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The True Jesus Christ: Unknown to Christianity
Through the centuries, thousands of books, stories, novels, television programs, and films about Jesus Christ have been written and produced. Hundreds of thousands of churches have been erected in His name. Millions have claimed to be His ministers. Billions have professed Him as "Lord and Savior."
Today, Jesus is renowned the world over, commonly known in one way or another in every culture of the world, whether one professes to be Christian, atheist, or of any other religion. Many have positive comments about Him, regardless of their beliefs about who He was and what He taught. His name also stirs great controversy and debate.
Yet, despite worldwide recognition-despite billions professing to be His followers-despite all the knowledge circulating about Him-Jesus Christ remains unknown-even to Christianity!
Unlike anything ever produced, The True Jesus Christ - Unknown to Christianity accurately examines the life, ministry, and teachings of the most influential Person in the history of the world. Excluding popular tradition, theory, and opinion-the usual approach to His life-it takes you on an extraordinary and gripping journey through the corridors of the life and times of Jesus Christ, and correctly answers in plain language the greatest questions about Him-straight from the Bible and history. You will learn what only a tiny few have understood.
Today, Jesus is renowned the world over, commonly known in one way or another in every culture of the world, whether one professes to be Christian, atheist, or of any other religion. Many have positive comments about Him, regardless of their beliefs about who He was and what He taught. His name also stirs great controversy and debate.
Yet, despite worldwide recognition-despite billions professing to be His followers-despite all the knowledge circulating about Him-Jesus Christ remains unknown-even to Christianity!
Unlike anything ever produced, The True Jesus Christ - Unknown to Christianity accurately examines the life, ministry, and teachings of the most influential Person in the history of the world. Excluding popular tradition, theory, and opinion-the usual approach to His life-it takes you on an extraordinary and gripping journey through the corridors of the life and times of Jesus Christ, and correctly answers in plain language the greatest questions about Him-straight from the Bible and history. You will learn what only a tiny few have understood.
276 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2009
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About the author
David C. Pack
29 books10 followersDavid C. Pack is the founder and Pastor General of the Restored Church of God. He attended Ambassador College and entered the ministry of the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) in 1971. Following the 1995 schism in the WCG, Pack became a minister in the Global Church of God, but he was fired on May 3, 1999, and established his own church. Since then, he has established over 50 congregations, authored more than 20 books, written hundreds of booklets and articles, and appeared on The History Channel.
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October 2, 2018
I thought this book, as it's title says, will give a true picture of Jesus Christ, unknown to Christianity. It fails to do so. It fails to show the true Jesus Christ and does not separate fact from fiction, as it claims. Rather, it is just another pulpit sermon delivered on Sunday put in a book. It is NOT worth reading for anyone who wants a true picture of Jesus Christ, unknown to Christianity.
The book is nothing but an analysis of what is already contained in the Bible, with even more misrepresentations and distortions, with some variations.
I give credit to it for it's brief history of Palestine and the makeup of the populace at the time. It points to the fact that Jesus Christ was not a Jew, but adopted the Jewish faith as required of all Galileans. That was the biggest reason Jews never accepted him. They never saw him as coming from the house of David. I give credit to it for distancing itself from the general notion that Jesus Christ was long-haired. And also that December 25 date of Christ birth was chosen because many pagan gods were born on and around that date; so are some past great avatars. However, the Bible does not claim that Christ was born on December 25. It was arbitrarily chosen by Christian Church leaders.
The claim that Jesus Christ drank wine will not sit well with some Christian leaders. "Jesus drank wine (Matt. 11:19)" Matt. 11:19 does not say anything about Jesus drinking wine. It is a misrepresentation of what the verse says; "The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say Behold a man gluttonous, a friend of publicans and sinners..." Nothing about him drinking wine.
Why the book will suggest that Christianity existed before Christ beats my imagination.
"Rome forbade the emergence of new religions under its rule. But
to non-Jews, who worshipped many “gods,” Christianity and Judaism
seemed the same.....By the time Rome realized that Christianity
and Judaism were different, it was too late—Christians could be found
living in the emperor’s household." These statements supposed that Christianity existed before Jesus Christ. To think or suggest so, is very inaccurate. In Jesus Christ time, He NEVER established any religion. He still adhered to the Jewish faith he adopted, but preached about the kingdom of God through love. Even after His death, his followers (disciples) were practicing in hiding. It was very later that Christianity was established: followers of Christ teachings.
When the book commented on the missing years of Jesus Christ, one would think that it will give readers an account of those years. Just like the Bible, it said nothing of those years. It was like, abracadabra! here I am! What happened to those years? So the title of the book being, 'The true Jesus Christ' is just a crap.
The book claims and references Psalm 41:9 that Jesus betrayal by a trusted friend, Judas Iscariot was prophesied in the Psalm 41:9 passage: “Yes, my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread, has lifted up His heel against Me.” This is very hilarious, because we all know that the book of psalms are not prophetic books, but are collection of songs written to the choirmaster for use in synagogues, to either praise God, ask for God's forgiveness or ask for His intervention over enemies. Even David was ascribed some of these psalms. Psalm 51 is well noted for his repentance and plea to God over his adultery and murder. Psalm 41 like all the other psalms is just a prayer to God for deliverance over an enemy. Saying that Jesus betrayal was prophesied in it is a joke.
