religiousragings:

  • Luke 14:27 - And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
  • Matthew 10:38 - and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
  • Matthew 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
  • Mark 8:34 - Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
  • Luke 9:23 - Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Question: So, WHY was Jesus so obsessed with crosses even before he was crucified?  I mean, even if Jesus knew what was going to happen, how could the expression have any meaning to those he was talking to yet?

Likely explanation: Jesus’s words were written by people over two centuries after Jesus supposedly lived, and the phrase “take up the cross” was in common use from the myth.

Conclusion: Jesus never actually said any of this stuff.

Or, maybe the Bible was just written as fiction, to teach people good morals and so on. That could all just be a form of foreshadowing. 

Source: religiousragings
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    That’s a bit of a jump. It could have been common knowledge that Jesus’s fate was crucifixion.
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    as fiction, to teach...so on. That could all just be a form
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