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The archetype is perhaps this: the True Israelite (Jesus) presents his Jewish hearers with the truth of their own kingdom. He reveals to them the true priesthood, joining man to God, and the true kingship, offering God's supervision of human affairs. Jesus is the heavenly Man... This was also Moses, also Martin Luther, also WN and then his adjutant WL... also Joseph Smith, David Koresh, Sun Myung Moon, etc... Raised in some shadow of the truth, then the True Light bursts forth, which creates tension with the precipitating shadows.
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It may seem crass or even blasphemous to lump Jesus' narrative together with those of Moses, Martin Luther, and Watchman Nee, along with David Koresh, Joseph Smith, and Sun Myung Moon. My answer is that history has fully redeemed the narrative of "this Jesus". Why? He was raised from the dead, and by resurrection, God designated Him as Heir of Life and Savior of the World. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The rest of them, their graves remain to this day. Peter presented all this clearly in Acts 2: Jesus' narrative is unique; He's revealed as the singular Christ. The rest simply create larger mausoleums for themselves.
Look at what happened to the Moon cult when he died (Wikipedia):
"The True Family, in Unification Church terminology, is the family of church founder and leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han. Church members regard Moon as the Second Coming of Christ, and he and his wife as the "True Parents" of humankind, who have realized the ideal of true love as the incarnation of God's Word. The members of the Unification Movement generally address or refer to Rev. and Mrs. Moon as "Father" and "Mother" or "True Father" and "True Mother." Their children are known as the "True Children."
Rev. Moon, now deceased, is buried in what I'm sure is a fine Marble Box, and his son, one of his "True Children", is running the Moon Museum... sorry, Unification Church... the king is dead, long live the king!