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dzim77 · 11-03-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Clivedurdle

Thank you for quoting a classic mythicist text!

By arguing as you have, you need to be clear that Paul was a xian as they are defined now - he was not. He looks to me as a gnostic neo platonist possibly jewish writer who copied psuedo alchemic stuff about turning wine into blood and bread into flesh as an earthly magical copy ritual of a sacrifice of a perfect lamb in heaven.

I think we have more than enough clues to work out what most probably happened, but to do that we must dump the jesusdidit big virgin birth death resurrection scenario, and treat this stuff as part of the evolution of the religion. This also explains the fascinating lack of external correlation of an hj.

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that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
-1 Cor 15:3

Paul understood Jesus' death as prophecied/foreshadowed/pictured by OT events.

what does this have to do with Revelation?

Clivedurdle · 11-03-2006, 02:55 PM

Lamb?

dzim77 · 11-03-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Clivedurdle

Lamb?

Sorry, I'm a little confused about your point?

Paul used the idea of the passover lamb to illustrate what Jesus did on the cross.

Revelation uses the idea as well.

I'm suggesting the idea of Christ as 'the lamb' goes back to Paul or earlier.

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