Jesus, the man.

So I've kind of wondered about Jesus as a dude. Not so much focusing on being God. Granted yes, I know he was 100% God, but he was also 100% man. So I wonder about the man side. I wonder how he carried himself. Most of us, atleast I didn't really think about Jesus as a guy. The Bible says he was sinless, but never says he was perfect, we just assume that he was. But I wonder about his grades in school. Did he have to study really hard? What was his favorite class? Did he get straight A's or was he more of a C student? It often reads that jesus didn't heal everyone, that he sent others away without touching them to save them from their infirmiries, but I wondered why and found that it was that wasn't his job. His job wasn't to heal everyone by touching them, by teaching in every synagog, it was all part of it and everything he did should be closely looked at, but he didn't do it all. He did what he was called to do. He did what his purpose was. So in that same sense, did Jesus do well in school, or was his purpose to focus on other stuff.

How did he react when the girls in junior high started flirting with him? How many girls were in-love with him? How did he gently turn them down saying. . . what would he say? I can't be slowed down by you? This isn't my purpose. There's someone specifically for you, (in his head: "Bill Hendricks of Jerusalem, he's a tentmaker"). But we think we should give everything our all, but we shouldn't really. Cause Jesus didn't give his everything to every aspect. If he would, he never would have accomplished half the stuff he would have? So did he pour himself into his studies? what about his carpentry? Did he pick it up right away? Did he smash his fingers? Did Jesus ever break a bone? Did Jesus fart in public? (you laugh, or maybe you think it's sacrilegious, but the Bible says he was human and he walked the earth. Therefore: by not accepting or thinking about him as a man is really getting an inaccurate picture of Jesus and ergo an inaccurate picture of God, which means your worshiping a false God. Ok, I know thats a bit of a stretch and whatever, but i think you get my point of why I want to see Jesus as a guy. Also, by seeing Jesus as a human it shows us a little more of how us, as humans should live. Sorry, I forgo to end the parenthesis so here's the end. ) <-see that was it.

I also wonder what his favorite food was. Did he like vegetables? Did he try to give them to the dog? Did he have a dog, ok maybe not a dog but a pet in general? If so what did he name it? Did he cry when it died? Was Jesus ever heart broken when he had to leave Mary and Joseph to start his ministry? Did he ever look back and get sad? Did he miss his friends from his childhood that had moved on. Did he ever contact an old friend to catch up? or did he always know exactly what was up? How would that conversation go if he did know? what would you say to the other person?

Was Jesus good at sports? What was his favorite one? Was he an introvert or extrovert? Was he good at art? (i mean helped make the world, but was he good with paints and sculpture?) What would it be like sitting through a bible study with him? Would he lead the conversation or would he let others figure it out for themselves and just help along the way? Did he play an instrument? which one? did he ever wish he could play one but couldn't? Did he ever want more? Not just more people and more God, but like more choices for food, or more musical ability, more free time? Well, I guess not cause he would have been content with whatever he has provided for him.



But then another thought comes up. If you don't see Jesus as the Son of God, the Messiah, the Lamb of God, the ultimate Sacrifice, the One, if you only see this man named Jesus of Nazareth as a historical figure, what would you think? The history books record him, but do they record him because he is simply the head of one of the largest world religions? Muhammad and Buddah both fit into that category, but they both had moral teachings: how to treat each other, yourself, nature, all of that jazz. They theorized and hypothesized and came up with formulas and awesome sayings that could change the world or the way it looked at things. But how often do you see Jesus quoted by a non-believer. I'll quote Ghandi, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." It's an awesome quote, and makes a very good point.

Wikipedia says on the "Historical Jesus" that "He preached the Kingdom of God, using pithy (precisely meaningful; forceful and brief) parables with startling imagery and was renowned as a teacher and a healer." It's a good start, but hmmm. It seems like it's missing some key elements in the life of Jesus. you know the whole coming back to life thing, but i guess thats not something you want to write in History books. It could cause someone to be uncomfortable, it could cause some thoughts, it could cause a revolution. a revolution is what I'm praying for. For the world to see who Jesus really is and to love and be in love with him. what the world would be like. . .