2007-12-11 13:30:23 · 18 answers · asked by Orpheus Rising 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. Yes he is.
And God had Jesus' account suspended.
2007-12-11 14:13:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on your flavour of Christianity or Abrahamic religion.
To certain Christian sects, Jesus was either Jehovah in human form, the mortal son of Jehovah who was given a lot of cool powers (which, in the realm of acts attributed to Divine beings, amounts to little more than parlour tricks) and ascended bodily into Heaven, one way or another (see "Gnostic" and other apocryphal texts for other versions of the death of Christ, including "Jesus, the ***-hole who let some other dude get crucified in his place"), *or* the partially or wholly-divine son of a singular almighty divine God.
To some Jewish people, Jesus was a sage, just not the messiah, and hardly the son of God.
To Muslims, Jesus was a previous prophet that Christians later deified for political reasons, and this went on long enough that people actually believed it. In fact, when seeking out archaeological and historical evidence of Jesus, the proof says that Christians are probably wrong. There is no known surviving record of the arrest of any man named Yeshuah (the original Hebrew form of "Jesus") whose arrest, trial, and sentence fits that described in the Christian Bible.
But that's hardly going to stop anybody from believing he/He really did live and die in the manner described in the canonical gospels. And that's hardly reason to stop believing in them or seeking wisdom in them. There's only so-so evidence of the Trojan War as described by the Homeric texts, and none at all of a Biotic Greek prince named Narkissos who was last seem enrapt by his own reflection, but there is wisdom to be seen in any religion's mythos.
2007-12-12 00:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Ruadhán J McElroy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Hebrews 1 says:
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
Question - is your avatar the radiance of your glory, and the exact imprint of your nature? Probably not, you may get some idea of a person's nature by looking at their avatar, but for most people it wouldn't be true. (look at mine. i neither scuba dive nor own zebra, nor work in a hospital)
The Bible tells us that Jesus is the radiance of God's glory and the exact imprint or representation of God's nature, so in one sense he is the perfect avatar for God because he is fully representative of God and his nature, but in another sense, an avatar is certainly not what you should call him - given that Jesus "upholds the universe by the word of his power!"
2007-12-11 13:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by Gruntled Employee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Eh, not exactly. Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are considered three forms that are one in the same. One form is not an incarnation of the other. They are as seperate as they are one. It is a difficult concept to grasp, and Christians will accept and believe it as truth since it is stated in the Bible, but truly understanding it would mean that you are God, and no one is.
2007-12-11 13:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by Rosie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is, in many respects. Jesus the man was basically God's mortal vessel. I don't know why this is receiving so many objections (probably using another interpretation of the word "avatar"...hmm).
2007-12-11 13:36:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My son will be God's avatar. But, jesus was one too. I've met him, he's a nice enough fellow.
2007-12-12 00:49:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
...Jesus of Nazareth is a real, historical character, not some cartoon as you suggest, and this is no joking matter; your eternity depends on Him.
...Jesus is witnessed by secular historians of His day, by the Bible, and millions of converted people that He has saved and changed down through the ages.
...He made some very unique claims about Himself; He claimed to be God and the only way to God. He is either a liar, a lunatic, a legend, or else He is the Lord, like He said.
...You must decide - and to not make a decision for Him is to vote against Him.
...Call on Him while you still have time; believe on Him and be saved.
...Whosoever will, may come.
2007-12-11 13:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by carson123 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Aren't we all God's avatars?
2007-12-11 13:36:43 · answer #8 · answered by Quimby 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Not really,God and Christ is one in the spirit,we are more like his avatar.
2007-12-11 13:33:28 · answer #9 · answered by EZnetown 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Good point. Yes. It would be great if Christians thought of him in this way.
2007-12-12 13:38:16 · answer #10 · answered by MysticMaze 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