More on Divinity

September 5, 2010
Hey guys! Hope you are enjoying the weekend. From the reading (Now/Then 13-14) I got interested in the trinity. I decided to do some extra reading and came across some interesting discussions I thought I’d share.
1. “The doctrine of the Trinity- one God in a real relationship of real persons- is not something that can be comprehended by human reason. It is not a teaching that could ever have been invented by people at all. Rather, for this teaching we are entirely dependent upon special revelation- God’s Word- which clearly proclaims Jesus as having been with the Father- “in [His] own presence- before the world existed.” (http://moderndaymagi.blogspot.com/2006/04/trinity-false-polytheism-or-correct.html)
2. Regarding the Trinity; “One can quote scripture to support either position. One must understand that the Trinity is not self- evident and is a theology developed by man. The Trinity does not exist in the Hebrew Scriptures, however, it does exist in Hinduism.In the Hebrew scriptures, Israel is considered the Son of God or sons of God. Being called a son of God in the Hebrew scriptures does not make one divine, but only signifies the special relationship between God and Israel. God in flesh is a foreign concept in both Judaism and Islam. However, we see plenty examples of this in Greek and Roman mythologies which later Christianity borrowed heavily from.”
3. The concept of the messiah was firmly established in the minds of the Jewish people of that period. The messiah (the Hebrew mashiach) means the anointed one. This term traditionally was applied to the kings of Israel. However, the messiah who was expected to come and was waited impatiently in some circles of the Jewish people, was not supposed to be divine. He was expected to be a human being sent by God, not a god. http://onhotitems.blogspot.com/#29
These 3 things are interesting and I hope they make us think about how Jesus was perceived.I’ve often wondered about the idea of a messiah. I always thought of a messiah as being a ball breaking rebel that would overthrow the government and establish a new order.  Jesus didn’t do that. Jesus claiming to be or rumored to be divine would have been a big problem for the Jews of the day… well, obviously, considering how he died…
Any-who I think its interesting to learn how other people may have perceived Jesus and to continue to look at how is Jesus divine! Happy blogging!
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