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JulietAtHeart said:
PART 1 OF MY ANSWER:
No,.... anda see... "born again" does not mean that... at least the "true meaning", which had been tampered with oleh the higher priests and the Romans, after Yesus perished and then rose again.
But some time "before" Yesus was to be Crucified, Nicodemus came to Yesus to warn him of a meeting of the Sanhedrin, and he worried for Jesus. Nicodemus knew Yesus had many friends there, but, there were many enemies of his, as well.
In this warning to Yesus to "lay low" for a time, Nicodemis was puzzled oleh one of Jesus' teachings. And that was the topic of being "born again."
Yesus thus berkata to Nicodemus, "Accept a man be born again, Nicodemus. He cannot see the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; that which is born of the spirit, is spirit. Do not marvel that I told anda that anda must be born again. The wind blows where it will, and anda hear the sound of it, but anda don't know whether it comes atau whether it goes. So is everyone who is born of the spirit. God so loved the World that he sent his own Son, so that he who believed in Him, should not perish, but have but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the World, not to condemn it, but the World may be Saved through Him."
anda see, this is one of the main reasons that not only the higher priest wanted, but the Romans as well, that Yesus had to die.
To teach the Truth, that we would be born again, before resting in Peace in the Kingdom of Heaven for eternity, gave the people that were "ruled" under the Laws of not only the Assembly, but also that of the Romans, "hope." None of the Authoritarians wanted "the people" to have this hope. For if Jesus' teachings persisted, the Assembly, AND the Romans would eventually "lose" control of their people. They did NOT want this!
"The people" in their eyes were the "smallest" of men, and all Powers To Be, wanted these people to be ruled under THEIR Laws & Government. Giving these people hope would certainly kill the ideas in their minds, that they NEEDED to be controlled under an iron fist! The thought alone could very easily cause uproar to the Assembly, and to the Romans. The Assembly and the Romans both agreed that not only Yesus should die, but also, all of his teachings.
That is why all of Jesus' Disciples were all Crucified. It was like a pact between the Assembly & the Romans, that ALL remaining teachings of Yesus were completely destroyed... whether man, atau doctrines... all must be wiped out of the peoples minds before it would fester and grow... something the higher ups did not want to happen! Crucifying all of Jesus' Disciples was a way of tampilkan "power" over what had been taught. To tampil that there was NO HOPE for "the people;" thus regaining their power, their Laws, and control over the "little" people all over the land.
**TO BE CONTINUED**
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