Jesus Christ (Church Slav. і҆и҃съ хрⷭ҇то́съ; other Greek. Ἰησοῦς Χριστός), Jesus from Nazareth. Born in 1 BC. e. (traditional dating) - crucified in 33. Son of Man, Son of God, Lord. Messiah. The central figure in Christianity.

According to traditional dating, Jesus was born in 1 BC. e.

There are several other common dating dates for the life of Jesus, including: 7-4 AD. BC e. - born in the second half of the reign of Emperor Augustus and in the last years of the reign of Herod.

The date of birth of Jesus Christ is determined very approximately. The earliest is usually said to be 12 BC. e. (the year of passage of Halley’s comet, which, according to some assumptions, could be the so-called Star of Bethlehem), and the latest - 4 BC. e. (year of death of Herod the Great).

Father - God the Father.

Adoptive father - Joseph the Betrothed.

Mother - Mary (third quarter of the 1st century BC - mid-1st century AD; Aram., Old Hebrew מרים - “Miryam”, usually translated as strong, beautiful, and also as Lady). In historical churches and a number of others, she is revered as the Mother of God (Mother of God), Queen of Heaven (lat. Regina Coeli). According to the Gospel (Matt. 1:16-25, Luke 1:26-56, Luke 2:1-7) she was a Galilean girl from Nazareth, betrothed to Joseph, who, being a virgin, miraculously conceived her Son Jesus, through Holy Spirit.

Mary was a relative of Elizabeth, the wife of Zechariah, a priest of Abi's line, a descendant of Aaron, from the tribe of Levi (Luke 1:5,8; 1 Chron. 24:10). Some have suggested that Mary, like Joseph to whom She was betrothed, comes from the House of David, and thus from the tribe of Judah, and that the genealogy presented in the Gospel of Luke was Hers, since the genealogy of Joseph was given in the Gospel of Matthew.

She resided in Nazareth in Galilee, presumably with her parents, and while She was betrothed - the preliminary stage of Jewish marriage - the angel Gabriel announced to Her that She would become the Mother of the promised Messiah, conceiving Him through the Holy Spirit.

When Joseph learned about the conception, he was surprised, but the angel said to him: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take your wife Mary into your home, because she is with child from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” After this, Joseph woke up and did as the angel told him. He took his wife into his home, completing wedding ceremony, but had no intimacy with Her. When She gave birth to a son, he named Him Jesus (Matthew 1:18-24).

When the angel Gabriel informed Mary (Luke 1:19) that Elizabeth, previously barren, was now miraculously pregnant, Mary hastened to visit Elizabeth, who lived with her husband Zechariah in a mountainous town in the land of Judah (Luke 1: 39). When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby in her womb leaped, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out loudly: “Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb! How did I deserve such an honor that the mother of my Lord came to me?” (Luke 1:41-45). Then Mary spoke the words now known among Catholics and Protestants as the “Magnificat” (Luke 1:46-55).

After 3 months, Mary returned home (Luke 1:56-57). By order of Emperor Augustus, a census was carried out in the country. Joseph and his relatives went to their hometown Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, there was no room at the inn and they had to stay in the cattle cave where Jesus was born and laid in a cattle trough (Luke 2:1-7).

Eight days later, the baby was circumcised and received the name Jesus, as the Angel called Him before conception in the womb. When the days of their purification under the law of Moses were over, they brought the Child to the Temple of Jerusalem in accordance with the requirements for firstborns prescribed in the law of Moses (Luke 2:21-38). They then returned to Bethlehem, and after a visit from the Magi, the whole family fled to Egypt. They returned to Nazareth after the death of King Herod (Matt. 2:1–19).

Nationality of Jesus Christ:

Disputes about the ethnicity of Jesus are still ongoing. Christians can say that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and spent most of his time in Galilee, where there was a mixed population. Therefore, some critics of Christianity try to suggest that Christ might not have been an ethnic Jew. But the Gospel of Matthew says that Jesus’ parents were from Bethlehem of Judea, and only after his birth moved to Nazareth. According to 1 Macc. 13:41, Simon Hasmonean, who threw off the yoke of the Seleucids, at the request of the Galileans, expelled the pagans from Ptolemais, Tire and Sidon from Galilee and brought “with great joy” to Judea those Jews who wished to move (1 Macc. 5:14-23).

When the Samaritan woman asked Jesus: How do you, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink? (Gospel of John, Conception BI = John 4:9) - He did not deny his belonging to the Jewish nation. In addition, the Gospels try to prove the Jewish origin of Jesus: according to genealogies, He was a Semite (Luke 3:36), an Israelite (Matt. 1:2; Luke 3:34) and a Jew (Matt. 1:2; Luke 3 :33).

The Gospel of Luke says that the Mother of Jesus, Mary, was a Jew and a relative of Elizabeth (Luke 1:36), the mother of John the Baptist, and Elizabeth was from the clan of Aaron (Luke 1:5) - from the main Levitical family of priests.

It is reliably known that non-Jews were prohibited from entering the Jerusalem Temple beyond the balustrade fence on pain of death. Jesus was a Jew, otherwise He would not have been able to preach in the Temple, on the walls of which there were inscriptions: “No foreigner dares to enter the bars and fences of the sanctuary; whoever is captured will become the culprit of his own death.”

Appearance of Jesus Christ:

It is not known what Jesus Christ really looked like. There are no details about this in the Bible.

Many attempts have been made to establish the appearance of Christ.

At one time, scientists working with the Italian police created computer program, which made it possible to both “age” and “rejuvenate” faces - that is, show how the people depicted in the photo would look (looked). As a “photo” for virtual rejuvenation, experts used an image from the famous Shroud of Turin, on which, as many believe, the image of the Savior was imprinted. And thus they saw what the young Jesus Christ looked like.

In the spring of 2018, experts from a scientific center in Colorado (USA) recreated the three-dimensional figure of Christ from the image imprinted on the Shroud of Turin. American scientists, using the latest computer technology, calculated all the parameters of the Savior’s body, and then sculpted a plaster model based on them.

They managed to find out that Christ was tall, slender and handsome man. According to experts, Jesus’ height was 182 cm and his weight did not exceed 79.4 kg. Thus, He was a head taller than his contemporaries.

The Growth of Jesus Christ: 182 centimeters.

Personal life of Jesus Christ:

The Gospels do not report the events of Christ’s life up to His Baptism as an adult, with the exception of the episode given in the Gospel of Luke (2:41-52), where the evangelist talks about the Holy Family’s visit to the Jerusalem Temple with 12-year-old Jesus.

According to the Gospel story, at about the age of 30 (Luke 3:23), Jesus entered public ministry, which he began by receiving baptism from John the Baptist on the Jordan River.

When Jesus came to John, who preached a lot about the imminent coming of the Messiah, the surprised John said: “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” To this Jesus replied that “it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness” and received baptism from John. During baptism, “the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in bodily form like a dove, and there was a voice from heaven, saying: You are My Beloved Son; I am well pleased with You!” (Luke 3:21-22).

After his baptism (Mark in his Gospel emphasizes that this happened immediately after baptism), Jesus Christ, led by the Spirit, withdrew into the desert in order to prepare in solitude, prayer and fasting for the fulfillment of the mission with which he came to earth. At the end of forty days, Jesus “was tempted by the devil and did not eat anything during those days, but at the end of them he was hungry” (Luke 4:2). Then the devil approached Jesus and, with three deceptions, tried to tempt him into sin, like any other person. Having withstood all the temptations of the devil, Jesus began his preaching and public ministry.

Jesus preached a message about repentance in the face of the coming of the Kingdom of God (Matt. 4:13). Jesus began to teach that the Son of God would suffer cruelly and die on the cross, and that His sacrifice was the food that everyone needed to survive. eternal life. In addition, Christ confirmed and expanded the law of Moses: according to the commandment, first of all, with all your being, love God (Luke 18:10-14) and your neighbors (all people) as yourself. At the same time, do not love the world and everything in the world (that is, do not become overly attached to the values ​​of the material world) and “do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul” (Matthew 10:28).

