http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/12/29/yeshua/ Some place between 40 and Death Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:25:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/12/29/yeshua/#comment-1925 James Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:25:16 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/12/29/yeshua/#comment-1925 I liked your comments about Yeshua being human just like us. I think that's also a problem that I would have with Orthodoxy's depiction of him: that cold, vacant stair one sees in the Jesus Pantakrotar Icons. Jesus was just like us: his voice changed, hair grew on his back, he had sexual feelings, he thirsted, he hungered, he went to the bathroom, he was subject to the intellectual and cultural limitations of his day, he most likely struggled with his sense of vocation as we all do (hence gathsemene). Nevertheless, he knew that he was also God Incarnate (Immanuel) - the replacement of the temple and the key to understanding Torah - though not in the way you would know 2 + 2 = 4 but rather a way of knowing that you're loved. I believe (following Schweitzer and Wright) that he was a first century apocalyptic Jew who subverted the symbols of first century Judaism and called people to himself and away from the pharisaaic and temple priesthood way of being Israel, the people of God - which was probably why he was killed. I liked your comments about Yeshua being human just like us. I think that’s also a problem that I would have with Orthodoxy’s depiction of him: that cold, vacant stair one sees in the Jesus Pantakrotar Icons. Jesus was just like us: his voice changed, hair grew on his back, he had sexual feelings, he thirsted, he hungered, he went to the bathroom, he was subject to the intellectual and cultural limitations of his day, he most likely struggled with his sense of vocation as we all do (hence gathsemene). Nevertheless, he knew that he was also God Incarnate (Immanuel) - the replacement of the temple and the key to understanding Torah - though not in the way you would know 2 + 2 = 4 but rather a way of knowing that you’re loved. I believe (following Schweitzer and Wright) that he was a first century apocalyptic Jew who subverted the symbols of first century Judaism and called people to himself and away from the pharisaaic and temple priesthood way of being Israel, the people of God - which was probably why he was killed.

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