 years ago who when told there were others preaching the same as himself told his followers to pay heed.
Got to be a good reason why he is called Jesus of Nazareth , the name may have been so common that in order to separate him from others with the same name, the Nazareth was tacked on to denote him from the others.
Lets see, maybe it has something to do with Him coming from Nazareth...and the prophesy that He would?
Lots of questions for me in my long so life, few if any want to answer or even think about any explanation for any of this great Mystery from the past.
As I said, there is a lot less Mystery than you're making out. Seriously, if you haven't managed to get your answers directly from the Scriptures, there are a ton of books out there that explain the culture of His days on Earth and the evidence that supports the Scripture. Look for "Christian apologetics" for a quick start.
I don't know where you "learned" the things you're asking about, but a lot of it is just plain wrong.