Jesus as the son of God was central idea that was widely understood to the vast majority of Christians what was less understood however, and has become a larger part of Christian faith, is his identity. Jesus the pre – resurrection Jesus he was both fully man and fully God as is now recited in the Nicene Creed by Catholics. Borg takes this concept even further by personifying what must have influenced Jesus the human, and how he must have developed his own faith through devout Judaism. Borg argues that Jesus’s Judaism is what most shaped his own beliefs outside of his own understanding that he was the son of God. As he says “Jesus was mystic” because Jesus was a man that experienced God vividly. The term Mystic was often applied to the various prophets.
Borg’s understanding of Jesus casts him in a different light that groups him with the prophets. However Borg makes clear that this thought applied mainly to the pre-Easter Jesus, meaning that Borg is attempting to understand a historical Jesus.
(Jesus was not a biker)
Further in the chapter, Borg decribes Gods trancendance as referenced in the Bible. The Bible alludes to a kind of supernatural theism that we understand today. However borg notes that the references describe a permeating presence, that exists throughout the universe.
I personally find the idea of a supernatural God that is above the Laws of the universe comforting, yet personally the notion of a natural permeation of being that ties every aspect of the universe together seems more possible. Yet faith in God is not based on reality rather hope and trust.
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