Posted on 12/24/2022 1:26:37 PM PST by Olog-hai
The disciples had sponsors.
Please define that phrase.
He makes proclamations from an estate filled with millions of dollars of treasures.
King James Bible says they traveled to Bethlehem to pay taxes...
Well, assuming that to be the case, that is.
That would make everyone in Judaea homeless though, having to have been uprooted to register in one’s birth town.
A pregnant underage girl? Mary would have been taken by CPS and placed in a foster home, Jesus would have had his spinal cord snipped during a partial birth abortion, and St. Joseph arrested and taken to jail.
Says a megalomaniacal Marxist!
This isn’t going to set with with Pelosi.
OTHER FALSE NARRITVES...
Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were not homeless.
The Wisemmen were not at the Manger. They finally arrived two years later to fulfill the prophesy concerning Herod ordering the slaughter of babies two years and younger.
Jesus may have been middle class- BUT- He and God chose many very very rich people to represent God- All this preaching against riches just sounds like jealousy and self righteousness- God’s word even talks about working hard and prospering as a result and reward for the hard work- The trick is to not allow it to rule oneself- don’t allow $$ to become a false god
I agree - the wise men were the ancestors of those who had studied under Daniel in Babylon - and they had kept track of the prophesies as recorded in the Book of Daniel. Over the years they new the record, therefore they KNEW when the Messiah was to be born and showed up to worship him. And they brought gifts suitable for burial - they understood why he had born. Which was more than could be said for the “wise men” in Jerusalem.
Are you serious? What about Jesus as the ruler of the Universe do you not understand? HE is the Light of the world.
I’ll see what I can find as well but in the bible it talks about the travels of the Magi getting Herod’s attention and one of the things the paper talked about was that the Jews and Magi had butted heads in the past and it was more likely the Magi were a well armed, group of travelers, not three guys roaming the desert.
Yeah.
I am.
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