Why Jesus the Christ?
Why Jesus the Christ? There
is a claim of many who have called themselves the messiah or a messiah in ages
past. How many of these who made this
claim or the claim was made by others on their behalf, actually came and in
their own words stated that they were willing to give up their life for
humanity?
People go to a church and yet there are many who complain
about religion, some claim to worship Jesus Christ and yet hate others who are
also worshipping Jesus the Christ, many preach in his name and then prophecy
against another saying things that they cannot prove and yet call themselves
Christian, it seems the more outrageous the prophecy the more people there are
to believe it.
So why Jesus the Christ? So many lies are told in His name
that it defies reason and yet the lies keep coming, the liars keep prospering,
are the people really this misled or is everyone just simply so full of hate
and stupidity that they simply will never hear the truth because it will
disturb their state of superiority and hatred of others?
Is any of this from Jesus the Christ? No, none of it is. Why did
Jesus come when he did anyway? Weren’t the Jews going along just fine with
their animal sacrifices? What did Jesus get so angry with them about? He was
angry with the corruption that was contained within the temple worship. Didn’t
Jesus tell those of the law and the temple that they twisted the law for their
own purpose while denying the people access to heaven?
Listen, the temple was soon to be gone, the Jews did not know
this but Almighty God did, the law stated that there could only be sacrifices
performed in the temple, so without the temple where would the Jews perform
their sacrifices and how would they do this? They can’t, not according to the
Law of Moses, Jesus came and preached and those who believed him would come to
see him as the final sacrifice and through him they would know that there was
salvation in Almighty God through the sacrifice given by Jesus Christ and the
temple destruction was not an issue.
Once the temple was destroyed the Jews had to come up with an
alternative to the temple and the fact that there were no longer the sacrifices
and the worship, still many refused to accept Jesus Christ, instead they have
developed an alternative solution, that is; prayer, the study of the Torah or
Law and performing acts of kindness or showing the love of God. There is
nothing inherently wrong with these things but they are still not Jesus the
Christ.
Christians see Jesus the Christ as the living law, the temple
of old is gone, the old sacrificial system is gone, Jesus as the final
sacrifice is the living law, He is the Word of God, through Him, the Word, the
Living Law; is found salvation. What has changed?
It is still the law that saves only it is not the written law
that was hard to comply to but the living law which intercedes for us in our weakness;
it came in the form of a man and yet is still the law.
This is why Jesus the Christ and none other, no one else
fulfilled the law, no one else willingly died for mankind so that we might have
eternal life, only Jesus the Christ. There is no other name under heaven that
man can be saved by. No one else is the Living Law.
Sadly the church is full of corruption, riches, abuse of power
and authority. These things must be removed; it’s as simple as that, the abuse
is not from Jesus Christ but from those in authority, the church today does not
seem to differ much from the temple during the time of Jesus walking on the
earth.
There is nothing wrong with having authority, do not take my
words out of context or meaning, it is the abuse of authority and the abuse of the
riches which is the sin, this is the sin of the Pharisees and the Sadducees,
this is the sin of the church today.
The sin of the people is that they do not pray, the people
are complacent; most just simply do not seem to care. A life of prayer needs to
become a way of life for everyone; the world is on a path of self destruction
and the church through its abuse is right along with it, do not think that when
I say that the church is abusive that I meant it only for those in authority, I
mean it for all who are members of the church, gossip, hate mongering, prophecies
against one another, all of these things are abuse and all who participate will
suffer. There will be no exceptions.
May you all be blessed and come to a better understanding of
what it is to be Christian, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost. Amen.
In Christ,Monk Michael
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