Just a man talking about his life.Suppose your uncle or your father were sitting around the living room talking about his life. The AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JESUS CHRIST is something like that. So it's not a comedy, but at the same time Jesus may occasionally say something that strikes you as funny.Just a man talking about his life.Beginning with Jesus' early life in Nazareth, mov
Just a man talking about his life.Suppose your uncle or your father were sitting around the living room talking about his life. The AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JESUS CHRIST is something like that. So it's not a comedy, but at the same time Jesus may occasionally say something that strikes you as funny.Just a man talking about his life.Beginning with Jesus' early life in Nazareth, moving through the Missing Years in a Roman Empire of open borders, pursuing the well-known story of Jesus' Ministry, and ending as always, in Jesus' passion on the Cross, Neil Elliott's long interview with the leading historical figure of the last 2,000 years presents us with a personal story unmatched in human history. He left the world as a homeless mendicant at the mercy of the world's greatest Empire. And yet within 300 years he would be worshipped by most of the citizens of that Empire. His life is contained in history and yet contains it.
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Interesting "autobiography" of Jesus. Although much of this story is biblical based, some of it I can't believe. He says he is blond with blue eyes. I don't believe that. When he started his ministry and someone asks "are you really Joseph's son?", he explains that. Apparently he left Nazareth to work for his uncle in the export business which took him to Greece, where he saw the oracle, and to Britain where he married a Druid priest's daughter (she later died), and to Rome where he was conscrip
Interesting "autobiography" of Jesus. Although much of this story is biblical based, some of it I can't believe. He says he is blond with blue eyes. I don't believe that. When he started his ministry and someone asks "are you really Joseph's son?", he explains that. Apparently he left Nazareth to work for his uncle in the export business which took him to Greece, where he saw the oracle, and to Britain where he married a Druid priest's daughter (she later died), and to Rome where he was conscripted to become a Legionnaire. He decided he couldn't kill so he left (AWOL) the army to return to Palestine. I didn't buy any of this either.
The stories of his teachings and his death were fairly accurate according to what I have learned of the Bible. There were bits & pieces that made me think twice.
Chapter 39 in its entirety:
"You have come to me seeking a miracle.
You have come to me seeking a sign.
You are the miracle.
You are the sign.
Think about it."
The bottom line or morale to this story is that life has meaning. Pursue it. Find it. You will find inner peace.
Finished! Absolutely enjoyed this book! It fits right in on a lot of my beliefs - Jesus was a man first and we are all sons and daughters of God! He says in the book: You have come to me seeking a miracle. You have come to me seeking a sign. YOU are the miracle. YOU are the sign. Think about it! For me in my life this is so true! Jesus is the WAY, like a road to be followed, not to stand back and admire. He was put here to teach us how to take care of ourselves and brought us closer to morals! T
Finished! Absolutely enjoyed this book! It fits right in on a lot of my beliefs - Jesus was a man first and we are all sons and daughters of God! He says in the book: You have come to me seeking a miracle. You have come to me seeking a sign. YOU are the miracle. YOU are the sign. Think about it! For me in my life this is so true! Jesus is the WAY, like a road to be followed, not to stand back and admire. He was put here to teach us how to take care of ourselves and brought us closer to morals! This book humanized the legend. It gave me a much better understanding of how the people in that time lived. Everything in this book is plausable. All you need do is open your mind - one reviewer said Jesus never married and would certainly never marry a pagan. This book says "why not?" I agree. He was a man first. Being Pagan was the "religion" of the time and is making a come back. She was free spirited and fiery why wouldn't Jesus be attracted to her plus Jesus always loved most people that needed guidance and structure. I thought, he's a man, why couldn't a man fall in love and want to be married. This is the authors reason for Jesus' missing 12 years - other people have Jesus in a Buddhist Monestary - we will never really know. But go back to the beginning YOU are the miracle, YOU are the sign. Yes we are! We each walk our own path to our own salvation. You are the one making the choice, the decision you can't keep blaming Jesus for them! He was put here to teach us, to show us the way, not to be a scapegoat. Sorry rambling - but wow this really opened up my feelings. Recommend this read to anyone wanting to know and understand what life was really like during the time and Jesus. Thanks Neil!!
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An interesting premise and approach to this topic. Setting aside the controversy that has greeted this book and its somewhat secular take, I simply found it boring. The writing is verbose and interminable. Bluntly, if Jesus Christ were to have sat around talking like this he wouldn't have had a single follower, they'd have all done whatever they could to avoid spending time with him. I managed about 1/3 of the book before simply giving up.