What did Jesus really say about the kingdom of God?

by cameo-d 3 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  cameo-d

  11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 8)

  28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. (Luke 13)

  Did Jesus really go along with the teachings of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Did he really preach these doctrines?
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  ProdigalSon

  Considering that "Abraham" is the Jewish version of the Hindu Brahma, I doubt that Jesus really said these things unless he knew that his audience would understand these "people" as being metaphors.

  The Bible was put together to try and make the New Testament match the Old, but its chock full of holes. For instance, both Jesus and Paul mention "Adam", and Paul builds a whole theology around him, but "Adam" was clearly not the first man on this planet. He was 75 to 100,000 years too late. Paul, being trained in Jewish Mysteries, was talking about Adam Kadmon of Kabbalah (Primeval Man), if he even said those things at all.
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  designs

  The Gospel that says- 'the kingdom of God is within ' was actually an idea started by the Jewish Sages from the Jewish Exile in Babylon up to and included the great Jewish teacher Hillel.

  You be the force for good...
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  moshe

  Jesus said the Kingdom of God was like finding one special pearl and you sell everything you own to buy that one pearl.

  The asking price for AAA pearl and silver earings is about $25 on Ebay, so it appears that the Kingdom of God is worth about $12.50 today. I wonder, if JWs realize that?