Despite the fact that the center of Christ's preaching was the holy city of Jerusalem, He spent the longest time with His preaching in Galilee, where He was received more joyfully. Jesus also passed through Samaria, the Decapolis, and was within the boundaries of Tire and Sidon.

Many followers gathered around Christ, from whom He first chose 12 closest disciples - the apostles (Luke 6:13-16), then another 70 (Luke 10:1-17) less close ones, who are also called apostles, some of them However, they soon departed from Christ (John 6:66). The apostle reports that at the moment death on the cross and the resurrection of Christ, He had more than 500 followers (1 Cor. 15:6).

Teachings of Jesus Christ

Important in Christian teaching has Sermon on the Mount Jesus and His statements about love for God and others: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind - this is the first and greatest commandment; the second is similar to it: love your neighbor as yourself; on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets” (Matthew 22:37-40).

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus confirmed the continuity of His teaching and the teaching of the Tanakh (Law, Prophets and Scriptures): “Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle will pass from the law, until all is fulfilled” (Matthew 5:17,18).

In the Sermon on the Mount and in the parables about the Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus spoke about the spiritual nature of the Kingdom of God and emphasized things that relate not to external religiosity, but to the inner state of a person, which distinguished His teaching from the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees. The words of Jesus about the Kingdom of Heaven are the basis of the Christian teaching about the Kingdom of Grace, which has already begun on earth, and only after the Second Coming of Christ will the Kingdom of God come to earth as the eternal Kingdom of Glory.

The rescue:

1. The need for repentance: “From that time Jesus began to preach and say: repent” (Matthew 4:17);
2. The necessity of being born again (born of water and the Spirit): “Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5);
3. The Necessity of Baptism: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; and whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:16);
4. The necessity of faith: “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:50);
5. The need to partake of the body and blood of Christ in the sacrament of communion: “unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you will not have life in you” (John 6:48-58);
6. To accept the gift of salvation, personal will is also required from a person, which is manifested in the application of one’s own efforts in following God: “The kingdom of heaven is taken by force, and those who use force take it away” (Matthew 11:12);
7. The need for patience: “with your patience save your souls” (Luke 21:19), (Luke 16:25);
8. The need to show mercy to others: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:31-36) “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7) “Judge not, lest you be judged, for by what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:1-2).

Personal Piety:

1. Love for your neighbor: “So in everything, whatever you want people to do to you, do so to them, for this is the law and the prophets” (Matthew 7:12);
2. The need to renounce oneself (self-sacrifice): “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me” (Matthew 10:38);
3. Benevolence: “love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44), (Mark 8:34) “do not resist evil. But whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other also to him; and whoever wants to sue you and take your shirt, give him your outer clothing too; and whoever forces you to go one mile with him, go with him two miles” (Matthew 5:39);
4. Divorce for the purpose of entering into a new marriage union and marriage to divorced people is a violation of the commandment “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries one divorced from her husband commits adultery” (Luke 16:18);
5. The need to preach the Gospel to all nations and their baptism: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20);
6. Refusal of material goods: “You cannot serve God and wealth” (Matthew 6:24) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth” (Matthew 6:19) “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor for your body, what to put on" (Matthew 6:25) "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24) "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3) “Woe to you who are rich!” (Luke 6:24) “Woe to you who are now full! for you will hunger” (Luke 6:25);
7. The need for charity: “as you did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me” (Matthew 25:40) “sell what you have and give it to the poor; and you will have treasure in heaven; and come and follow Me” (Matthew 19:21) “Do good and lend, expecting nothing” (Luke 6:35) “Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask him back from the one who takes what you have.” (Luke 6:30) “Give, and it will be given to you” (Luke 6:38) “Better to give alms from what you have, then everything will be clean for you.” (Luke 11:41);
8. Condemnation of hypocrisy: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy” (Luke 12:1) “Do not do your alms before men so that they will see you: otherwise you will have no reward from your Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:1 ) “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to pray standing in the synagogues and on street corners, so that they may appear before men” (Matthew 6:5) “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you cleanse the outside of the cup and dishes, while inside they are full of robbery and unrighteousness” (Matthew 23:25).

Jesus' statements on the topic of fasting and prayer are contained in the Sermon on the Mount and some parables (the parable of the publican and the Pharisee, the unjust judge, the one asking a friend for bread at midnight), as well as in his instructions to his disciples. Instructing his disciples, Jesus Christ told them: “Watch and pray, so that you do not fall into temptation: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41).

Both by his example and in his teachings, Jesus Christ constantly pointed out the saving significance of prayer: “See, watch, and pray, for you do not know when this time will come” (Mark 13:33), “keep watch therefore at all times and pray” (Luke 21:36).

Instructions on prayer and fasting common theme is a warning about the inadmissibility of hypocrisy (Matt. 6:5, Matt. 6:16).

According to the books of the New Testament, Jesus Christ taught his disciples prayer "Our Father", which is still considered the main prayer in Christianity. The text of the prayer is given in the Gospels of Matthew (6:9-13) and Luke (11:2-4). Variant of prayer in the Synodal translation: Our Father who art in heaven! hallowed be your name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.(Matt. 6:9-13).

One of the most common prayers in Orthodox Christianity is the Jesus Prayer, containing an appeal to Jesus Christ as the Son of God and true God, with a request for pardon: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Jesus supported his teaching with various miracles and is glorified as a prophet and healer of incurable diseases. He raised the dead, calmed a storm, turned water into wine, fed 5,000 people with five loaves, and much more. The Gospel of John indicates that Jesus was in Jerusalem four times for the annual celebration of Passover, hence the conclusion that Christ's public ministry lasted approximately three and a half years.

The events of the last days of the earthly life of Jesus Christ, which brought him physical and spiritual suffering, are referred to as the Passion (suffering) of Christ. The Church remembers them in last days before Easter, during Holy Week. A special place among the Passion of Christ is occupied by the events that occurred after the Last Supper: arrest, trial, scourging and execution. The Crucifixion is the culminating moment of the Passion of Christ. Christians believe that many of the Passion were predicted by prophets Old Testament and Jesus Christ himself.

Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ

The Jewish high priests, having condemned Jesus Christ to death at the Sanhedrin, could not themselves carry out the sentence without the approval of the Roman governor. According to some researchers, the Sanhedrin recognized Jesus as a false prophet based on the words of Deuteronomy: “But the prophet who dares to speak in My name what I have not commanded him to say, and who speaks in the name of other gods, such a prophet shall you put to death” (Deut. 18: 20-22).

After unsuccessful attempts by the high priests to accuse Jesus of formally violating Jewish law (see Old Testament), Jesus was handed over to the Roman procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate (26-36). At the trial, the procurator asked: “Are you the King of the Jews?” This question was due to the fact that the claim to power as King of the Jews, according to Roman law, was classified as a dangerous crime against the Roman Empire. The answer to this question was the words of Christ: “You say that I am a King. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I came into the world, to testify to the truth” (John 18:29-38). Pilate, finding no guilt in Jesus, was inclined to let him go and said to the chief priests: “I find no guilt in this man” (Luke 23:4).

Pontius Pilate's decision caused a stir among the Jewish crowd, directed by the elders and high priests. Trying to prevent unrest, Pilate addressed the crowd with a proposal to release Christ, following the long-standing custom of releasing one of the criminals on Easter. But the crowd shouted: “Let him be crucified” (Matthew 27:22).

