I’m dictating this so I hope autocorrect behaves itself! I also know that you know that any response that I make is not intended to be in your face or anything like that. But this is not a portrayal of Jesus. It is a deception. Jesus was a man but he was different from other men. He did not need to send out flyers and have his apostles tack up posters asking for people to come to the sermon on the mount. He did not make the kind of mistake I saw in one snippet where he told his disciples to meet him one place then forgot where it was and wound up in another place without them. The Jesus we see in the chosen is not Jesus as he is portrayed in scripture. If we get nothing else right, let’s get that right. Having said all this, I was influenced as a very young woman by godspell. So I know the Lord can even use a talking donkey to bring people to himself. But this Jesus that I am seeing on the screen is a deception, is a bumbling fool who must ask for help, and I am offended. Very offended. Again please know this is not directed at anyone who is posted anything, and of course I respect the opinions of others. But I am offended on the Lord’s behalf.
I was appalled to see a scene where Jesus is rehearsing the sermon on the mount. I mean, really? The man who told his disciples when they bring you before magistrates and authorities do not worry about what you will say because the holy spirit will give you the words?