Jesus was the son of God, and also stated that he was the avatar of God. He died to make sure that everyone was born without sin and therefore fully capable of going to heaven, right? So why would he need to sacrifice himself to himself, to change a rule he made himself?
2006-08-30 20:41:37 · 15 answers · asked by J L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think Jesus was a mortal man whose abnormal power of "preaching for believing" was misused by his mass of followers. I do believe in a higher power though, and that higher power gave us a brain which in turn gives you the ability to choose. Right or wrong, all problems are created by man, and unfortunately have to be dealt with by man. It's reality.
2006-08-30 20:58:28 · answer #1 · answered by myleskratzer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Avatar means "one who descends". The original God is the fountaihead of all avatars. They are countless like the waves of the ocean. There are different kinds of avatars. Some of them possess the opulences of God (including power) in full, some are endowed with part of His supreme qualities. This is according to time, place and circumstances and the particular mission of the avatar.
Jesus Christ is a particular avatar of God, known as shakti-avesha avatar. He is not directly God, but he is a living entity endowed with special power (shakti) by God to disseminate His teachings and save other conditioned souls by showing them the way to the God's kingdom. If we follow Jesus we will reacg God and His kingdom. We cannot reach God directly. We must surrender to Him via the medium of a true representative of His (which Jesus Christ really was). The problem is that there is hardly anyone who can connect us with Jesus right now, so the link is broken.
2006-08-31 03:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by aumklim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats very strange for me as well indeed.
I do not belive Jesus is son of God. God does not have sons or daughters. He made the rules and He did not break them.
Nobody can see and know how God looks like. So he never had any avatar or similarity of HIm
2006-08-31 03:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by Suomi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't change the "rules." What he changed was the covenant.
The Old Testament is the old covenant that God had with humanity. The New Testament is the new covenant.
A colloquial translation/understanding of "covenant" could be "agreement." In the Old Testament, God had one agreement with people, and in the New, he had a different one.
He didn't change any rules. He changed his relationship with people. He offered people a way to "access" him directly through Christ, whereas before people simply had to obey. With Christ, God offered the chance for us to come to know him personally. Without Christ, people could only know God through his law.
2006-08-31 04:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people have to have something or someone tangible, to represent the things they do not understand. Jesus, being the Son of God and the Son of Man bridged the gap that was normally set aside for the preistly class, so now you don't need a priest or Rabbi to go to God for you, you can go to God yourself.
2006-08-31 04:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by savvyd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you partly answered your question- Jesus Christ was crusified to expiate humans' sins:
Apostles' Creed
2.And in Jesus Christ (I believe), his only begotten Son, our Lord:
3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary:
4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried: He descended into hell:
5. The third day he rose again from the dead:
6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:
Matthew 1:20-22
20.But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21.She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
Acts 13:37-39
37.But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
38."Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Acts 2:37-39
37.When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
38.Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39.The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."
So now you see that God sent Jesus to preach, suffer and expiate our sins because God loves us. The countless human sins obviously could only be expiated by the blood of God's holly Son.
2006-08-31 04:31:24 · answer #6 · answered by sdagdasuhaerhtbe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only rules he changed was ceromonies and the sacrificial system fried, ie the sacrificing of lambs bullocks etc.
Jesus Christ had to have lived a sinless life, but he bore more temptations then any person alive. One of his gifts is he can bestow upon us sinless lives if we pray and want them.
2006-08-31 03:46:40 · answer #7 · answered by Sky_blue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God is limited by his followers. At the time they could not think of a better story for it.
2006-08-31 03:44:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
his rules were broken by free will man & free will satan which God create. so Jesus is His rescue plan.
2006-08-31 03:47:18 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he wasn't crucified
004.157
"That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
2006-08-31 03:48:34 · answer #10 · answered by Jamal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