All cults are built in a way to protect themselves and maintain their followers – even when what they say contradicts themselves and their own beliefs. This is especially true with Christianity. Jesus himself possibly never wanted anyone to worship him and in all likelyhood his aim was to bring people to “God”.

However, over the years the messages of Jesus were mixed with superstition and were completely at odds with what a Jewish rabbi (which is what Jesus was) would have believed about himself. At Judaism’s core is the 10 commandments, and not without reason the number one on that list is “you shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3). 

Christians will immediately argue that Jesus was God, but this is not true, as he also prayed to the Heavenly Father, he did not pray to himself. Then Christians will say “but the trinity” – Jesus is part of God, and I would agree, in as much as we are all God’s sons and daughters. Jesus is, and never was unique in that respect.

The worship of Jesus is an act going against the very notion of a Christ, and most certainly goes against the notion of a monotheistic God (a single God). It also contradicts Jesus own teachings which I will discuss later. 

Claimed descendancy from King David & King Solomon

This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.

Revelation 13:18

Jesus the idol, is also the only ‘character’ in the New Testament gospels to have a connection to the “666” mentioned in Revelations. This is done through the claimed lineage (in the Gospel of Matthew) so believers can begin to differentiate between an imaginary idol (to be worshipped as a God) and the Rabbi Jesus who taught about God. 

It is claimed that Jesus was a direct descendant of King David and also had a connection to King Solomon on his “father’s” (his Earthly Father Joseph’s) side. If we take the basic step of using our wisdom and searching “666” in the Bible we are left with a total of 4 verses. One of them being from the book of revelations, 2 of the remaining 3 relating to Solomon.

I do not claim Jesus’ connection to either King David or King Solomon, it was his followers who made that connection and deemed it essential for claiming that Jesus was their promised “Messiah” or, in the greek, their “Christ”. 

Contradicting Jesus’ own teachings

There are still places in the new testament Bible that most likely allow the real Jesus to shine through. A Jesus that has been distorted and altered by his followers and the early (anonymous) writers of much of the gospels. That may come as a shock to people brought up in Christian churches, but it is a fact that the four gospels detailing Jesus’ life were written by anonymous authors, the fictional names (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were given at a later date to provide them with greater authenticity.

These inconsistencies help explain why the ancient and modern church could go against Jesus’ own words that only God was good and that he was not. Instead, they set about creating a new idol to worship – one called “Jesus” and also the one they called “Christ” or “Messiah”. Their very own version of the “Golden Calf” of the Old Testament. 

We can see now from our modern vantage point how well meaning early believers in the Christian church took what was most likely Jesus’ teaching’s about God and distorted them in such a way to tell a very different story. A story to fulfill their desire to have a messiah to save them. A desire to be right. A desire, like the Apostle Paul had, for the “apocalypse” to be true. Unfortunately, the awaited apocalypse for the early christians never came, and instead we now have a perpetual religion in waiting for a messiah that will never return.  As I will discuss below.

He was never coming back

One of the most telling verses of the New Testament Bible is where Jesus tells his followers many of them will be alive to witness him coming into his Kingdom on Earth. This never happened and all of those followers are long dead, and so Christianity has, ever since, contorted itself in order to fit that particular failed prophecy. The reality is that it was always a collection of parables, some possibly from a historical Jesus, and others made up by followers in what was to later become the Christian church.

The truth is all the testimony of the historical as well as the idol Jesus was never put down on parchment while he lived, and not for many decades after the crucifixion. So while christianity has had a positive impact on many people’s lives and I personally believe the historical Jesus was a well-intentioned Jewish Rabbi, the fact remains that the gospels are too heavily doctored to be reliable testimony. 

They have been shaped in order to fulfill Jewish prophecy but often fail in the attempt because they were always trying to make a god out of a man who was refusing to be one. Take Jesus’ supposed words to heart and yes, worship God, but don’t give your soul over to false idols. It’s a waste of your faith. If you want Jesus as your teacher great, but don’t create a new false god that will stop you from experiencing the truth from the LORD your God.