Yehoshua the Nazarene

Yehoshua the Nazarene

oil, gold leaf and frankincense on canvas 16″x20″ © Jo Jayson 2014
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Yehoshua: (Hebrew) Yeshua (Aramaic) Jesus (Greek) Joshua (English)…
Like a diamond with its many facets that look so different from many angles, so is the same when looking upon Jesus. There is the historical Jesus, a pious Jew from Nazareth, a small village in northern Galilee, who challenged the social and religious status quo amongst his people, the Jews, who were enduring a harsh and oppressive occupation by the Romans. There is the Christian Jesus, believed to be born of a virgin, the “Son of God” and the Jewish messiah/Christ (anointed one) by his followers . A messiah that would save them all from their sins, and help them achieve access to the “kingdom of heaven”. There is also the spiritual Jesus, perceived and believed by those outside of Christianity, that he was an evolved and enlightened man, a teacher, a master, a prophet – similar to Buddha, Krishna and many others before and after him . An example of the human ability to achieve the highest level of spiritual consciousness whilst living as a human. Some may call this Christ consciousness in the new age world, and some may just call it God Consciousness.
Many scholars differ in their beliefs about the authenticity of the gospels written many years and centuries after Jesus’s death. Many Christians take the gospels as his historic biography and the word of God, and others seek only the wisdom and teachings in what they feel are metaphoric parables.
Most believe he was crucified by the Romans, some believe he escaped his homeland and settled in southern France with his wife , Mariamne of Magdala., Most Christians believe he rose from the dead and resides in heaven, and others believe he will return in the second coming of the messiah.
King of the Jews, Rabbi (teacher) , Savior, Son of God, rebel, miracle worker, philosopher, a Christos (messiah), a healer, God in human form, a charismatic leader and teacher of an enlightened state of being, an Ascended Master – which ever you perceive and believe him to be, his influence has touched each corner of this planet. Did this man intend to teach and create a new religion in which he would be worshiped as the Son of God, or was he teaching that we are all children of God, that we all can reach this “kingdom of heaven” in ourselves by connecting to our own God Consciousness. Yehoshua’s influence permeates through so much of our history in the past and in the present. Whichever facet of Jesus you wish to look upon, there is no doubt that this man’s light and soul has and will continue to embrace and embody so much of our human experience here on earth.