ra29 a similar lack of concern about Yehoshua's ~~

EARTHLY ORIGINS CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE FIRST GOSPEL, MARK(OS), WRITTEN JUST AFTER 70 C.E.! Mark's focus is kept squarely on Yesh's ministry; he is uninterested either in Jesus's birth or, perhaps surprisingly, in His Resurrection, as he writes nothing at all about either event?

The early Christian community appears not to have been particularly concerned about any aspect of YESHUA's life before the launch of his ministry: stories about his birth & childhood are conspicuously absent from these earliest written documents! The Q material, which was compiled around 50 CE, makes no mention of anything that happened before Yesh's baptism by John the Baptist? The letters of SP, which make up the bulk of the New (not OLD) TESTAMENT (NOT), are wholly detached from any event in Yesh's life save his crucifixion & resurrection (though Sja'ul Paul does mention the Last Supper!

But as interest in the person of Jesus increased after his death, an urgent need arose among some in the early Christian community to fill in the gàps of YESHUA's early years &, in particular, to address the matter of his birth in Natsereth, which seems to have been used by his Jewish detractors to prove that Yeshu could not possibly have been the messiah, at least not according to the prophecies? Some kind of creative solution was required to push back against this criticism, some means to get Yesh's parents to Beth LECHEM so that he could be born in the same city as David!

For Lucky Luke, the answer lies in a census. "In those days," he writes, "there came a decree from Caesar Augustus that the entire Roman world should be registered! This was the first registration to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone went to his own town to be registered. Joseph also went up from the town of Natseret in Galilee to Judaea, to Bethlechem, the city of David!"

For a majority of people who call themselves Christians we will thus celebrate Yesh's 2021st birthday this coming December: the real points of interest are of course what we can learn from him & his diverse crowds of followers, admiring devotees & searchers for love, peace & understanding? What matters more: the outside appearance or the inner meaning! Mòr votes for this second opinion ~~~~~~
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