The pope has a new book, Jesus of Nazareth, which is basically a reflection on the Christ of the Gospels. He exhibits some mild disdain for the biblical scholars. He says that he simply trusts that the Gospels tell us about Jesus. A crucial point in his thinking is that the Jesus of the Gospels in not a liberal rabbi, nor a prophet, not even a new Moses but the Lord himself, and that any Jew who encountered him was forced at some point or another to choose between “the eternal Israel” and Jesus. We also have to make this choice, and it is a hard one do do.
Some are good, some not so good. IMO, the good ones force others to think, while the not so good ones try to provide all of the answers.
He says that he simply trusts that the Gospels tell us about Jesus.
That is a powerful message!
A crucial point in his thinking is that the Jesus of the Gospels in not a liberal rabbi, nor a prophet, not even a new Moses but the Lord himself, and that any Jew who encountered him was forced at some point or another to choose between “the eternal Israel” and Jesus. We also have to make this choice, and it is a hard one do do.
Utopianism is an easy trap to fall into. We get impatient & in our hubris, we think we can do it ourselves. We can't. We need Him!