I have read many who regard Jesus as an equal with Jehovah, say that even while he was human, Jesus was GOD in physical person. That idea sounds absurd to me, but that's not the worst of it. Actually those same believers say that some things that happened to Jesus, some things that he said and did, were just like a human, and some others like GOD Himself.
But did someone who knew Jesus in person or someone who lived at that time think such things of him?
To understand biblical content as historical and real, I like to visualize myself at the time of the events I am reading about. If I had been a Jew in times when Jesus was a man and walked in the territory of Judea or Samaria ... would I have considered Jesus as GOD Himself? What did everyone who knew him comment about Jesus at that time What would I have heard if I had been there?
Let's get real and let's all stop fantasizing as if the gospels were some kind of legends or myths to be interpreted. The stories of the life of Jesus are narratives of real events, stories of a real man who spoke of God, who became a Jewish teacher of a group of Jews who considered him their Lord or Master ... Did they consider him as if he were GOD when they were following him?
But did someone who knew Jesus in person or someone who lived at that time think such things of him?
To understand biblical content as historical and real, I like to visualize myself at the time of the events I am reading about. If I had been a Jew in times when Jesus was a man and walked in the territory of Judea or Samaria ... would I have considered Jesus as GOD Himself? What did everyone who knew him comment about Jesus at that time What would I have heard if I had been there?
Let's get real and let's all stop fantasizing as if the gospels were some kind of legends or myths to be interpreted. The stories of the life of Jesus are narratives of real events, stories of a real man who spoke of God, who became a Jewish teacher of a group of Jews who considered him their Lord or Master ... Did they consider him as if he were GOD when they were following him?