Thoughts about the mission of Jesus

[Busby]

Any mission he may have had didn't last very long. If you add all the hours together where he appears in the Bible it will be seen that circa 70 hours of his life just about covers his mission to the human race.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Busby

Any mission he may have had didn't last very long. If you add all the hours together where he appears in the Bible it will be seen that circa 70 hours of his life just about covers his mission to the human race.

If you sit back and think about it some more, you might ask

"How many millenniums cover the existing life span of Jesus and his pre-human existence."

[Busby]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

If you sit back and think about it some more, you might ask
"How many millenniums cover the existing life span of Jesus and his pre-human existence."

That's just a hook to hang your hat on. It's the pudding that counts.

[weareunity]

Hello all.

It does not take long for a stationary butterfly to take flight, nor for a frog to jump into a pond, yet both actions may begin, or may themselves already be part of, chains of consequence which will reach across both time and space.

petex

[davidsun]

Originally Posted by weareunity

Hello all.

It does not take long for a stationary butterfly to take flight, nor for a frog to jump into a pond, yet both actions may begin, or may themselves already be part of, chains of consequence which will reach across both time and space.

petex

Methinks you miss the fact (methinks it is a fact ) that Busby's minimizing Jesus's mission time (in terms of hours) was his way of saying that Jesus's psychospiritual accomplishments/effects themselves were 'no big deal' - a 'sniping' from the sidelines 'put down'!

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by davidsun

Methinks you miss the fact (methinks it is a fact ) that Busby's minimizing mission time (in terms of hours) was his way of saying that Jesus's psychospiritual accomplishments/effects themselves were 'no big deal' - a 'sniping' from the sidelines 'put down'!

If you include Jesus' pre-human existence, he has existed longer than any of creation.

[Busby]

Originally Posted by davidsun

Yah, maan!

title translates as The Song of God, by the way) which was composed several centuries before Jesus appeared on the world stage:

“Constant yearning for the knowledge of Self, and pondering over the lessons of the great Truth – this is Wisdom, all else ignorance. I will speak to thee now of that great Truth which man ought to know, since by its means he will win immortal bliss – that which is without beginning, the Eternal Spirit which dwells in Me, neither with form, nor yet without it. Everywhere are Its hands and Its feet; everywhere It has eyes that see, heads that think and mouths that speak; everywhere It listens; It dwells in all the worlds; It envelops them all. Beyond the senses, It yet shines through every sense perception. Bound to nothing, It yet sustains everything. Unaffected by the Qualities, It still enjoys them all. It is within all beings, yet outside; motionless yet moving; too subtle to be perceived; far away yet always near. In all beings undivided, yet living in division, It is the upholder of all, Creator and Destroyer alike; It is the Light of lights, beyond the reach of darkness; the Wisdom, the only thing that is worth knowing or that wisdom can teach; the Presence in the hearts of all. Thus I have told thee in brief what Matter is, and the Self worth realizing and what is Wisdom. He who is devoted to Me knows; and assuredly he will enter into Me.”[/size][/indent]

I've just discovered this davidsun:

It makes my heart sing. Cosmic consciousness utterly defined.

Busby................What a brilliant passage.

[weareunity]

Hello davidsun.

Re your post 35. I hope you will not be offended if I correct you concerning your opening assertion, for on the contrary, the inference was immediately understood.

petex

[davidsun]

Originally Posted by weareunity

Hello davidsun.

Re your post 35. I hope you will not be offended if I correct you concerning your opening assertion, for on the contrary, the inference was immediately understood.

petex

Glad to hear that. I 'read' your "It does not take long for a stationary butterfly to take flight, ..." etc. response as indicating that you took his assertion that Jesus's mission was no more than a "70 hour" gambit at face value. My mistake.