What's the proof? Where's the evidence? How? Why? To understand how to grasp religion, one needs to look at the idea of Jesus, God, and Heaven in a much more practical and real way. Not to be confused with a mathematical or scientific way, just different. In the Bible, Jesus is said to be 100% divine and 100% human.
Though math does not explain much when it comes to Christ, it does explain how this is impossible. If you are God, then you are God. There is nothing else to it. If a man can bring the dead back from life and turn water into wine, it would be hard to argue that he is human by any stretch. The message given to everyone with this small notion -- that Jesus is human and divine at the same time -- begs this notion: Humanity IS divine.
And from this we can also say that divinity is human. What you are thinking right now is correct. You are divine because you are human and you are human because you are divine. So now what? What are you supposed to do with this information? Well of course the answer is to become Jesus himself!
If you want to focus your new found Jesus abilities on water-walking and opening an extremely lucrative wine distribution chain (whenever you make divine wine, it comes out as a playful, delightfully acidic 2006 rosé from Martha's Vineyard), be my guest. In my opinion, this stuff is pretty tough.
The real way to become Jesus is by performing his other miracles such as eating with the sinners and tax collectors and sacrificing things for the people you love. This makes you as powerful as Jesus Christ himself. When you lend your most aggressive opposition a helping hand you are showing true humanity and true divinity.
Everyone on this planet could do at least a little bit more to be a better person. The better person that you could become if you were perfect, that is Jesus Christ. Free of sin and guilt and transcendent of mortal things such as poverty, death, and hate. Every day, when you work towards becoming more like Jesus, you are really just working towards being the most human, divine, and yourself version of yourself.
The most "you" version of you, so to speak. Is becoming Jesus as easy as being yourself? Indeed it is. With all the negativity in this world, that can be quite tough many times.
So was Jesus some guy who lived thousands of years ago who could perform outward miracles for all to see? It all does not matter. You are staring through the eyes of someone who could become Jesus-like if they tried. So on your final day on this planet, it will not be some paradise in the sky that you ascend to or fire and brimstone that lies beneath the earth.
These are merely images painted in the Bible to help represent the emotion you will feel upon leaving this earth. The person you have become will meet the person you could have become. In that moment, you will either live forever in eternal happiness because of your efforts to better yourself or you will see all of your lost potential and feel the eternal depths of despair.
Culled from Ezine articles. Written by Tim Woods
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