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Originally Posted by glyn
.As a dog lover I'm proud to be called dogmatic.
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Then consider it a compliment.
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Ah, but did it really, truly? Jesus was an Essene priest.
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There is evidence he spent time with the Essenes. We don't really know anything about his travels from age 12 to 30, when he emerges from a retreat in the desert and meets John the Baptist at the Jordan.
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What marked him out as divine and the others 'also-rans'?
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You're asking the wrong question. The question is, how did he become divine and the others didn't? You assume the scriptures say he arrived on earth already divine, but that's not what they say. The scriptures are about HOW anyone can become divine. At least, I can assert that and have it be as valid as any other explanation.
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John the Baptist was almost certainly the leader of the Essenes and He and Jesus had disputes that were recorded in the DSS.
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You have the translation?
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Both at one time were thought to be the Messiah.
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But not at the same time. John was better known but he was by all accounts a railer, not uncommon among traveling preachers.
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Jesus spent much of his life in religious institutions and wasn't well travelled (for those days) until he became much older. It is known that he went to Rome and Crete.
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That's interesting. Crete wasn't that far off. But Rome...what's your source?
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