This prayer reveals the mindset of the Historical Yeshua/Jesus as he relates to his followers. Yeshua prays to his God (Abba) whom we call The Father (also the name Hashem is used by our Jewish believers today). This prayer also is contrary to Paul's Christian theology which assumes that Satan is the one who leads me into temptation (not the Father as enunciated within this Prayer).
This prayer also is contrary to Christian theology which assumes that it is the Cross and the death of Yeshua which SAVES me. In this prayer I can FORGIVE my friends and then get FORGIVENESS directly from the Father. Read the words and think about the meaning of these WORDS. This prayer was given (I assume) as an example of a prayer which I can pray daily. It addresses my survival concerns and also my salvation concerns. It is totally CONTRARY to Pauline Christianity and Catholic/Protestant Christianity.
I would suggest that my Christian believers display COGNITIVE dissonance when it comes to the meaning of this prayer (which I assume came directly from the historical Yeshua/Jesus). The theology within this prayer gives credence to my BELIEF that Yeshua/Jesus is NOT God. He prays to his Father God (Abba) and this implies that he is less than God (or our Creator). It is so obvious that I am amazed at the cognitive dissonance which emerges from the pulpits of some 45,000 Christian denominations.
Preachers and theologians have ignored the common sense WORDS within this prayer which is derived from both the book of Matthew and Luke. Did these writers not know the meaning of these WORDS? I don't think so. They apparently wrote down the words and assumed that the READER would think for themselves about the MEANING of these words. But what I witness within Christianity is obvious COGNITIVE dissonance (a denial of the meaning of these words so as to maintain the theology of this evangelist called Paul of Tarsus) and also that of the Catholic theologians who devised a new theology for their followers (after the death of Yeshua).
The historical Yeshua did not pray to himself (this seems obvious to me). He prayed to his God (the God of Israel). Yeshua was a Jew who believed in his scripture (the Torah/Tenakh). His bible was the Hebrew Torah and he quoted from this scripture when he read Isaiah 61 to his followers in Nazareth and other venues. Read the words of Isaiah to discern the meaning which Yeshua desired for his followers. The words reveal the meaning!
Think about the WORDS expressed in this video (the apparent words of Isaiah which Yeshua/Jesus quoted during his lifetime). Who is the LORD in this rendition? Who is the one who SENT Yeshua and who anointed him for his role as Prophet/Messiah? Did Yeshua anoint himself or was it ABBA Father who anointed him for his ministry? Dd this happen at his baptism? The words reveal the theology of Yeshua/Jesus (after his baptism via his cousin, John)!
It is shameful that so many believers look to the AUTHORITY of a Pope in Rome and to the enunciation of Preachers (in their churches) to discern what is meant by the text in scripture. I can read for myself the WORDS and then derive the clear MEANING. I can do this without the HELP of denominational preachers who espouse their cognitive dissonance from their PULPITS. It's shameful that so FEW believers THINK for themselves. Amazing!
We all live by words/ideas which then create our beliefs. If our beliefs are to be meaningful, then we need words/ideas which are valid in real-time. Thinking for oneself is absolutely necessary if meaning is to be valid. Listen to the above videos and then derive your OWN meaning of these words! I must do likewise!
I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher, http://kingdomecon.wordpress.com. Also, donaldswenson.blogspot.com.
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