(September 25, 2017 at 4:21 pm)Lek Wrote: I'll finish by saying that as an American I observe that the christian church in America has in large part strayed from the church that Christ founded and is in need of reform. But it seems that as church congregations shrink, those left behind are the true believers that are going to bring the church back to its roots and the world will again see God through them. To that end, I intend to use the time that I would have spent in this forum to do God's work for the people around me. Maybe they'll see God at work, and if thy ask me about him then I'll tell them about him.
Jesus did not found a church; you need to get over that. He was a Jewish apocalyptic preacher who was born in northern Galilee who preached the end of the World, and with it, the end of Roman occupation. He was 100% Jewish, and his message was 100% Jewish. He did not believe himself to be divine, let alone God, or the son of god, nor did he perform any miracles, and no one even claimed that on his behalf. Eventually, some of his followers convinced him to take his message to Jerusalem. After arriving, an altercation happened in the Temple and Jesus was arrested. The Romans interrogated him and after a brief consultation with the Jewish authorities (Roman federalism), the Romans executed Jesus, burying his body in a mass grave.
