The Cross is really faith believer's actions of what each of us does--seen and unseen everyday. Sort of like a fly on the wall that hears all and sees all. If you could pick up your personal cross, what would it reflect?
Yahshua-Yahweh/JESUS/Isa wasn't welcome in many places, but it didn't change his morals or purposes. I admit that some places he did instruct his followers to forget that they were ever there, and to shake the dust off of their feet. During Jesus's life span, people wore open-shoe styles (flip flops, sandals) even if it meant having dust or sand dust all over one's feet. With the warmer climates, many of us will probably replace tennis shoes and high heels for the average flip flop. Though most podiatrists (foot doctors) believe that flip flops are "the worst" creative invention. Why is it that many people, globally, wear them? Americans must not be wearing the correct flip-flop/sandal material of quality then.
We now know that Christianity was practiced by the Africa continent well before Europeans or Asians. Is it time, within our history, for white faith-believers to exclude the popular brand image of the blond-hair and blue-eyed Jesus? Most historians would imply that if Jesus really existed then, probably, he was indeed a person of color. It is time for the next generation of faith believers, millennials, to identify Jesus as a person of color? How about a racial identity that is similar to one's own? Even in such circumstances, based on the new anticipated global population, that would mean more images of Jesus as a person of color identification. I have always said that I would like to imagine Jesus as a person of all racial identities. God, the Holy Trinity in Three-Person, as I am ... white, black, black-Indian, Latina, Mexican, Asian, or any other race identity at whatever life experience that we need him to be in our lives.
We must remember that it was humanly emotions that caused Jesus to be treated as a typical criminal within the community or culture. Even the political leader of the time could state that fact. Jesus's capture and death was rehearsed, planned, and predicted for years by faith believers of the day (Church of Rome) including the Catholic denomination (Church of Rome). By the way, with such negative history of the Catholic faith, why are some faith believers still practicing within the faith? Can a religious system/economic system/denomination change its ways of thousands of years? Can there be more than one religious leader/high priest? Jesus is the ultimate high priest. Jesus is the high priest of his vision of the actual church structure for all humans. It is his vision and his leadership that we even have our Christian places of worship, building ministries.
In closing, the full nature of Christ's love includes not only one kind of person. God allowed us to have grace, prevenient grace (Source: author unknown, April, 2017). God/Jesus/Holy Spirit meets people and families where they are, and introduces them to others that can help them. He sent Jesus to help us. For faith believers, Jesus has sent the Holy Spirit. All criminals, of the historical time, died on an ordinary-shaped cross. However, Jesus was the only criminal that had ever resurrected himself from death, from hell, and from an earthly grave.
It's all about the promise!--
THE PROMISE OF HIS RETURN FROM HEAVEN TO THE EARTH REALM.
Yahshua-Yahweh/JESUS/Isa wasn't welcome in many places, but it didn't change his morals or purposes. I admit that some places he did instruct his followers to forget that they were ever there, and to shake the dust off of their feet. During Jesus's life span, people wore open-shoe styles (flip flops, sandals) even if it meant having dust or sand dust all over one's feet. With the warmer climates, many of us will probably replace tennis shoes and high heels for the average flip flop. Though most podiatrists (foot doctors) believe that flip flops are "the worst" creative invention. Why is it that many people, globally, wear them? Americans must not be wearing the correct flip-flop/sandal material of quality then.
We now know that Christianity was practiced by the Africa continent well before Europeans or Asians. Is it time, within our history, for white faith-believers to exclude the popular brand image of the blond-hair and blue-eyed Jesus? Most historians would imply that if Jesus really existed then, probably, he was indeed a person of color. It is time for the next generation of faith believers, millennials, to identify Jesus as a person of color? How about a racial identity that is similar to one's own? Even in such circumstances, based on the new anticipated global population, that would mean more images of Jesus as a person of color identification. I have always said that I would like to imagine Jesus as a person of all racial identities. God, the Holy Trinity in Three-Person, as I am ... white, black, black-Indian, Latina, Mexican, Asian, or any other race identity at whatever life experience that we need him to be in our lives.
We must remember that it was humanly emotions that caused Jesus to be treated as a typical criminal within the community or culture. Even the political leader of the time could state that fact. Jesus's capture and death was rehearsed, planned, and predicted for years by faith believers of the day (Church of Rome) including the Catholic denomination (Church of Rome). By the way, with such negative history of the Catholic faith, why are some faith believers still practicing within the faith? Can a religious system/economic system/denomination change its ways of thousands of years? Can there be more than one religious leader/high priest? Jesus is the ultimate high priest. Jesus is the high priest of his vision of the actual church structure for all humans. It is his vision and his leadership that we even have our Christian places of worship, building ministries.
In closing, the full nature of Christ's love includes not only one kind of person. God allowed us to have grace, prevenient grace (Source: author unknown, April, 2017). God/Jesus/Holy Spirit meets people and families where they are, and introduces them to others that can help them. He sent Jesus to help us. For faith believers, Jesus has sent the Holy Spirit. All criminals, of the historical time, died on an ordinary-shaped cross. However, Jesus was the only criminal that had ever resurrected himself from death, from hell, and from an earthly grave.
It's all about the promise!--
THE PROMISE OF HIS RETURN FROM HEAVEN TO THE EARTH REALM.