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Dr. Elaine Pagels, a Professor of Religion at Princeton University, wrote a book called The Origins of Satan. She wrote: “In the Hebrew Bible, as in mainstream Judaism to this day, Satan never appears as Western Christendom has come to know him, as the leader of an ‘evil empire,’ an army of hostile spirits who make war on God and humankind alike.” She further writes, “In biblical sources, the Hebrew term the satan describes an adversarial role. Although Hebrew storytellers as early as the sixth century B.C.E. occasionally introduced a supernatural character whom they called the satan, what they meant was any one of the angels sent by God for the specific purpose of blocking or obstructing human activity.” We know Creator has said that a literal “Satan” does not exist, but is rather more of a literary composite figure. We know the fallen Archangel Lucifer is often thought of as “Satan,” but if indeed they are synonymous, why wouldn’t Creator just say that Satan was simply another name for Lucifer? How much of the crucifixion narrative can be directly attributed to Lucifer himself? Or is he given too much credit and we need to look beyond Lucifer for the leaders of the ‘evil empire’ as Professor Pagels characterized the real adversary in the crucifixion narrative? What can Creator tell us?235 views0 answers0 votes
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Dr. Pagels wrote, “The stark events of Jesus’ life and death cannot be understood, he (the Gospel of Mark author) suggests, apart from the clash of supernatural forces that Mark sees being played out on earth in Jesus’ lifetime. Mark intends to tell the story of Jesus in terms of its hidden, deeper dynamics – to tell it, so to speak, from God’s point of view. What happened Mark says, is this: ‘Jesus of Nazareth, after his baptism, was coming out of the water of the Jordon River when “he saw the heavens torn apart and the spirit descending like a dove on him” and heard a voice speaking to him from heaven. God’s power anointed Jesus to challenge the forces of evil that now dominate the world, and drove him into direct conflict with those forces.'” Following the baptism, the mysterious narrative describes him immediately being “driven” into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan. Given that Creator has said Satan is a composite figure only, what REALLY took place in the desert during those forty days? How would Creator today characterize the adversary that Jesus struggled with and against, and what was the nature of that struggle? What can Creator tell us?115 views0 answers0 votes
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The widespread narrative is, of course, that the Romans crucified an innocent man. But innocent of what? Because, if anything, Jesus was extraordinarily politically incorrect. Dr. Pagels wrote, “The astonished crowds recognize that Jesus possesses a special authority, direct access to God’s power. … the scribes immediately took offense at what they considered his usurpation of divine authority. By pronouncing forgiveness, Jesus claims the right to speak for God – a claim that, Mark says, angers the scribes: ‘Why does this man speak this way? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone? Instead of fasting, like other devout Jews, Jesus ate and drank freely. And instead of scrupulously observing Sabbath laws, Jesus excused his disciples when they broke them. Claiming divine and royal power while simultaneously violating the purity laws, Jesus, at the beginning of his public activity, outrages virtually every party among his contemporaries, from the disciples of John the Baptist to the scribes and Pharisees.'” We are faced with the conundrum of Jesus “speaking truth to power.” The hazards of which are so visibly and starkly apparent from human history, that his eventual crucifixion was not only NOT a surprise but, in fact, an almost near certainty. Anyone wishing to follow his example and engage in speaking “truth to power,” as he did, is not likely to avoid a similar life-threatening fate. What lessons are we to best derive from this? What is Creator’s perspective?220 views0 answers0 votes
What was the interloper perspective on Jesus and his ministry prior to his crucifixion? Is it to be assumed, like so much of the workings of the divine, that the actual spiritual, energetic, and miraculous workings performed by Jesus during his ministry were largely shielded from extraterrestrial observation? Is it true that all they saw was the aftermath of the miracles and not their actual mechanics? What did they, in fact, observe, and what were their evaluation and analytic conclusions regarding them? Was he a conundrum to them or, in their arrogance, did they just dismiss him without looking deeper? Was their engineering his path to crucifixion done with more urgency and determination than applied to other human victims throughout history? Or did they consider him utterly unextraordinary and had him crucified simply because they love giving a comeuppance to any human who stands out without their assistance and approval? What can Creator tell us about the interloper perspective on Jesus, both then and now?270 views0 answers0 votes
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Since Jesus was “born without sin” or, as Creator has previously described it, “born with a reprieve” or disconnection from his own negative personal karmic legacy, can it be assumed that he therefore had full access to both his higher self (the “Christ self” perhaps) as well as his deep subconscious, both of which are largely cut off from direct interaction for most humans? Undergoing torture and crucifixion, as Jesus Christ did, would normally be EXTREMELY traumatic to both the incarnated consciousness as well as for the deep subconscious. Normally, it would be expected to have a catastrophic impact on the overall vibration of the being and, in fact, probably ensure, in most cases, that the soul would find itself stuck in limbo and needing a Spirit Rescue as a result. Yet, he rose from the dead in physical form and eventually ascended to heaven. His death is widely considered a victory over evil, but it’s hard to claim victory if you simply become more traumatized and limited than before. So just HOW did Jesus “beat the odds” and overcome the well-known traumatic hazards of such a cruel death as he endured? What can Creator tell us?218 views0 answers0 votes
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