As a last attempt to save Jesus from death, Pilate ordered Him to be beaten in front of the crowd, hoping that the dissatisfied would be satisfied with the sight of the bloodied Condemned Man. But the Jews declared that Jesus “must certainly die because he made himself the Son of God. Pilate, hearing this word, became more afraid. And again he entered the praetorium and said to Jesus: Where are you from? But Jesus did not give him an answer. Pilate says to Him: Do you not answer me? Don’t you know that I have the power to crucify You and the power to release You? Jesus answered: You would not have any power over Me if it had not been given to you from above; therefore there is greater sin on him who delivered Me to you. From that time on, Pilate sought to release Him. The Jews shouted: if you let Him go, you are not a friend of Caesar; “Everyone who makes himself a king is adversary to Caesar” (John 19:7-12).

Fearing the people, Pilate pronounced a death sentence - he sentenced Jesus to crucifixion, and he himself “washed his hands before the people and said: I am innocent of the blood of this Righteous One.” To which the people exclaimed: “His blood be on us and on our children.” (Matt. 27:24-25).

According to the verdict of Pontius Pilate, Jesus was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem on Mount Golgotha, where, according to the Gospel story, he himself carried his cross. Two robbers were crucified with him.

Despite the severe suffering before death, already on the cross Christ uttered several phrases: “Father! forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34). He said to the repentant thief: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” (Luke 23:43). To His Mother: “Woman! Behold, Your son." (John 19:26). To his disciple: “Behold, your Mother!” (John 19:27). "I'm thirsty." (John 19:28). “Eloi! Eloi! lamma sabachthani? - which means: My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me? (Mark 15:34). “Father! into Your hands I commend My spirit.” (Luke 23:46). “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

At the time of Jesus' death, the sun darkened, the veil that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple was torn in the Jerusalem temple, an earthquake occurred, and many departed saints were resurrected (Matthew 27:51-53).

After Jesus died on the cross, one of the soldiers stuck a spear into his hypochondrium (to verify His death). Further, it is mentioned about these soldiers that “some of the guards, entering the city, announced to the high priests about everything that had happened. And these, having gathered with the elders and held a meeting, gave enough money to the soldiers, and said: say that His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were sleeping; and if rumors about this reach the ruler, we will convince him and save you from trouble. They, having taken the money, acted as they were taught; and this word spread among the Jews to this day” (Matthew 28:11-15).

With Pilate's permission, the body of Jesus was taken by Joseph of Arimathea for burial, which he performed with Nicodemus in a previously unused tomb, which was hewn out of a rock located on land owned by Joseph, near a garden close to Golgotha.

According to Christian tradition, after burial, Jesus descended into hell and, having crushed its gates, brought his gospel sermon to the underworld, freed the souls imprisoned there and brought all the Old Testament righteous people, including Adam and Eve, out of hell.

In Orthodox iconography, the icon of the Resurrection of Christ depicts the moment of the Savior’s descent into hell and the removal from hell of the souls of the Old Testament righteous.

In Catholicism, images of fallen, blinded, frightened, numb soldiers vainly guarding the suddenly empty tomb of Jesus are more common (Matthew 28:2-4).

The Gospels only describe the events after the resurrection of Jesus, but not the resurrection itself.

The Sunday stichera of the Octoechos indicates that the moment of the resurrection of Jesus (as well as the moments of His incarnation and birth) was not seen not only by people, but even by angels. This emphasizes the incomprehensibility of the mystery of Christ.

The moment of discovery of the empty tomb of Christ is described with differences in different Gospels. According to John (John 20:1-15), Mary Magdalene alone (according to other versions, there were more myrrh-bearing women) came after the Sabbath to the tomb of Christ and saw that it was empty. Two angels and Jesus himself appeared to her, whom she did not immediately recognize. In the evening, Christ miraculously appeared to his disciples, among whom was not Thomas the Twin. Thomas, having arrived, did not believe in the stories about the resurrection of the Savior until he saw Jesus with his own eyes and touched with his hands the wounds from the nails on His body and the ribs of Christ pierced by a spear. With repeated appearances to his faithful followers: in Jerusalem, in its environs, and on the Sea of ​​​​Galilee, the resurrected Jesus promised to send them the Holy Spirit and gave the Great Commission to observe all His instructions (“keep all that I have commanded you”) and preach Him in all countries and peoples.

The Resurrection of Christ in Christianity is considered the most joyful event in the history of mankind (alternatively, together with Christmas). It is remembered every liturgical week on Sunday, and is also celebrated in its honor main holiday liturgical year - Resurrection of Christ (Easter).

After his resurrection, Jesus appeared to the gathered apostles for forty days, strengthening their faith in Him. On the fortieth day, Christ once again appeared to the disciples, confirmed everything He had said before, and led them outside the city to the Mount of Olives.

The apostles expected something special from their Teacher: “Is it not at this time, Lord, that you restore the kingdom to Israel? He said to them: It is not your business to know the times or seasons that the Father has appointed in His authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth. Having said this, He rose up in their sight, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. And when they looked at the sky, during His ascension, suddenly two men in white clothes appeared to them and said: Men of Galilee! Why are you standing and looking at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him going into heaven” (Acts 1:6-11).

Jesus Christ in other religions

Judaism believes that the person of Jesus has no religious significance, does not recognize his messianic role and, accordingly, considers the use of the title “Christ” in relation to him to be completely unacceptable. There is not a single reference to his personality in the Jewish texts of that era that can be reliably identified with Jesus of Nazareth.

The uncensored version of the Babylonian Talmud mentions a preacher named Hebrew. ‏יש"ו‏‎ (Yeshu), whom some Jewish researchers identify with Jesus of Nazareth, despite significant factual and temporal discrepancies between information about him and the Gospel plot.

“This attacker was Yeshua from Nozrat - a Jew. Although his father was a non-Jew and only his mother was a Jew, the law says that one born from a non-Jew (even a slave) and the daughter of Israel is a Jew. The name with which he was named indulged his immense impudence. He pretended to be a messenger of God who came to clarify ambiguities in the Torah, claiming to be the Messiah promised to us by all the prophets.His interpretation of the Torah, in full accordance with his plan, led to the abolition of it and all its commandments and allowed the violation of all her warnings. Our sages, blessed be their memory, unraveled his plan before he achieved widespread fame among the people, and treated him as he deserved" (Rambam. Part 1 // Message to Yemen, or the Gates of Hope) .

Hinduism believes that Jesus was an avatar or sadhu, and point out the similarities between the teachings of Krishna and Jesus. Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian guru, taught that Jesus was the reincarnation of Elisha and a disciple of John the Baptist, who in turn was the reincarnation of Elijah.

Buddhism has several points of view about Jesus. Some Buddhists, including the 14th Dalai Lama, believe that Jesus is a bodhisattva who dedicated his life to the welfare of people. The 14th century Zen teacher Gesan, having heard several sayings of Jesus from the Gospel, noted that he was an enlightened person and very close to Buddhism.

Islam recognizes Jesus (Arabic: عيسى‎ Isa) and under the name Isa ibn Maryam honors him as a close associate and messenger of Allah, as well as one of the five main prophets (along with Adam, Moses, etc.). Isa is spoken of as al-Masih, that is, the Messiah. A revelation was sent down to him - the Injil (“Gospel of Jesus Christ”).

According to the Koran, Isa was neither killed nor crucified, but was ascended alive to heaven by Allah (Koran Sura 4 “Women” Ayats: 157-158 translation by M.-N. O. Osmanov).

In Damascus, one of the three minarets of the Umayyad Mosque (the one located on the southeast side) bears the name Isa ibn Maryam. According to the prophecy, it is according to it that on the eve of the Last Judgment Jesus Christ will descend from heaven to earth.

Mormons identify him with Jehovah of the Old Testament and believe that it was he, acting under the guidance of God the Father, who created the Earth according to the words of the New Testament “All things came into being through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1: 3).

