Think Outside the Boxes

When it comes to God and Jesus Christ, there is a reason why the Bible calls one the Father and the other the Son, and that is because it is exactly what their relationship is, a father to a son.  A father and a son are two distinctly different individuals. A father does not have to share life; he chooses to share life. A father gives life to his son; a son does not give life to the father. A father does not need a son to live. A son owes his life to the father. A father teaches his son; a son does not teach his father. Therefore, a father is greater than a son in every way. A father possesses the ultimate power to choose whether to share life or not to share life.  God the Father had no beginning, the Son, who was called the Word and became Jesus Christ, is the firstborn of creation and had a beginning. The Word lives because his Father decided to share life and he was God's first creation.  Don't take my word for it, listen to the words of Jesus Christ, God the Father's...

Why do religious leaders insist Jesus was executed on a cross, when he was not? It is either they do not know what they should know, or they are complicit with promoting an untruth.  When reading the Bible it must be pointed out, it was not written in English, it was translated into English from Hebrew and Greek. The two Greek words used by the writers of the New Testament to describe the instrument upon which Jesus was executed were "stauros" and "xylon". All reputable Biblical historians agree (footnote), the Greek word "stauros signified a stake, an upright pole, or piece of paling." The Greek word xylon meant "tree". In fact, KJ, RS, JB, and Dy translations recognize "xylon" to mean "tree" as written in Galatians 3:13, where it says, "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree..." Acts 5:30 concurs, "The God of o...