Mark, Luke, and John

 

Since, the four gospels are all similar accounts of the life of Jesus, there won’t be a lot more to write on the subject. One thing I wanted to mention is that all four gospel go into extensive detail on the miracles Jesus performed. Interestingly, the Lord of the old testament doesn’t perform any miracles. There are a ton of verses about his life, but none mention him performing miracles. Now, there is a lot of talk about the his glorious kingdom, but preceding his reign as King, there is no talk of miracles. God in heaven performs a lot of miracles in the old testament, however, his righteous servant does not. I might be wrong, but I seriously can’t find a single one. Also, all the messianic verses about the Lord, portray him as a normal human being with normal problems. In addition, Jesus made it clear that he never sinned. Now, the God of the old testament is holy. However, there are several messianic scriptures where the Messiah says he is a sinner. My opinion which I can’t prove is that the God of the old testament was placed in a situation like Adam and Eve, in which he didn’t have knowledge of good and evil. Either that or it is because of Psalms 32 where his sin is covered because there was no guile attached with it. Isaiah 53 is perhaps the biggest problem for Jesus. In Isaiah 53 the Lord is said to have done no violence neither was their deceit in his mouth. The new testament changed that writing to claim the Lord never sinned. The Lord says he sinned in Psalms 25, Psalms 31, perhaps 32 if that is a messianic prophesy, Psalms, 41, and Psalms 69. To be clear the Lord of the Old Testament thought he sinned, but the father in heaven does not.

While, we are discussing Isaiah 53, let me point out other problems for the Christians. Christians point to verse five which talks about the Lord being wounded, bruised, and chastised. They say that is about Jesus being crucified. However, it is clearly about the Messiah’s soul being offered as a sacrifice for sin. In verse 10, the writer describes being bruised as being put to grief. Furthermore, verse 4 talks about grief and sorrow not about physical pain. I also want to mention verse 11 which talks about the Messiah seeing the travail of his soul and verse 12 which says he poured out his soul unto death. Also, Isaiah 53 describes a life full of pain not one day of suffering like Jesus experienced. In the book of Mark we find in chapter 15: 28 “And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.” This claim does not align with verse 12 in Isaiah 53, because verse 12 talks about the Messiah gaining riches and wealth or spoil as the writer calls it. In my opinion, verse twelve is simply saying the Messiah was considered to be one of the bad guys. Also, verse 10 in the chapter says the Messiah will see his seed and Jesus did not have any kids. Verse 8 talks about the Messiah being taken from prison and judgement and this does not fit Jesus’s life either because Jesus was judged and sentenced to death. Verse 3 in Isaiah 53 talks about the Messiah being despised and rejected of man and being a man of sorrow and grief. Jesus wasn’t despised and rejected until the end of his life. Jesus wasn’t a man of sorrow because he was supposed to be one with God until the few hours on the cross. I guess you could argue verse 2 a couple of different ways. When it says he didn’t have any beauty that we should desire him. If you take that to mean being handsome then it simply means the Lord was not handsome. However, in context of the author also mentioning form and comeliness, I think the verse is talking about charisma and intelligence. Remember, Jesus preaching and finding favor with man and God. That’s way I don’t think verse 2 fits with the life of Jesus.

Another verse in the new testament that doesn’t fit the life of Jesus is Luke 23: 46 “...Father, into thy hands, I commend my spirit.” If we turn to Psalms 31 the entire chapter is clearly about someone else and it certainly has nothing to do with Jesus on the cross. Again, the person in the chapter is delivered from their enemies and there is nothing in the chapter that fits the life of Jesus. Verse 5 talks about how he hates lying vanities. Seems like an odd thing to see right after commending your spirit to God and then dying.

In St. John 2: 17 we find “And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” However, Psalms 69:9 has nothing to do with Jesus overthrowing the tables in the temple. If you read the entire chapter it is completely different than the life of Jesus. There is no mention of him being crucified, of his resurrection, or of him being in heaven. In the next verse, Psalms 69: 10 it say “When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.” This obviously doesn’t fit what is happening in St. John.

Continuing in St. John ,we find another chapter in Psalms, quoted by Jesus, which doesn’t fit the context of his life. St. John 13:18 “...that the scripture may be fulfilled, he that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.”When we turn to Psalms 41, we again find nothing in the chapter which fits the context of his life. In fact, we find contradictory verses which show there is no ways this chapter is about Jesus. Shorty after verse 9, we find that his enemy does not triumph over him. However, the enemies of Jesus did triumph over him. In addition, verse 2 says that he will be kept alive and that he will be blessed. Jesus died and went to heaven. Also, verse 41:4 says that he thought he was a sinner. Jesus thought he never sinned.

The last verse in the gospels I want to talk about is a verse of out of Psalms 34, John says is about Jesus being crucified. St. John 19:36 “...that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. Psalms 34 is a chapter about the righteous man of God crying to God and the Lord answering him. In this chapter the Lord delivers the righteous man out of all his troubles. Now, Jesus was not delivered. Furthermore, verse 21 says that “..evil will slay the wicked.” It seems John’s record is the complete opposite of the truth.