Jehovah witnesses They consider Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, but not God or the Creator. According to the Bible, God the Father has neither beginning nor end (Psalm 89:3), in turn, Jesus, in their understanding, is the one whom the Father created the very first: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” ( Colossians 1:15, NM). Jesus is subordinate to the Father and not equal to him, as evidenced by the words: “My Father is greater than I” (John 14:28). Jehovah's Witnesses also believe that, according to the Bible (Daniel 10:13,21; 12:1 and Revelation John 12:7), Jesus Christ was the Archangel Michael before coming to earth, and then, after the resurrection, again regained his former spiritual nature as an angel, that is, becoming a spiritual person, second in the Universe, after the Father. In addition, they believe that Jesus was crucified not on a cross, but on a pillar without a horizontal crossbar, and, accordingly, do not use the symbolism of the cross in the worship of God, or any other images (Exodus 20:4,5). They also believe that, according to the prophecies, Jesus is currently the King of God's Kingdom, established in 1914 (Daniel 7:13, 14), and is presiding over the work of preaching the Good News that he commanded his followers during his lifetime (Matthew 28:19 ,20; 24:14).

The doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses that Christ was created sometime in time, being in conflict with the Christology of the overwhelming majority of Christian denominations, is reminiscent of one of the early (IV-VI centuries) branches in Christian theology - Arianism (rejected in the first and second ecumenical councils).

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Jesus Christ

“She will give birth to a Son, and you will call His name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.” MATTHEW 1:21

Jesus Christ our Savior

Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. He is our Redeemer. The Bible teaches us that the mother of Jesus Christ was Mary and his earthly father was Joseph; and that He was born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth, and worked with Joseph as a carpenter. When He was 30 years old, He began a three-year ministry teaching, blessing, and healing the people of the Holy Land. He also organized His Church and gave His Apostles “power and authority” (Luke 9:1) to assist in His work.

But what do we mean when we say that He is the Savior of the world? Redeemer? Each of these titles brings home the truth that Jesus Christ is the only way we can return to live with our Heavenly Father. Jesus suffered and was crucified for the sins of the world, giving each of God's children the gift of repentance and forgiveness. It is only by His mercy and grace that everyone can be saved. His subsequent resurrection prepared the way for every person to overcome physical death as well. These events are called the Atonement. This means Jesus Christ saves us from sin and death. Therefore, He is quite literally our Savior and Redeemer. In the future, Jesus Christ will return to reign on Earth in peace for a thousand years. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and He will be our Lord forever.

Jesus Christ – Son of God

What Jesus Christ means to us

When we accept the help of Jesus Christ, we can feel peace in this life and return to Heavenly Father after death.

God is our Heavenly Father, and like any parent, He wants us, His children, to be happy. In the scriptures He teaches: “For behold, this is My work and My glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.”(Moses 1:39). Eternal life means living in Heaven in His presence with our families forever. God gave us commandments that teach us what is right and wrong, and gave us a map of the path in life that leads to greatest happiness. Jesus Christ taught, “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). But the scriptures also teach us that “no unclean thing can abide with God” (1 Nephi 10:21). No matter how hard we try to live a good life, we all sin. So how can we live in God's perfect kingdom if we are imperfect?

God sent Jesus Christ to Earth to give us a way to overcome our sins and shortcomings. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16.)

God sent Jesus Christ to earth to give us a way to overcome our shortcomings.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him” (John 3:16).

Jesus Christ suffered for us

Without the grace and mercy made possible by His Atonement, we could not be saved from sin.

Even before God created the world, He prepared a plan that allows us to learn and grow during this life. Jesus Christ is the center of this plan. Christ's mission was not only to teach us about God the Father and how we should live, but also to create a way for us to be forgiven after committing sin. Sin is more than just making a mistake. When we sin, we disobey God's commandments or fail to do what is right even though we know what is right (James 4:17).

Before He was crucified, Jesus prayed to God in the Garden of Gethsemane for us. Christ's suffering for our sins in Gethsemane and on the cross at Calvary is called the Atonement. He suffered for us so that we could be cleansed and return to live with our Heavenly Father. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the "good side" of Christ's sacrifice for us, providing a way for us to return back to the Father. “Wherefore, how important it is that all these things be made known to the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that no flesh can abide in the presence of God, except through the merits, mercy, and grace of the holy Messiah” (2 Nephi 2:8).

A strong belief that Jesus Christ is our Savior inspires us to follow His teachings.

Faith in Jesus Christ motivates us to do good works. The Bible teaches: “Faith without works is dead” (James 2:20). It doesn't mean we can be saved good deeds, since no matter how many good deeds we do, it cannot even slightly cleanse our souls from sin without the power of Christ’s sacrifice. But those who have true faith in Christ will want to follow Him and do what He did, helping the poor and needy, caring for the sick, visiting the lonely, and showing kindness and love to all people.

Faith in Jesus Christ is the firm conviction that He is Who He says He is and will help us when we seek Him. Faith in Christ means trusting Him, remembering Him, and following His teachings. It is the assurance that He is the Son of God, “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).

As we follow His example and live according to His words, we will feel our faith growing and becoming a force in our lives, helping us repent of sins and cope with difficulties. Faith in Jesus Christ is not just a statement of what we believe, but it is a source of strength that we can renew every day by studying His words, praying, and diligently trying to follow His example.

Repentance

Breaking God's commandments makes us feel regret, but Jesus Christ has given us the opportunity to be forgiven.

The fact that we have faith in Jesus Christ makes us want to live a good life. When we sin and seek repentance, we admit that we have done wrong and feel deep and sincere regret about it. God understood when He created the Earth that we would not be perfect, so He provided a way for us to overcome our sins. The ability to repent is truly one of our greatest blessings.

To repent, we must admit sin and regret what we have done wrong, then do everything we can to repair the damage we may have caused and leave our sinful behavior. Repentance can be difficult and requires great honesty, but the joy and freedom we feel when we turn from our sins is worth all our effort. Because Christ suffered for our sins, we can be forgiven when we repent. This is why the Atonement is so important to all of us.

We believe that the Atonement of Christ gives us the ability to repent and be cleansed from sin. Telling us to repent of our sins may sound like punishment, but the real punishment is the guilt, remorse, and disappointment we feel when we sin. Repentance is the opposite of punishment because it allows us to become clean in the eyes of God and removes the guilt that comes from making bad choices.

“…be baptized unto repentance, that ye may be washed away from your sins” (Alma 7:14).

We join the Church of Jesus Christ by being baptized.

Baptism is the promise or covenant we make to follow Jesus Christ throughout our lives. When we develop faith in Him and repent of our sins, the person who has the authority from God to baptize plunges us into the water and raises us up again. This sacrament or rite represents burial and rebirth, symbolizing the end of our old life and the beginning of a new life as a follower of Jesus Christ.

When we are baptized, we take upon ourselves the name of Christ. As Christians, we strive to follow Him in every aspect of our lives. Jesus was baptized while He was on earth. He asked us to follow His example and be baptized (see 2 Nephi 31:12). He promised that if we follow His example and do what we promised at baptism, we will have His Spirit to guide us in this life. Because Heavenly Father is a just and loving God, everyone will have the opportunity to receive Jesus Christ through baptism, if not in this life, then in the next.

After Jesus was baptized, a voice from heaven said: “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”(Mark 1:11). We believe that God is also very happy when each of us chooses to follow His Son and is baptized. He sees everything we do, knows us by name, and wants us to become clean so we can return to His presence.

Gift of the Holy Spirit

God comforts, guides, and strengthens us through the Holy Spirit.

When Jesus was on earth, He said to a man named Nicodemus: “Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”(John 3:5). After we are “born of water” or baptized, we can be “born of the Spirit,” receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. A man of God's authority lays his hands on our heads and gives us the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:17). This ceremony is called confirmation. The Holy Spirit is a spiritual person. He is the third member of the Godhead, just like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. When we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and walk humbly before God, He can always be with us. We call it a gift because the Holy Spirit is given to us by God to guide us as we face difficult decisions, calms us down when we are sad, influences our mind and feelings, and helps us recognize the truth. This type of Divine help reminds us that God loves each of us and wants to help us in the difficulties of our lives.

