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Originally Posted by JJ
OK, good suggestion. I’ll do that as time permits. Big topic and busy (and great) life to get back to.
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I'm not very good at big topics and this is certainly one of them. But I kind of pick away at the margins of what interests me.
If you look at the gospel message of Jesus it seems fairly coherent, and consistent. Mark 8:31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
Luke 24:44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things"
My point is that Lee created a "low gospel" which he placed upon "Christianity", then contrasted with his so-called high peak revelation. But it was just a marketing ploy: if you read the gospels and epistles, the gospel message is plainly there. It is neither high nor low.
The good news is the good news. You either accept it, and believe, or reject and don't believe. It needs neither our puffing up nor beating down. Mark 8:32 says Jesus spoke plainly on this, and Acts 2 has Peter likewise speaking plainly. He was indeed a "witness of these things" as Jesus had predicted in Luke 24:47.