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About the life of Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ (also called Christ the king and Jesus the Christ) was born in Israel 2000 years ago. Modern civilization marks his birth by dividing time B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini - or the year of our Lord Jesus Christ). For his first thirty years, Jesus Christ lived a traditional Jewish life, working as a carpenter. During this time, all of Israel was under Caesar's Roman dictatorship, including Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ was born, and Nazareth, where he was raised. In his thirties, Jesus Christ began his public teaching and display of recorded miracles, yet still never travelled more than 200 miles from his birthplace. Over a three year period, despite his efforts to keep a low profile, Jesus Christ's reputation spread nation wide. The Roman governors and rulers of Israel's provinces and the leaders of the Jewish people (the religious counsels) took note of him. Jesus Christ's key messages included: Jesus Christ's most controversial act was that he repeatedly claimed to be God, which was a direct violation of the Jewish law. Therefore the religious leaders asked the Roman government to execute him. In each of several official trials, the Romans found that he was not guilty of breaking any Roman law. Even the Jewish leaders recognized that other than Jesus Christ's claim to be God, Jesus Christ followed the Jewish law perfectly. Still the religious leaders, using the argument of political disfavor, persuaded Pilate, a Roman governor of the Southern province of Israel, to authorize an execution. Jesus Christ was brutally tortured and then hung by his hands, which were nailed to a horizontal wooden beam (cross). This method of execution restricted the airflow to his lungs, killing him in three hours. However, according to more than 500 witnesses, Jesus Christ returned from the dead three days later, and over the next 40 days journeyed in both the southern and northern provinces of Israel. To many, this was conclusive proof that Jesus Christ's claims to be God were real. Then Jesus Christ returned to Jerusalem, the city where he was recently executed, and according to witnesses, he left the earth alive by rising up into the sky. As a result of these miraculous events, the number of his followers increased dramatically. Only a few months later in that same city of Jerusalem one record states that some 3000 new followers were added in a single day. The religious leaders responded by trying to stomp out Jesus Christ's followers. Many of these people chose to die rather than deny their belief that their Lord Jesus Christ was truly God. Within 100 years, people throughout the Roman empire (Asia Minor, Europe) became followers of Jesus Christ. In 325 AD, the following of Jesus Christ, Christianity, became the official religion of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Within 500 years, even Greece's temples of Greek gods were transformed into churches for followers of Jesus Christ. Although some of Jesus Christ's messages and teachings were diluted or miscommunicated through the expansion of a religious institution, Jesus Christ's original words and life still speak loudly for themselves.
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Jesus was an actual man who lived and died in Palestine 2000 years ago. At the same time, he was also God`s son, and was sent by God to enable us to understand God`s love for all men. This was part of God`s plan from the beginning of time. As part of God`s plan, Jesus was to do this by living a blameless life, and dying for the rest of mankind`s sins. This way, we would be able to have a perfect relationship with God, unencumbered by our wrongdoing. The only way to know if this belief is true or not, is to ask God to show himself to you ''go ahead- just talk to him outloud or in your head, as if he were there right next to you!''. Then the next step would be to read more about Jesus ''try the book of John in the Bible- shouldn`t take more than a couple of evenings at most'', and begin to obey his teachings. This is because Jesus himself said that we will know if his teachings are really from God or not, if we first obey them. So taste and see, and know if God is for real or not, and if he is good. If you don`t like that taste, then you can always stop there. Then at least you would have given it an honest go. If you want to be a bit more daring, try engaging a Christian in conversation, and asking them directly why and what they believe. Both you and the Christian might learn something from each other!By: Doreen Ong
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2000 years ago God sent an angel to Israel, to a virgin named Mary. The angel told Mary that by God`s power, she would conceive and bear a son.
When the man Mary was engaged ''Joseph the carpenter''learnt that she was pregnant, an angel instructed him to marry her. Joseph took her to Bethlehem to register for a census. While there, Mary gave birth to Jesus. She laid him in a manger because there was no room at the inn. Shepherds visited Jesus in Bethlehem.
Later, wise men brought gifts to Jesus. They told Herod the Great, a wicked king, that Jesus would rule Israel. So Herod sent soldiers to kill the children in Bethlehem. Warned by an angel, Joseph took his family to Egypt. After Herod died, they returned to Israel and raised Jesus in a town called Nazareth.
When he was thirty he began his public teaching, quite alot of miracles were done by him as a result the Religious leaders asked the Roman government to execute him.
He was brutally tortured and was hung on the cross. on the third day he rose again.URL: http://heavenlybeing.com
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