Continuing Christian Life

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

Having faith in Jesus Christ means following Him throughout our lives.

A relationship with Jesus Christ is like any other - it can begin to fade if we become out of reach. It takes effort to develop enough faith in Christ to repent, be baptized, and receive the Holy Spirit, but we must strive to follow Christ to receive all the blessings God wants to give us.

The key is to think of the gospel of Jesus Christ as a pattern for living, not as a list of things to do. We can continue to develop our faith in Christ every day by reading His words in the scriptures and praying to our Heavenly Father. When we sin, we can repent with a humble heart every time because the Atonement of Jesus Christ is endless. We can remember the promises and blessings of baptism by taking the sacrament every Sunday in Church. We can continue to rely on the comfort and guidance of the Holy Spirit as He leads us back to God.

Sometimes, even when we make every effort to follow Christ's example, we will encounter obstacles that can lead to frustration, disappointment, and even despair. Much of what drags us down in our lives is not the result of sin. For example, the death or illness of loved ones, stress at work, or difficulties raising children can bring trials and suffering. Jesus Christ said: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”(Matthew 11:28). As soon as we want to turn to Him, we will feel His love. Another benefit of continually following Christ is that the closer we draw to Jesus Christ, the more we realize that God knows about us in our joys and sorrows. We can have peace in knowing that God has a plan of happiness for us. With Christ's help, we can happily fulfill this plan and return to live with our Father in Heaven. It gives us a broader perspective and helps us face life's challenges with courage.

BIOGRAPHY OF CHRIST.
FORGERY IN THE NAME OF DECEPTION

Today it is no longer a secret to anyone that the idol of the Christian religion, Jesus Christ, was a real historical figure. Many different studies have been written on this topic, but few people have paid attention to the fact that the canonical biography of Christ is almost identical to the canonical biography of Krishna, the great Hindu prophet.

Krishna lived in the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. in India. His mother's hometown was considered to be Madura, apparently located somewhere in the upper reaches of the Ganges. Devaki was the sister of the Madura ruler Kansa. Once Devaki was present at a magical ceremony in which the priests were supposed to predict the birth of an heir to Kanza's wife, Queen Nizumba. Out of naivety, Devaki approached the ritual fire and the priest predicted that she would give birth to the “lord of the world”; this turn of events did not suit Queen Nizumba in any way and she forced her husband to kill her sister. The plot became known to the chief of the royal guard, who had sincere, human sympathy for the innocent, pure maiden, who could become an innocent victim of the treacherous queen, and he arranges Devaki’s secret escape.
By chance, having escaped untimely death, Devaki hides from his brother’s pursuit in the mountain forests. By chance she came across a lonely monastery of ascetic priests, where their senior priest Vishishta gave her shelter among the nuns. Hermits occasionally appeared in the vicinity of the monastery. Mostly these were pious elders, spending their lives wandering from one monastery to another, but sometimes young pilgrims appeared among them, seeking wisdom from the enlightened saints. These young people did not remain unnoticed by the eyes of young Devaki. A reclusive life, youth, occasional visions of young men, all this created a special state of Devaki’s psyche, in which sometimes dreams and daydreams were intertwined into one single whole.
Once in one of these states, “she heard heavenly music, like an ocean of harps and divine voices. Suddenly the sky opened up, revealing abysses of light. Thousands of shining beings looked at her and, in the flash of a lightning ray, the Sun of suns, Mahadeva himself, appeared before her in human form. And then, feeling that the world Spirit had penetrated into her, she lost consciousness and, in the oblivion of everything earthly, surrendering to boundless delight, she conceived a divine baby.”
Seven months later, Vishishta predicted the birth of the Savior of the world, but warned her that her brother was still looking for her to destroy her, so she needed to go to the shepherds living at the foot of Mount Meru in the Himalayas, and there give birth to a son, whom she should name Krishna. Having come to the shepherds, Devaki settled in the house of their patriarch Nanda, where she gave birth to a son.
(According to this version, Krishna was born prematurely in the eighth month of pregnancy.)
When Kansa learned that Devaki was hiding among the hermits, he began to pursue them. To stop the persecution of his comrades, the magician Vishishtu, a hundred-year-old, blind, white-bearded old man, himself appeared to the king and reported that Devaki and her son were alive, and the time would come when he would take revenge on the treacherous queen for the forced exile of his mother.
When Krishna was fifteen years old, his mother died. Having a hard time experiencing the loss of his only loved one, Krishna wandered in the forest for several weeks. From hunger, grief and suffering, he fell into a semi-fainting state and one day he saw a tall old man in the white clothes of a hermit standing near him under the cedar trees, brightly illuminated by the morning dawn. He looked at least a hundred years old. After a long silence, the old man informed Krishna that he was the son of Mahadev, and that he and him formed a single whole in Him, Krishna’s destiny was to defeat the terrible Serpent, having said this, the old man quietly disappeared while Krishna was in a state of amazement.
(If this episode correctly reflects the events, then Krishna’s father was most likely the magician and sorcerer Vishishta, whose spell on people and nature was almost limitless.)
When, after a long wandering, Krishna returned to the village of shepherds, he radiated a warlike spirit of struggle. Gathering their playmates, armed with bows and swords, they set off to fight the forest animals, all this time Krishna was looking for a meeting with the terrible Serpent. And one day such a meeting took place on the steps of a long-abandoned temple. The cobra was simply fantastic in size, more than five meters in length, but Krishna, not afraid of its hypnotic gaze, entered into single combat and won. But the victory did not bring him peace and he returned to his native village, shocked.
Here, unexpectedly for himself, he discovered the extraordinary attractiveness of his singing for young women who came to him, overcoming their shame and embarrassment, they all wanted to merge with him in a single impulse of unspoken feelings. Waking up from his dreams, Krishna began to tell his grateful listeners everything that he had seen somewhere outside of this world.
(The ability to bring women to erotic ecstasy with incendiary speech was once used by Hitler, an ardent admirer of the Hindu religion.)
Soon Krishna leaves the shepherds and becomes the charioteer of his uncle King Madura. Having learned about the connection of his birth with the wizard Vishishtu, Krishna goes to his hut in the depths of the forests, where he finds the old man on his deathbed. In the arms of Krishna, the old man expires, having accepted death at the hands of the treacherous Kansa, and the staff of Vishishta, a symbol of supreme power, given to him by the elders of the hermits, passes to Krishna. There were seven knots on the staff.
(Seven knots are the sacred memory of the Aryans about their abandoned homeland in Semirechye.)
After accepting supreme power, Krishna retires to Mount Meru and descends from it only after seven years, after which he begins to preach his teachings, sitting under the trees, to everyone who wanted to listen to him. In these spontaneous sermons, Krishna knew how to instill fear, reverence, awe, and awareness of his insignificance in comparison with what and how he said. Many recognized his superiority and succumbed to the hypnotic charm of his speeches.
(At this time, Krishna should have been 27-30 years old. A similar hypnotic effect on listeners was characteristic of many political leaders of our time. Among them were Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini.)
A few years later, after having gathered around him a circle of disciples and fanatical followers, he descended to the banks of the Jamuna and the Ganges to teach the people in their homes, cities and huts. His sermons are richly illustrated with parables:
- One fisherman, being very poor, nevertheless once helped a child dying of hunger. In gratitude for the kindness, he told him that the catch that night would be rich. And indeed, the nets barely held the caught fish.
From now on, Krishna feels his divine greatness and rumor exalts him more and more:
- One woman led a dissolute life, but having believed in the teachings of Krishna, she deeply repented. “From now on she is saved, because she believed in me.”
- The soldiers of King Madura came to arrest Krishna, but after hearing his sermons they gave him their weapons.
- The first people of Madura, sent instead of soldiers, were converted by Krishna, who convinced them to abandon the vices of greed and unrighteousness and bring good to people.
The religious ecstasy he spreads among the people, among the warriors and the upper class, eventually leads him again to his uncle’s palace, where the people transfer full power over the deposed ruler to Krishna, whom he sends into exile for repentance, and he himself appoints his disciple Arjuna as the ruler of Madura.
In his declining years, Krishna felt the approach of death. Accompanied by spirit women, he travels to a desert region at the foot of the Himalayas. After a long journey, they came across a hermit monastery, the cells of which were carved into the mountain rocks. Here they were found by the soldiers of Kanza, who in his exile dreamed of killing his holy enemy. Having tied Krishna to a tree, the soldiers began to shoot arrows at him.
Krishna's body was burned by his disciples. At the funeral pyre, it seemed to people that their Teacher was rising from the flames in a bright robe.

