Jesus is Not the Property of Liberal Commentators

Catholic Answers ^ | November 6, 2014 | Trent Horn

[NYer]

Jesus is demanding that people pay more attention to what God actually said rather what some “important person” said about what God actually said. Often as not, he is challenging tradition that excused people from God’s clear command.

Let's take a look at your statement through the actual experience of one of the earliest christians.

By what principle ought one to read and interpret the Scriptures? It is a fact that a number of errors have had their origin in an inability to understand a sacred text in the right way.

For example, many Jews have not believed in our Savior, because they have been attached to the literal meaning of the prophecies made about him and have not sen them physically fulfilled. They have not seen the prisoners set free, (Isa. 61:1) nor the city of God built in the way they imagined it, (Ezek. 48) nor the chariot cut off from Ephraim, nor the warhorse from Jerusalem, (Zech. 9:10) nor butter and honey being eaten and the good chosen without prior knowledge of evil or preference for it (Isa. 7:15).

So then the reason for so many mistaken ideas about God consists solely in the inability to interpret Scripture in a spiritual sense. It has been taken in its literal sense only.

Those who receive the Word, even the most literal-minded, know that some truths revealed in the sacred Books are full of mysteries. Wise and humble people recognize that they cannot explain them. What do we say, for instance, about the prophecies? They are packed full of obscure words. And who has not been struck by the unspeakable mysteries contained in the revelation made to John?

The literal-minded person finds edification in the sacred Books. He finds the bare bones, so to say of the Scriptures. But the person who has made some progress attains to the soul of the Scriptures. The one who is perfect, then, discovers the spiritual law.

Origen, c. 185-254

[Coleus]

Alternet, you mean communist net.

from what I recall, Jesus was a small businessman, who worked until he had enough money saved so his mother would be taken care of, He didn’t have her resort to social security or had Her go on welfare. No social programs back then, everyone took care of themselves and families took care of each other.

He obeyed and preached that we obey the 10 commandments which would mean that we would believe in God, worship God on the sabbath and not kill especially the most vulnerable — the unborn and those sick and near death. To Honor your father (man) and your mother (woman) in the sacrament of marriage between one man and one woman. In Matthew, Jesus spoke about adultery and marriage between a man and a woman. Also, the respect of private property and property rights were paramount, so paramount there are 2 commandments about this.

Jesus was very conservative.