Re: Did Jesus claim to be God?

I sort of agree with some of your thinking on this Hunter. But at the same time, all religions including Christianity are in a state of delusion and darkness right now. All religions have some truth but mostly people get caught up in the dogma of whatever religion they are following. That is why in my youth, even though I came to Christianity, I could never develop a relationship with Christ or understand what it was all about. I don't know much about the Muslim religion, but what I do know for certain is that the only path to the Father is through, the Son, the eternal Christ. Anyone who walks another path will not go back to the Father but somewhere else. Jesus Christ is the human manifestation of the Son, the eternal Christ. Christ permeates all creation and all consciousness is the source of all intellect, love and divine attributes. Regardless of what culture or religion a person may be a part of, if they serve the eternal Christ in their heart, they will also recognize Jesus as the eternal Son when they hear his message.

I don't know the Muslim teachings, but from what I have heard, they say that Jesus was a great teacher but not the Redeemer of the world. If that is indeed their teaching, then that is a false teaching. It doesn't mean that Muslims are bad people; all people are bad people, all people are sinners. Unfortunately, that is the human condition, we are born into flesh, which is a state of sin, but we also have divine potential and it all depends what we will gravitate towards. Anyone can come to the Father through the eternal Christ in any religion, but anyone who walks this path, when they hear the message of Jesus Christ will accept that Jesus is the Christ and not a prophet or a teacher.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Word is the eternal Christ, the only Begotten Son of the Father. This occurred at the foundations of creation. Christ is the primordial sound from which all existence permeates. Jesus Christ is the Word of God made manifest on our little tiny Earth, a speck in all of existence. Anyone who walks The Path, will recognize Jesus Christ for who He is and nothing else.

In our world, religion tends to be related to our culture instead of our heart. This is where people start thinking it's like a competition, who has the 'best' religions, the 'true' religion. These are the people who like to start wars with each other and it has nothing to do with Allah, Christ, or whatever, it has to do with the sinful state of man. There are plenty of people born into the culture of Christianity that do not accept Christ into their hearts. And there are some people born into other cultural religions that manifest the eternal Love of Christ in every action. But when the person that manifests the Love of Christ in their life hears the message of Jesus Christ, they know exactly what and who He is, and will never reject His message because it is already what is in their heart.