After 1500 years, another appears in Palestine historical figure, which was destined to leave an indelible mark on the history of mankind. The opening pages of Christ's biography are interpreted differently by Jewish and Christian sources. But judging by the fact that Jewish sources largely coincide with the early Christian attitude towards the matter of Christ, they deserve more trust. Therefore, we will begin the biography of Christ with the Jewish version.

Christ's mother Mary came from a poor Jewish family. Maria was not distinguished by piety and chastity and, being a spinner, led a fairly free lifestyle, the result of which was pregnancy from a Roman soldier named Pandira. According to the religious and social law of Judaism, the birth of a child before marriage was considered a serious crime and was severely punished, including the death penalty, if the father of the child turned out to be a Roman legionnaire. Therefore, Mary’s position at this time was extremely dangerous. Her parents made every effort to somehow hide grave sin daughters from the slander of rumors. For a not very large reward, since the family was not rich, they manage to marry Mary to the barren (possibly impotent) carpenter Joseph.

(Mary herself testifies to this in the Gospel of Luke. Being married to Joseph, she says: “How will this (conception) happen when I don’t know my husband?”)

The completely characterless Joseph falls under the “heel” of a lively and carnally insatiable wife, who bore her barren husband, in addition to the first-born Jesus, four more sons: James, Josius, Simon, Judas, and at least two daughters.
A similar version is confirmed in the canonical Gospels, where the Mother of Christ appears as a commoner who does not enjoy any respect from her “divine” son. Sometimes even in his words there is hatred towards his family:
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, then he cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26)
The Gospel of Matthew describes the following incident. Christ preached in one house. The family, concerned about his constant wanderings, comes to this house, where he reads a sermon to those gathered, but neither his mother nor his brothers are allowed into the house. They ask to tell Jesus that his mother and brothers are waiting at the entrance, to which he replies:
Who are my mother and my brothers? - and looking around at those sitting around, he says, “Here are my mother and my brothers; for whoever does the will of God is my brother, sister, and mother.
The Gospel of John says that once in Cana of Galilee, the mother of Jesus was invited to a wedding as an attendant. Taking this opportunity to demonstrate my magical abilities, Jesus also turns up at the wedding as a guest. Mary, whose duty was to pour wine for the guests, at the end of the feast tells Jesus that the hosts no longer have wine. To which the “divine” son replies:
What does this have to do with you and me, woman? My time has not yet come.
Then Mary tells the servants that whatever he says, you will do.
These examples do not need any comments.
In the canonical biography of Christ, the story of Mary is described completely differently, and the later authors turn to this topic, the more fabulous her life becomes. Therefore, we will begin our presentation with the earliest version given in the Gospel of Luke.

The priest Zechariah lived in the city of Judah with his wife Elizabeth. For a long time they did not have children, which was condemned by popular rumor and public morality. Suddenly, after many years of infertility, Elizabeth becomes pregnant. When Elizabeth was six months pregnant, Mary came to her and heard about her miraculous conception. Mary had been married to Joseph for more than a year, but could not get pregnant. After staying with Elizabeth for about three months, Maria returned home while pregnant. Having learned about this, Joseph wanted to drive out his dissolute wife, but a “prophetic dream” stopped him from doing so.

(In this version, attention is drawn to the coincidence with the Jewish interpretation of Joseph’s infertility and Mary’s presence outside the home at the time of conception.)

In the canonical biography of Christ, Mary looks much more decent, but less explainable from the point of view of her oblivion on the part of the early Christians.
Mary came from a great family of kings, priests, leaders, and judges. Her parents Joachim and Anna were from the family of King David. After a long period of infertility, they are visited by an angel and Anna becomes pregnant. On September 8, the long-awaited daughter Maria is born. At the age of three, Mary was sent to be raised in the Jerusalem Temple, where Archbishop Zechariah was the high priest. Maria spent eleven years within the walls of the monastery. During this time, her parents died. According to the law of Moses, virgins dedicated to God, could stay at the Jerusalem Temple only until they were 14 years old. At this time, Mary gives dinner to remain a Virgin forever. But by the time she leaves the monastery, Maria finds herself pregnant. In order to maintain generally accepted decency, Zechariah chooses the childless carpenter Joseph as Mary’s husband, who meekly accepts his fate.
At the time when Mary was pregnant with her “divine” son, King Herod in Judea, by order of the Roman Caesar Augustus, conducted a population census. In this regard, every resident of Judea was ordered to appear in the area where his ancestors were born. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem, Joseph's hometown. Maria at this time was in the last month of pregnancy. Due to the huge crowd of people in a small town, Joseph and Mary find shelter not far from the city among the local shepherds. It is in their cave that Mary gives birth to the future “savior of humanity.” The prophet-advisers of King Herod at this time informed him that a baby had appeared in Bethlehem who would eventually remove him from the throne, so he gave the order to destroy all children under the age of two in Bethlehem and its environs. But Jesus and Mary manage to escape to Egypt. When Herod finds out that Jesus managed to escape his wrath, he forces Zechariah to be brought to him so that he would reveal where the “holy” family is hiding, but since he remains silent, he orders him to be killed. After the death of King Herod, the “holy” family returns to Judea.
Until the age of thirty, Jesus lived with his family, helping his father with his carpentry. Suddenly he is attacked by an irresistible thirst for preaching and he goes from house to house and talks about his visions and divine revelations. His family perceives this unexpected behavior as madness. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the waters of Jerusalem, he retired to the desert for 40 days in order to better understand his destiny.
Returning from the desert, Jesus began preaching his teachings and confirming his missionary destiny with even greater energy. From this moment on, his whole life is filled with a continuous series of miracles and revelations.
One day he met a Canaanite woman begging him for the healing of her daughter, but Jesus did not pay any attention to her, since she was not a Jew, telling her that his grace did not extend to dogs. Then the woman exclaimed: “Lord! but dogs also eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” To which Jesus replied: “Oh, woman! Great is your faith; may it be done to you as you wish.”
Another time, while on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, Jesus preached from a boat to fishermen who had returned from fishing without fish. At the end of the sermon, he invited the fishermen to go fishing again. Imagine their amazement when their nets were filled with fish.
His popularity grew hour by hour, since he knew how to tell the crowd what they wanted to hear from him:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for above is the Kingdom of God.
Blessed are those who are hungry now, for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are those who weep now, for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they excommunicate you, and
They will revile and carry your name as dishonorable because of the Son of Man.
On the contrary, woe to you rich! For you have already received your consolation.
Woe to you who are now satiated! For you will hunger.
Woe to you who laugh now! For you will hunger and mourn.”
The extraordinary popularity of Christ and his accusatory sermons caused great discontent among the Jewish nobility, who decided to kill Him and announced a search for him. But despite the fact that he was wanted, Jesus makes a triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In front of a huge crowd of people, amid enthusiastic cries, Jesus rode through the streets of Jerusalem on a donkey, exactly reproducing the Jewish legend about the coming of the Messiah. With such a crowd of people, the Pharisees were afraid to seize Christ, who at that time was at the height of his glory, saying about himself: “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” After the Easter holidays, the popular excitement subsided and when Jesus left Jerusalem, he was seized by guards, carrying out the order to detain him. After a religious trial, Jesus is handed over to the Roman authorities to decide his fate as an instigator of popular unrest. Pilate, the Roman governor, did not want to understand the theological tricks between the Jewish priests and Jesus, so he decided to leave his fate to the will of the people. According to custom, on Easter days, the Roman authorities, at the request of the people's assembly, declared an amnesty for one criminal held in their custody. Pilate brought Jesus and Barabbas, who was detained for robbery, to the people's court. The people chose Barabbas. This is how the fate of Jesus Christ was decided. Having put on him the crown of thorns of the “king of the Jews”, he was crucified on the cross according to Roman tradition. After his burial, he appeared to his resurrected disciples, after which he disappeared forever.

