LATEST BOOK - The Real Christ
WARNING
Those who believe the man Jesus who walked this earth 2000
years ago was God, should read no further. Since I hold no human being is God,
those who disagree will only find this book upsetting and disagreeable. This writing is not for those convinced they
have the last word on Christ, but those searching for the real Christ. While I
believe all Christians have the right Faith, I do not think all Christians have
the right beliefs, right understanding or right view of Christ. Given all the
Jesus-talk these days, Christianity comes across as a personality cult, the
worship of a human being, which has nothing to do with Christ, it even turns
people away. The reason for this writing
is my perception that the real Christ has been all but lost to Christianity.
Of first importance is to define the major terms used in
this book, namely “Logos”, “Christ”, and “Jesus”. Those who think these terms are
interchangeable, synonymous, or refer to the same Reality, will never understand
a thing in this book. Indiscriminate use
of these terms has already thrown people off the track, thus it is of the
utmost importance to define these terms from the outset. Those who disagree with these definitions
will only become addled or irate and should read no further.
Because God is not a being, but Infinite Existence, we must be careful not to anthropomorphize God’s Triune essence or
Trinity as three beings or three entities – three gods, in other words. Also, because God transcends all gender, we
have to be careful not to get caught up in the metaphors used for the Trinity
as “Father and Son”. Since God is
neither mother, father, son or daughter, these metaphors must not be taken
literally or understood as God ad intra (God-in-Itself). To avoid this pitfall, this book refers to
God’s Triune essence as “Transcendent-Logos-Spirit”.
The Incarnation was the Logos creating Its own human
nature, creating man’s one common human nature eternally one with Itself,
and this oneness of God’s divine nature and man’s human nature we know and
call “Christ”. The term, word, or title “Christ” is not the name of any
human being, but refers solely to God’s eternal oneness with Man. The Incarnation was not God uniting Itself to
any particular human being or person. Christ is not the oneness of two persons, two
individuals or two beings, nor is Christ a divine being or a human being,
rather, Christ is the eternal oneness of two natures, divine and human. Thus the Incarnation was the revelation of Man (Universal Man) and God’s Plan for all mankind, and this Truth, this
revelation, is everything we know and call “Christ”.
The purpose of the Incarnation was not to reveal the man
Jesus – give us another god for the pantheon – but to reveal Man, God’s eternal
plan for his eternal oneness with God.
Prior to the Incarnation, Christ did not exist, nor did the man Jesus
exist, only the divine Logos, God, eternally existed. Thus neither as a human being or a human
person was the man Jesus, divine, or even Christ. It is solely the oneness of the divine Logos
with Its own human nature that is Christ, and it is this mystery
of God’s indivisible oneness with the essence of mankind we call the “Real
Christ”.
Since there is only one common human nature – not many, different
kinds, or particular human natures, one can count heads, but not human
natures. As the “instrument” of
revealing Christ, the singular man born into this world was given the common
Jewish name “Jesus”. It was not this individual
person or particular man, however, that was Christ, rather, Christ is solely God’s
own human nature and not the human nature of any particular human
being or person. So where the term
“Christ” is a reference to the indivisible oneness of two natures, the name
“Jesus” is solely a reference to a particular human being or person.
This book permits no anthropomorphic view of God, the
Trinity, or Christ. Reference to the man
Jesus is always to a particular human being and never to God. “Jesus” is the particular man of the Gospels,
the historical person no longer with us.
With his resurrection and ascension his human nature was totally
changed, transfigured and glorified, thus he is no longer the historical figure
of the past, but remains the example (or icon) of everyman’s journey and
eternal oneness with God. We must
never, then, mix our terms – the Logos is solely God, Jesus is solely a
distinct human person, and Christ – the eternal oneness of God and man.
Those who disagree with these definitions should read no
further, it would only confuse and upset them.
Also, it would be useless to argue any of this since I’ve done my
homework, am aware of all opposing views, and regard them as misconceived or
wrong. Given the same Christian
background and history as those who object, I already know where they are
coming from, it is they, however, who do not know where I am coming from, and
therein lies the difference.
The Real Christ is a 400 page spiral bound manuscript. Cost for the book is $45 in the U.S. and (due to high shipping costs) $70 for orders outside of the U.S, except for Canada and Mexico, which is $65. Anyone in the U.S. can request quicker shipping by adding $10 to the cost of the book. Those in Hawaii may especially wish to pay for quicker shipping as media mail can take 2-3 months to reach the islands.
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The Real Christ is a 400 page spiral bound manuscript. Cost for the book is $45 in the U.S. and (due to high shipping costs) $70 for orders outside of the U.S, except for Canada and Mexico, which is $65. Anyone in the U.S. can request quicker shipping by adding $10 to the cost of the book. Those in Hawaii may especially wish to pay for quicker shipping as media mail can take 2-3 months to reach the islands.
(For more information on ordering this or other books, scroll down to the "ORDERING INFORMATION" section at the end of this blog.)
