What Took Jesus So Long?

[Beta Ray Bill]

I recently read an analysis of the New Testament that pointed out something I'd never really thought of before.

According to the Gospels, Jesus started spreading his word when he was 30, then walked around performing miracles for just a little while before he died.

My question is: Why did he wait until he was 30? Life expectancy back then was about 40. If he was God reborn in human form, wouldn't he have been prepared to spread the word at like 18 or 20? I know there's that one note about him as a child at the temple, but after that, what took him so long to get going again? Did it take the baptism by John to encourage him?

Maybe he needed some age to be respected, I don't know. It just seems weird that an omniscient being would wait so long.

[Zazzy]

Well, I didn't start making art until I was in my 30s, because I always thought I'd be really bad at it and had no confidence. And then it turned out I actually like my own art and I was just being silly. Maybe Jesus always WANTED to do miracles, but he was afraid they'd be bad miracles, or that they'd backfire (oops- water into NAPALM!). Maybe he just needed the confidence that comes with maturity. Maybe you could stop being so judgmental, since he eventually did overcome whatever hurdles life threw at him and found his niche. I mean, are you going to tell me you could do all the things you can do now when you were a teenager? Harsh, Bill. Really harsh.

[freedomfromforum]

Silly. His time had not yet come, don't ya know?
Prophecy and all that jazz. Gotta re-make the
story to fit the timeline or else there is no god.
Shhhhh... Don't tell.

[Minimalist]

Maybe he was in the slow-learner class?

[Zazzy]

Maybe he was in the slow-learner class?

Not that we would judge that. It's perfectly OK to need a little extra time.

[Captain Colostomy]

He hopped a red eye to Calcutta and studied yoga. Duh.

Nah...since he was made up, the authors gave him street cred by giving him the benefit of age. (Age=wisdom).

[Sword of Christ]

There is a gap of about 18 years before he began his ministry but he only became "fully charged" after his baptism by St John the Baptist when he had the vision of the Holy Spirit descending upon him in the river Jordan. At that point he knew what his mission was. My guess is spent some time travelling around or was part of some kind of monastic community as people asked if he was "Josephs son" as though they hadn't seen him in some years. There accounts that he spent time in his youth in Cornwall or India but I'd take that with a pinch of salt.

[freedomfromforum]

There is a gap of about 18 years before he began his ministry but he only became "fully charged" after his baptism by St John the Baptist when he had the vision of the Holy Spirit descending upon him in the river Jordan.

So I guess the entire virgin birth thing
was nothing special? Oh yeah, and the
part about Jesus™ being fully god
from birth must also not be a big deal?
You christians don't even believe your
own crap and yet you come on here
and speak lies and fantasy as if they
are truth. @SoC, do you have a bank
account? If so then why, may I ask, are
you storing up for yourself treasures on
earth? Until christians fulfill their own
BS religious faith requirements they have
no right to ask me to have faith. Now please,
I've suffered you long enough. Kindly crawl
under a rock (Jesus™ maybe) and DIE!

[Beta Ray Bill]

Well, I didn't start making art until I was in my 30s, because I always thought I'd be really bad at it and had no confidence. And then it turned out I actually like my own art and I was just being silly. Maybe Jesus always WANTED to do miracles, but he was afraid they'd be bad miracles, or that they'd backfire (oops- water into NAPALM!). Maybe he just needed the confidence that comes with maturity. Maybe you could stop being so judgmental, since he eventually did overcome whatever hurdles life threw at him and found his niche. I mean, are you going to tell me you could do all the things you can do now when you were a teenager? Harsh, Bill. Really harsh.

You're being sarcastic, right? I didn't think that was a bad question. No blasphemy intended. Just curious about a strange "fact."

[Minimalist]

Maybe he was in the slow-learner class?

Not that we would judge that. It's perfectly OK to need a little extra time.

Um....not for a "god," Zaz.