we live in a nation state founded on judeo-christian values. the community of presidents, and most nearly everyone else prayed to a higher power for guidance and strength to start a civil war against the british empire now over 200 years ago.
for over 2000 years most westerners believed that God sent a messenger, a Christ, in the form of Yahushua of nazareth, now known as Jesus (a greek/latin combination of the original aramaic). the Father Yahweh sent his only son Yahushua as his human representative to warn and teach on the coming of the imperial rule of God. now we live under and in the imperial rule, and i’ve taken it upon myself to learn the teaching of Yahushua since august 1998.
under the teaching of dale bruner, a retired professor from whitworth, i’ve had the pleasure to walk through the gospels of Yahushua, starting with Matthew, then Mark, and now in Luke. as long as my teacher has breath, we’ll march right on through the entire Christian bible. reading word by word, multiple translations, along with the original translation from greek and latin of dr. bruner, i have come to my own conclusions of what the gospels of Yahushua really mean to humanity, and how it relates to my life. as a test of devotion, my personal tranlation is from the jesus seminar, a left wing group striving to recognize the historical jesus, but also appearing to discount everything that this historical figure said and did. recently a tomb dig uncovered a coffin with the words, “here lies james, brother of Yahushua.” i would suggest that if you start your own journey into the ancient religous texts, this is the starting platform along with other texts of Funk. goodluck on your own spiritual journey.