This book brings to mind of preachers just selecting a verse in the Bible and use it to back an argument, without going backwards to read the context of the verse. In the calling of Jesus Christ disciples, the book insinuate that the calling of the disciples was not the decision of Jesus himself, but through the decision of God. "Contrary to popular teaching among many churches today, it is God the Father, not Christ, who calls people to come into the Christian way of life. No one can take upon himself this calling—the decision is up to the Father." It quoted John 6:44 to support this. I looked up John 6:44 (KJV). I quote what it says, "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day." If the author had taken the time to go back and read from verse 34 of the chapter, he would have seen the context of the speech. It shows how preachers just pick a verse in the Bible and make a declaration, without knowing the true picture.
As said earlier, there is nothing different from this book and what is already written in the Bible. It is just a furtherance of the distortion of Jesus Christ life; as in the erroneous claim that Jesus went into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. Of course that is the Christians belief. Jesus Christ never went into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. After attaining His Christ hood, He withdrew into solitude (wilderness) to contemplate and meditate on the human tasks ahead of him. He reflected between his lower self (mundane) and his higher self (Divine) seeking responses to the various tempting questions and signs that will be required of him. It was not a wrestling contest between him and Satan.
If anyone is looking to enrich his/her knowledge about the true Jesus Christ, unknown to Christianity, the book is not a good source. Such person will benefit from good books like The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi H. Dowling, The Mystical Life of Jesus by H. Spencer Lewis, etc. But it is good for those who wish to further their knowledge of the Biblical Jesus Christ.
I think the book too, is just to promote The Restored Church of God ministry.
The book is nothing but an analysis of what is already contained in the Bible, with even more misrepresentations and distortions, with some variations.
I give credit to it for it's brief history of Palestine and the makeup of the populace at the time. It points to the fact that Jesus Christ was not a Jew, but adopted the Jewish faith as required of all Galileans. That was the biggest reason Jews never accepted him. They never saw him as coming from the house of David. I give credit to it for distancing itself from the general notion that Jesus Christ was long-haired. And also that December 25 date of Christ birth was chosen because many pagan gods were born on and around that date; so are some past great avatars. However, the Bible does not claim that Christ was born on December 25. It was arbitrarily chosen by Christian Church leaders.
The claim that Jesus Christ drank wine will not sit well with some Christian leaders. "Jesus drank wine (Matt. 11:19)" Matt. 11:19 does not say anything about Jesus drinking wine. It is a misrepresentation of what the verse says; "The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say Behold a man gluttonous, a friend of publicans and sinners..." Nothing about him drinking wine.
Why the book will suggest that Christianity existed before Christ beats my imagination.
"Rome forbade the emergence of new religions under its rule. But
to non-Jews, who worshipped many “gods,” Christianity and Judaism
seemed the same.....By the time Rome realized that Christianity
and Judaism were different, it was too late—Christians could be found
living in the emperor’s household." These statements supposed that Christianity existed before Jesus Christ. To think or suggest so, is very inaccurate. In Jesus Christ time, He NEVER established any religion. He still adhered to the Jewish faith he adopted, but preached about the kingdom of God through love. Even after His death, his followers (disciples) were practicing in hiding. It was very later that Christianity was established: followers of Christ teachings.
When the book commented on the missing years of Jesus Christ, one would think that it will give readers an account of those years. Just like the Bible, it said nothing of those years. It was like, abracadabra! here I am! What happened to those years? So the title of the book being, 'The true Jesus Christ' is just a crap.
The book claims and references Psalm 41:9 that Jesus betrayal by a trusted friend, Judas Iscariot was prophesied in the Psalm 41:9 passage: “Yes, my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of My bread, has lifted up His heel against Me.” This is very hilarious, because we all know that the book of psalms are not prophetic books, but are collection of songs written to the choirmaster for use in synagogues, to either praise God, ask for God's forgiveness or ask for His intervention over enemies. Even David was ascribed some of these psalms. Psalm 51 is well noted for his repentance and plea to God over his adultery and murder. Psalm 41 like all the other psalms is just a prayer to God for deliverance over an enemy. Saying that Jesus betrayal was prophesied in it is a joke.
This book brings to mind of preachers just selecting a verse in the Bible and use it to back an argument, without going backwards to read the context of the verse. In the calling of Jesus Christ disciples, the book insinuate that the calling of the disciples was not the decision of Jesus himself, but through the decision of God. "Contrary to popular teaching among many churches today, it is God the Father, not Christ, who calls people to come into the Christian way of life. No one can take upon himself this calling—the decision is up to the Father." It quoted John 6:44 to support this. I looked up John 6:44 (KJV). I quote what it says, "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day." If the author had taken the time to go back and read from verse 34 of the chapter, he would have seen the context of the speech. It shows how preachers just pick a verse in the Bible and make a declaration, without knowing the true picture.
As said earlier, there is nothing different from this book and what is already written in the Bible. It is just a furtherance of the distortion of Jesus Christ life; as in the erroneous claim that Jesus went into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. Of course that is the Christians belief. Jesus Christ never went into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. After attaining His Christ hood, He withdrew into solitude (wilderness) to contemplate and meditate on the human tasks ahead of him. He reflected between his lower self (mundane) and his higher self (Divine) seeking responses to the various tempting questions and signs that will be required of him. It was not a wrestling contest between him and Satan.
If anyone is looking to enrich his/her knowledge about the true Jesus Christ, unknown to Christianity, the book is not a good source. Such person will benefit from good books like The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ by Levi H. Dowling, The Mystical Life of Jesus by H. Spencer Lewis, etc. But it is good for those who wish to further their knowledge of the Biblical Jesus Christ.
I think the book too, is just to promote The Restored Church of God ministry.
January 4, 2024
Bit dry...
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