Monday, April 02, 2007

Jesus' Mission after the Resurrection

Jesus' Mission after the Resurrection



Why didn't Jesus Christ continue his mission after the "Resurrection?"

It is because He had already confronted directly with the Roman Empire.

If he had continued His mission in the way He had done until crucifixion, the then Israelite high-priests would have completely lost their holy authenticity, but the pagan Roman troops would have again attacked Jesus Christ and His followers with more violence, this time, to mutilate the body of Jesus Christ or burn His body in order to prevent another "Resurrection."

It tells who really killed Jesus Christ, probably, with intent to prevent another "War against Cleopatra," and who just secondary opponents to Jesus Christ were that were vying for religious hegemony under occupation by the Roam Empire.

To avoid an all-out war with the Roman Governor, his troops, and ultimately the Roman Empire and thus save lives of His followers, Jesus Christ after the "Resurrection" left Palestine heading for the Arab land and Persia, not as the Son of God but as a God's Messenger to future Muslims, with confidence in his achievement so far done among Israelites, in my interpretation.
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Now, again, Development of Underlying Spiritual Events of Mankind:

GOD
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Abraham (around 1900 B.C.)
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Moses (around 1200 B.C.)
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JUDAISM (around 500 B.C.)
Brahmanism Enlightened (around 500 B.C.)
Buddha (around 500 B.C.)
Confucius (around 500 B.C.)
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CHRISTIANITY (around A.D. 100)
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ISLAM (around 700)
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Japanese Buddhism Enlightened (around 1300)
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American Denominations Expanded (around 1900)
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The 21st Century: The Present Day
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Every 600 years or 700 years, God has interfered with mankind to develop its spiritual world for driving the history.

But you may wonder why it is around A.D. 100 that Christianity was established as it is around A.D. 30 that Jesus Christ preached and resurrected.

It is believed that the Gospels (Matthew, Luke, and Marco as well as John) were written by A.D. 90 and the whole New Testament was started to be compiled from A.D. 150.

It should be also noted that the first Jewish-Roman War ended in A.D. 74 and the Second Jewish-Roman War ended in A.D. 135.

Therefore, around A.D. 100, the separation of Christianity seems to have started.
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Then what was the "Resurrection" of Jesus Christ for Christianity? Didn't the "Resurrection" set off a new religion?

But, a more meaningful question is why Jesus Christ did not continue His mission after the "Resurrection" so as to firmly establish a new religion called Christianity.

(If he had done so, Israelite high-priests then would be brought to unrecoverable shame; but those priests were not His main enemies; besides they were the Israelites as His followers were.)

In summary, as Jesus Christ knew that Israelites would fight an all-out war with the Roman Empire sooner or later, He showed, as a matter of highest priority, an example Israelites should have followed: acceptance of crucifixion but later resurrection.

Its message is: "Avoid a war and then Israelites will get independence someday and continue to stay in Palestine for 2000 years and more."

But, as we saw in the explanation for the spiritual chronological table, Israelites fought the first and second Jewish-Roman Wars, neglecting teaching and warning by Jesus Christ and eventually losing Palestine for almost 2000 years while losing a tie with followers of Jesus Christ decisively.

As for the matter of secondary priority, that is, establishment of a new religion, the separation of His followers from Israelites seems not to have been clearly planned by Jesus Christ, but He did not in fact interfere with the movement.
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If you cannot project your existence onto the 4000-year human history, money would be your only master, which would make you completely a clown or a lunatic ultimately.

You must learn the human spiritual history so as to stay in a realm of mankind.

(What I mind is your spiritual state but not financial state.

If EEE-Reports do not improve your spiritual state, they are of no use, to my chagrin, for the Kingdom of God.)



"FOR THEY ARE COMPLETELY IGNORANT AND STUBBORN"