An analysis of the biographies of Krishna and Christ shows many similarities.
According to canonical biographies, the mothers of both come from families of royal blood.
Both were conceived by the Holy Spirit.
Both were persecuted at birth ruling kings, and the birth of both occurred among shepherds.
In both cases, the priests associated with their birth paid for it with their lives.
Both consider themselves the saviors of the world and expose vices.
Many parables coincide almost down to the details: successful fishing, a believing woman, etc.
Both, having achieved the moment of their greatness, enter the capital of their state amid popular rejoicing.
Both die a martyr's death at the hands of soldiers.
Both are resurrected for a moment in the eyes of their students.
In addition to the listed coincidences, in their biographies there are many more small details, both in the biographical chronicle and in the religious teaching itself, which accurately determine the source of Christian plagiarism.
Considering how distorted the biography of Christ’s mother is and the fact that his relatives considered him insane, and his veneration among the people is too exaggerated, since the people chose to save the life of the robber rather than the prophet, literally a few days after his “triumphant” entry into Jerusalem, and The massive growth of Christian communities began not immediately after the execution of Christ, but almost 100 years later and not where he preached, but in Rome, among Jewish soldiers, it can be assumed that people who established the doctrine of Christianity in the public consciousness as a model for In the canonical biography of their idol, they were forced to take not his real life, which in no way corresponded to the “divinely inspired image,” but the biography of Krishna, widely known at that time in enlightened circles, rethinking it under the conditions of Palestine during the period of Roman rule.
The picture of Christian plagiarism will not be complete unless it is said that the entire episode of the biography of Christ associated with his stay in the desert is almost verbatim copied from the biography of Zarathustra, the great prophet of the Persians, on whose teachings the official religion of Persia, Zoroastrianism, was formed 1000 years before the birth of Christ.

The canonical biography of Christ is completely silent about his life before the start of his preaching activities. From Jewish sources it is known that at about 14 years old he hired himself as a day laborer for Egyptian merchants and lived in Egypt until he was thirty, where he learned the skills of Egyptian magic.
A careful reading of the canonical texts of the New Testament leaves no shadow of doubt that Jesus Christ was completely uneducated, a fanatical “possessed” in the style of the modern leaders Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini, who, imagining himself as a Mission, persuaded the dark common people to the Bolshevik slogan “Take and Divide” .

The tragedy of the Russian nation is that centuries of consumption of the poison of Christianity led it to complete moral apathy regarding its national pride, which has been lying like a doormat under the dirty feet of a rootless Jew for a millennium.

I call on those who cherish the holy roots of our fatherland, raise your voice so that the Slavs can hear the words of the Novgorod Magi addressed to them:

In the dust you crawl like worms before a false god.
You sold the Holy Russian Land for false promises.

Jesus Christ was perfect, and by studying his qualities as a man, we can better build our lives to become like Him. One quality that is immediately apparent when reading stories about the Savior is His concern for the needs of others. He noticed these needs even when those in need did not openly ask for help, and He was always ready to help, no matter how busy or tired He was.

Let's look at a few examples from His life to see what kind of man He was.

Obedience

Perhaps one of the most important qualities Jesus demonstrated was His obedience to His Heavenly Father. This obedience came from love both for God and for all of us. He showed this obedience every day of His mission, including the day of His baptism.

When Jesus asked his cousin John the Baptist to baptize Him, John was at first hesitant. He knew that baptism, in particular, was necessary for the remission of sins, and Jesus lived a sinless life. However, Jesus explained to Him that baptism was a commandment that He must follow. Even though it may not have been necessary for Him to do so, He chose to make no exception of Himself and to fulfill every commandment, even those that are meant for those of us who are imperfect.

Tempted by Satan

The limits of His obedience were tested immediately after His baptism when Satan tried to push Him into sin. This would put an end to the Savior's mission, which had not even begun. Satan unsuccessfully tempted Jesus to turn stones into bread because Christ was hungry. He then tried to convince Jesus to jump from the temple spire and command the Angels to save Him in order to prove that He really was Who He said He was. In this case, Satan used self-love as a temptation. Finally, he offered Jesus power and riches if He would worship Satan instead of God. Jesus refused on all three occasions, commanding Satan to leave. No amount of reward or worldly honor could distract Jesus from His real purpose.

Love for children

There is a story in the New Testament about a group of parents who brought their children to meet Jesus. However, they arrived late, and Jesus had had a long day before. His Apostles asked the parents to leave because Jesus was tired. Jesus heard them and asked the children to come to Him despite His weariness. Perhaps He was already thinking ahead about how difficult it would be for Christians in the coming years, and knew that it would be a little easier for them if they had the opportunity to meet Him in person. He set aside extra time in His schedule to help children grow into good Christians.

Throughout His ministry, Jesus spoke about children and encouraged people to treat them well and take care of them spiritually and physically.

Humility

The Savior had every reason to be proud of the great task that He had to accomplish and the unprecedented sacrifices that He had to make. But He never showed this in His life or teachings. From the moment in premortal life when He offered Himself at God's disposal until the very end of His life, Jesus continued to glorify God alone, understanding His role in our eternal salvation. He often asked people to glorify the Father and explained that He does nothing of Himself, but only what God asks Him to do.

Compassion and love

When John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin, was beheaded, Jesus was very sad. He went alone on a boat to where He could be alone with Himself. His followers, however, went after Him. Forgetting about His grief, He showed compassion for them and began to heal the sick. Finally, after have a long day, the disciples decided to ask everyone to leave because they had no food, but Jesus performed a miracle and fed everyone present. Only after this, when everyone was fed and healed, did He finally go to pray alone.

Jesus Christ showed us an example of compassion and sacrifice. He never refused those who needed His help, even in difficult hours of sadness.

Sacrifice

The greatest example of the Savior's character came in the final days of His ministry, when He did what He came to do on this earth. He went to the Garden of Gethsemane and for the first time in His life experienced all the pain and agony of sin, increased to limits incomprehensible to us, because He took upon Himself the sins of every person who has ever lived or will ever live on Earth. The pain was so strong that sometimes He needed the support of Angels, and blood flowed from every pore.

Mormon Apostle M. Russell Ballard said:

“The image we often see of the Savior kneeling in the Garden of Gethsemane does not help us in the slightest to understand what the Savior suffered on that day, the day He took upon our sins and began the process of redemption. He endured pain greater than we can imagine, and He did it alone. His friends were asleep. His earthly family was not there. His Father in Heaven withdrew and could not - for our sake - intervene. The Savior had to do this alone, for us, without anyone's help, and He did it. He could put an end to this. He could have turned away from pain and suffering and gone into the world, but He did not. He stayed and gave us redemption from our sins.”

Gordon Hinckley said:

“He lives, the Savior and Redeemer of all mankind, whose Atonement came as an act of mercy to the whole world... He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. He gave meaning to our earthly existence. He has given us the gift of eternal life... Let us give thanks to God for the gift of His Son, the Redeemer of the world, the Savior of mankind, the Prince of Life and Peace, the One Holy One” (“Testimony of the Son of God,” Liahona, Dec. 2002, pp. 4-5) .

