If someone claimed to be the Son of God today…

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If someone claimed today all the things that Jesus did/said, would you believe them?

Curious about how people would respond in today’s world.

More like 'thrown into the lake of fire' and 'eternal separation from God' type of death. I think a lot worse than just the nothingness some folks think happens when you die. Oh I think hellfire and damnation is all too real.

They would probably get their own reality show

Sounds like it’s all bit of lottery, with lots of people hoping they have the right numbers.

Really? What bible were you reading? Was it about Jesus?

That reminds me of the short horror story The Lottery.

That is an excellent story, to be fair...

“Are they incapable of thinking, too lazy to think, afraid to think? Were the vast majority of people one or several of these things or something else. I'm genuinely curious”.

You doing it again, with putting those words into people’s mouths, attributing notions that they did not utter or even suggest.

The usual Bible! I prefer the ESV but also like the NKJV.

See Revelation 19:20, Rev 20:10, Rev 20:14, Rev 20:15, Rev 21:8.

Also refered to by Jesus in Matthew 13:42, Matt 18:8, Matt 25:41, Mark 9:47-48

There's more but that gives you the gist of it.

The problem I have with these verses is that, according to the Gospels, the only people who were there were the Sanhedrin and Jesus. Jesus was executed the next day and the Jewish leaders presumably weren't available for interviews later by his followers who wanted to know what had happened.

There is no way that we can know what actually happened at this hearing.

The actual claim of blasphemy is also confusing. From a Jewish point of view at that time, claiming to be a (the) Messiah was not a blasphemy - there were plenty of others claiming to be the same thing.

Russell Brand is gearing up to claim it any day, I'm sure of it. Bloody awful grifter.

Google AI saved me a bit of time! There are other occasions in the gospels.

John 10:30: "I and the Father are one"
John 8:58: "Very truly I tell you, . . . before Abraham was born, I am!"
John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God"
Matthew 25:31-46: Claims the authority to judge the nations
John 5:25-29: Claims the authority to raise people from the dead
Mark 2:5-7: Claims the authority to forgive sins
John 14:13-14: Claims the power to answer prayers
Matthew 28:20: Claims to be with His followers always
John 16:15: Says, “All that belongs to the Father is mine”
John 4:25–26: Declares, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he”

Sorry, which book of the bible mentions social media? 🤔

So, why did people need to spread Gods word if he was knew everywhere?

I worked as a psychiatric nurse and have met the son of God quite a few times, so would assume they were schizophrenic. I long to see a real alien though.

If God was known everywhere? He wasn't though. Jesus was born into the Jewish community, so the word had to spread from there. Other peoples worshipped all sorts of pagan gods back then. They didn't know the God of Israel (who is also now the Christian God). Not only that, the Jews didn't recognise Jesus for who He was - the Messiah. The Good News had to be spread by word of mouth to other people and countries, which is what has happened over time.

Ah but God knew

Sorry I'm not following? God knew what?

You said" this way, faith in a said religion, is not an informed choice, you just find your self in it, and because it’s never usually questioned, you believe what whatever others tell you is the truth, and most people just accept that, without really thinking about it "

Ok tell me what you meant please, especially"most people accept that, without really thinking about it"

Well thats what i am asking? What did he know? It seems like he didn't know much at all.

I don't get it either, sorry. What did God not know?

This just reminded me of when I was in school, a long time ago.. we went on a school trip.. and went to kind of a court room where we were either the defense or the prosecution for Jesus Christ! Its all a bit of a blur now but I do remember it being quite thought provoking at the time!

You are being deliberately argumentative, after i have explained my views several times to you. Please go and pick a fight elsewhere.

Definitely an interesting school trip!

I would like to debate this with you for as I see it with centuries of religious wars, religious reformations, various philosophical and theological developments and the fact that there are about 30,000 different Christian denominations alone I think people being doing nothing but thinking and arguing about Christianity as it's grown, rather than it ticked along and grew organically as populations grew.. So I'd like to see your expansion and evidence for the following statement, that's all.

" this way, faith in a said religion, is not an informed choice, you just find your self in it, and because it’s never usually questioned, you believe what whatever others tell you is the truth, and most people just accept that, without really thinking about it "

If you don't want to engage on it further that's fine.

Last time He came quietly as the Servant of YHWH to rescue His people.
Next time He will be coming in glory as the victorious King to set up His reign on earth.