Jesus, The Dodo Bird and The Reality of Extinction
Lets say all the facts as recorded in the Gospels were totally true.
Let say that all the ancient testimonials of the ancient pagan authors were correct and true as recorded about Jesus and what they recorded totally supported the Gospels.
Lets say we had a Jesus who was 100% New Testament reality who lived and functioned in the past reality.
Lets say we had the original autograph texts of the Gospels themselves, no question about it.
Lets say there was no doubt that Jesus did miracles. He, without a doubt, did raise the dead, heal the sick and cast out demons.
Let say there is totally no way anyone today could deny the reality of miracles a wonderworking Jesus did in the Gospels as recorded by both Christian and pagan authors.
Lets say that we possess Gospel texts which are totally in 100% agreement with each other without any mixture of error or contradiction and that all the events in the life of Jesus are such hard facts that no one in his right mind would even think of denying them.
Now lets asked: Just what happened to all the miracles (the works the Gospels calls the “Signs and Wonders”)? Just why did everything come to a sudden stop? Just why don’t we have a continuation of wonder workers or miracle working disciples known as Christians today rising the dead, healing the sick and working “Signs and Wonders” as given by the master Jesus himself to all who believe in the King of Heaven / God and as proof of the Gospel reality? In short, just why are not there Gospels miracles still happening today performed by ALL Christians?
Fact is, even if we removed all the debate about the truthful historicity of the New Testament, we still fail to have Christians living and working “Signs and Wonders” among us today.
Fact is, the Dodo bird did exist. The Dodo bird did feed hungry sailors. The Dodo bird did factually live in history and no one could argue otherwise.
But the Dodo bird is no more. Gone is its wonderful nourishing meat. Gone is this huge flightless bird that fascinated all who saw it. Far all the historical truthfulness of a past real live Dodo bird, it can now only live on in human imagination. That’s the price of extinction.
So to even if one were to accepts all the above about Jesus in the New Testament as being totally true, he would remain an extinct creature of the past just like our Dodo bird. A factual and wonder working reality of the past, but a totally extinct wonderworker who is now gone forever.
Let say that all the ancient testimonials of the ancient pagan authors were correct and true as recorded about Jesus and what they recorded totally supported the Gospels.
Lets say we had a Jesus who was 100% New Testament reality who lived and functioned in the past reality.
Lets say we had the original autograph texts of the Gospels themselves, no question about it.
Lets say there was no doubt that Jesus did miracles. He, without a doubt, did raise the dead, heal the sick and cast out demons.
Let say there is totally no way anyone today could deny the reality of miracles a wonderworking Jesus did in the Gospels as recorded by both Christian and pagan authors.
Lets say that we possess Gospel texts which are totally in 100% agreement with each other without any mixture of error or contradiction and that all the events in the life of Jesus are such hard facts that no one in his right mind would even think of denying them.
Now lets asked: Just what happened to all the miracles (the works the Gospels calls the “Signs and Wonders”)? Just why did everything come to a sudden stop? Just why don’t we have a continuation of wonder workers or miracle working disciples known as Christians today rising the dead, healing the sick and working “Signs and Wonders” as given by the master Jesus himself to all who believe in the King of Heaven / God and as proof of the Gospel reality? In short, just why are not there Gospels miracles still happening today performed by ALL Christians?
Fact is, even if we removed all the debate about the truthful historicity of the New Testament, we still fail to have Christians living and working “Signs and Wonders” among us today.
Fact is, the Dodo bird did exist. The Dodo bird did feed hungry sailors. The Dodo bird did factually live in history and no one could argue otherwise.
But the Dodo bird is no more. Gone is its wonderful nourishing meat. Gone is this huge flightless bird that fascinated all who saw it. Far all the historical truthfulness of a past real live Dodo bird, it can now only live on in human imagination. That’s the price of extinction.
So to even if one were to accepts all the above about Jesus in the New Testament as being totally true, he would remain an extinct creature of the past just like our Dodo bird. A factual and wonder working reality of the past, but a totally extinct wonderworker who is now gone forever.