What kind of person was Jesus Christ? He was everything that Heavenly Father is and everything that Heavenly Father wanted Him to be. He was kind, hardworking, compassionate, obedient to His Father, caring toward His earthly family, and focused on doing good every minute of His life. He lived a life that we can all learn from as we strive to become more like God and Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the central figure in the Christian faith. For Christians, this person is the King of the world, one of the hypostases of God, the Savior who appeared in the flesh and atoned for the sins of people.

The Bible says that he was a perfect, sinless, immaculately conceived God-man, a miracle worker, a healer, the head of the Kingdom of God he created, the Church, the founder and main character of a religious cult, who died, was crucified on the cross, and then resurrected. At the end of time, he will return to judge the world, after which all the saved will live and rejoice on Earth forever.

His life path and purpose are set out in the Gospels. In Islam he is recognized as a prophet, one of the messengers of Allah, in Judaism he is referred to as the False Messiah (since in the holy book of the Torah, one of the signs of the coming of the true Messiah is the end of all wars, the disappearance of evil and crime).

Childhood and youth

Jesus Christ, who became the second person of the triune God, was born in the period of time from 12 (at the time of one of the passages of Comet Halley, which allegedly served as a prototype Star of Bethlehem) before 4 BC (then King Herod of Judea died) in the family of an ordinary artisan, carpenter Joseph the Betrothed and the ever-virgin Mary, who came from the House of King David and lived in Nazareth (Northern Palestine). Exact date There is no birth of Christ in the Bible.

He was born not as a result of the intimacy of the spouses, but thanks to a miraculous conception through the Holy Spirit. The good news about the greatest event in the life of mankind - the future birth of a son, which became the fulfillment of Old Testament predictions about the coming of the Savior, was announced to them by the Archangel Gabriel.

Jesus is the modern sound of the ancient Hebrew name Yeshua. “Ieh” is the first syllable of the name of the Hebrew god Jehovah, and “shua” means “salvation.” Christ is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew word “mashiach,” which means “anointed one.”

In the last months of pregnancy, the wives went to Bethlehem, where they were supposed to appear as part of the ongoing census. Because of large cluster people who arrived for the census, they could not find a place to stay for the night and were forced to stay in a cave-stable, where the Lord was born next to domestic animals. The newborn baby was glorified by a whole host of angels. Wise men from the East - the Magi - came to worship him. They brought gifts of gold, myrrh, and frankincense and told their amazed relatives that at night they received news of the birth of the Messiah, and a shining star showed the way to him.

On the eighth day, the parents performed the rite of circumcision, giving their son the name Jesus, and on the 40th day, sacrifices were made for the first-born boy in the temple of Jerusalem, where the pious Righteous Simeon blessed him. The meeting of humanity in his person with the Messiah began to be celebrated as the Presentation of the Lord.

Hearing about the mysterious baby, the vicious and cruel ruler Herod I, fearing to lose his throne, ordered the extermination of all male children under 2 years old in the city, hoping that Jesus would be among them. But the holy family, warned by an angel, managed to take him to Egypt.

As the apocrypha testifies, after the death of the king, Joseph and Mary and their son wandered around Galilee. And everywhere they followed the glory of the boy’s miracles: the healing of the suffering, the pacification of wild animals. As a person, he grew up working, helping his father in carpentry. When he was 12 years old, his family visited the Jerusalem Temple with him on Passover. In a conversation with scribes, the teenager surprised them with his deep knowledge of the laws of nature and morality.

Service

At the age of 30, Jesus came to the Jordan to be baptized. During the ceremony, the Holy Spirit overshadowed him, testifying to the favor of the Heavenly Father. From this moment, which became the feast of the Epiphany, Christ was recognized as the Messiah.

Then he went to the desert, where he spent 40 days in prayer, fasting and solitude and prepared to fulfill his destiny of atonement through self-sacrifice of human sins. There he fought with Satan, rejecting all his temptations.

Returning from the desert, Jesus began reading sermons, as well as transferring his knowledge to the 12 apostles. He spread the teaching about the Kingdom of God, interpreted Old Testament prophecies, and encouraged mercy, repentance, love, and acceptance of his personality.

To strengthen his faith, he also performed incredible acts - miracles. The first of them was the transformation of water into wine at the request of the mother at a wedding celebration. Subsequently, by the power of God, he healed the hopelessly sick, including the unfortunate leper, cured with one touch, raised from the dead, in particular, the daughter of Jairus in the presence of his parents and three beloved disciples (Peter, James and John), walked on water, stopped a storm on the Sea of ​​Galilee, In an incomprehensible way, he fed 5 thousand people with five loaves of bread and ensured a miraculous catch of fish. All his miracles were imbued with care and deep compassion for people.

Jesus turns water into wine

The Lord instructed people, supplementing the 10 basic laws of Moses with his Beatitudes, the Golden Rule of Morality (about treating others the way everyone would like to be treated), a call not to judge, not to resist evil, etc.

The son of God's popularity grew, although he tried to avoid human glory. However, his activities were accompanied by constant clashes with representatives of the Jewish ruling and religious elite. For example, he denounced the Pharisees for their pride, high opinion of their own righteousness, and contempt for sinners. In addition, many people, languishing under the yoke of Roman rule, wanted Jesus to improve their earthly life. He offered them the salvation of their souls, the renunciation of everything worldly, and they, sick with anger and misunderstanding, considered themselves deceived. They were incited in every possible way to revolt by the Jewish high priests, who called Christ a “false prophet” and intended to deal with him.

Personal life

According to recent scientific research, which was picked up by writer Dan Brown, Jesus Christ was married. The discovered papyrus fragment with text mentions his wife Mary. Most historians agree that it is about the girl Mary Magdalene, who came from Magdala, which was located on the shores of Lake Gennesaret.

If we consider the non-canonical Gospel of Philip, written in the 3rd century AD, its text indicates that Jesus and Mary were “koinonos”. This word can be translated from ancient Greek as “partner,” which means that in this case both a spiritual and physical connection could be implied. This apocryphal text also stated that Jesus “kissed the lips” of Magdalene.

After the execution on Golgotha, Mary stood with the Mother of God at the cross, and early in the morning she came to the tomb of Jesus to anoint his body with myrrh (fragrant oil). However, the angel reported that Christ had risen. She ran to tell the Apostle Peter about what had happened, thinking that someone had stolen the body, but when she returned, she saw the Savior of the world, who announced to her that he was ascending to the Father.

Death and Resurrection

Recent events that brought the Lord emotional and physical pain are considered to be his passions. Among them:

• the ceremonial entrance on Sunday into the holy city, when he rode into it on a donkey (symbol of peace), greeted by the townspeople who covered his path with palm branches. And on Wednesday, Judas invited representatives of the highest religious institution - the Sanhedrin - to betray him for 30 coins;


• on Thursday, the Easter meal with the apostles (Last Supper), where he taught them the greatest example of love and humility, washing their feet, predicted the betrayal of one of them and the fate of the world, and also established the rite of Holy Communion;


• prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, where he asked the Father to deliver him from upcoming suffering;


• arrest by the guards who burst into the garden with Judas. The traitor kissed him and thus betrayed his teacher to them. Late that night he was sentenced to death, found guilty of blasphemy;


• confirmation on Friday by the Roman governor Pilate of the unjust punishment. At first, he did not find the guilt of the righteous man worthy of execution, and in order to save the innocent, he offered to amnesty him for the sake of the holiday. But the people who gathered in the square chose the murderer Barabbas for pardon instead of the sinless God-man. Then Pilate ordered him to be beaten in the hope that the crowd, seeing him bloodied, would soften. But the desired did not happen, and he confirmed the verdict.

At about noon, the Savior was taken to Golgotha ​​and crucified on the cross. His dying suffering lasted about 6 hours. When he died, the earth shook and plunged into darkness.