Moorad,
I agree that, at His second coming, there will be no doubt that all will
recognize Christ. But, again, I was writing hypothetically about the Cana
event placed in the 21st century and what it would take for Jesus to reveal
his glory. Not having seen "Ben Hur," I cannot comment on that aspect. ;-)
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Moorad Alexanian<alexanian@uncwil.edu>
[mailto:alexanian@uncwil.edu]
Sent: Sunday May 27, 2001 7:01 PM
To: george murphy
Cc: Vandergraaf, Chuck; vernon.jenkins; asa
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [Fwd: Griffin #2]]
I am clearly talking of His second coming, not the first! However, I recall
a
scene in "Ben Hur" where Heston was a prisoner and was forbidden from
drinking
water in a stop that the Roman soldiers made in their travel with their
prisoners. Of course, Christ was at that stop and proceeded to quench
Heston's
thirst. In that scene, the roman captain was walking towards the camera to
reprimand the one who was giving water to Heston and as he was approaching
you
could see his anger diminished and as he got close to Christ he said
nothing.
That is the picture I have of Christ, His nature was clear if He wanted.
Moorad
>===== Original Message From george murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> =====
>"Moorad Alexanian" wrote:
>
>> I strongly believe that if Jesus were to walk amongst us today we would
know
>> He is God incarnate without Jesus having to do or say anything! A very
wealthy
>> person does not have to prove to a pauper that he is indeed of evident,
>> extreme wealth. Moorad
>
> If Jesus were to walk among us as the resurrected one over whom
death
has
>no dominion &c
>this might be so. But it's clear that when he walked the earth ~6 B.C. < t
<
30
>A.D. his divine nature was quite hidden. With perhaps some exceptional
flashes
>nobody realized it until the truth of the resurrection began to sink in.
Neither
>miracles nor belief that he was the Messiah required that he be God
Incarnate.
> Your analogy has things backwards: "Though he was rich, yet for
your
sake
>he became poor ..." (II Cor.8:9).
>
>Shalom,
>
>George
>
>George L. Murphy
>http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>"The Science-Theology Dialogue"
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