@ThereRoseaLamb
He came from heaven to dwell on earth with us. Immigrated.
He was hated by the world because He was not of the world.
He was unfairly judged by the world.
They would not receive Him, and despised Him, because He was not of them.
Hey posthuman, hope you're doing well.
Interesting post, and I realize these commercials have everyone thinking, as it's not entirely clear where they're all coming from.
Let me add my quick 2 cents.
Immigration:
Whatever we think of immigration, I'm not sure that's how I'd label the work of Christ.
If we're going to talk about his preincarnate existence, if that's going to be our perspective, then we can hardly call his coming to earth an "immigration"... since he owned the place.
I don't know about you... but I've never immigrated to a place I already owned.
Modern Politics & Ancient History:
Personally, I have a feeling we might be better off just keeping modern political words, with their peculiar modern political baggage, out of the gospel narrative.
The way we parse words, culture, and politics, in 2023, is just nothing like the 1st century.
- I think this organization, HeGetsUs, is intentionally inverting their hermeneutic methods, to sort of do some eisegesis, and inject modern cultural narratives into the scripture. And I think we can find this hermeneutic failure mentioned right on their website.
God Bless.
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