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Originally Posted by zeek
I doubt the historical Jesus really said that. It only appears in the Gospel of Matthew.
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As I've pointed out. Jesus didn't say what is said in the gospels. They are written in Greek, and so if anything they are translations of unknown sources, of what Jesus said in Aramaic.
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Originally Posted by zeek
The preponderance of evidence is that Jesus preached the Kingdom of God ...
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Yes he did. And it was suppose to come soon ; soon enough that the 12 disciples would judge over the 12 tribes of Israel.
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Originally Posted by zeek
. . . not the church or himself. The exclusivism implied in Matthew came later when his followers became a Judaic sect on it's way to becoming a separate movement.
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Jesus mentions church-ekklesia-assembly only once, in Matthew. The imperial state church says Jesus meant upon Peter he would build his church ; the first pope.
But the actual meaning was, upon this divine revelation -- "You are the Christ/messiah, the Son of the living God" -- I will build my church. That's a far cry from where the RCC puts it. Jesus was preaching the kingdom of God, and that is what the assembly-ekklesia was all about.