"the voice of the Lord came unto him" - Christianity: a Religion based on Immortality

 

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Christianity: a Religion based on Immortality

One of the most mysterious episodes described in the Gospels is the part on transfiguration of Christ Jesus in a mountain:  

Matthew 17, King James Version
17 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

As it is unthinkable that the Gospels include lies about Christ Jesus, since if there are any lies, Christianity itself should be doubted, any episodes should be interpreted as true actually, virtually, psychologically or subjectively for the followers of Christ Jesus, or otherwise miraculously.  The above episode should be true from a point of spiritual view.

Peter, James, and John must have opened their spiritual eyes to see the spirits of Moses and Elias that talked with Christ Jesus who had the spiritual ability to make communications with spiritual entities.  Christ Jesus must have evoked the spirits of Moses and Elias, and He also gave the spiritual ability to Peter, James, and John. so that they could see those spirits.

Because there were no others than Peter, James, and John at that time, this episode must be told to Gospel authors by one of them.  Therefore, they must have been confident that Christ Jesus could continue to live as a spirit in the spirit world like Moses and Elias even if He had been died or killed.            

In this context, it is no wonder that early Christians in the Roman Empire were not afraid of their death, since they must have known that they could live in the spirit world even if they had been killed.  This confidence gave extraordinary strength to them, and other people in the Empire must have been impressed with their strength in belief, so that many of them came to believe in Christianity.   

In other words, Christianity is a teaching or a religion based on immortality of human souls and spirits. 

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Acts 7, King James Version

29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.