Abrahamic traditions, the Messiah, and Jesus' homoerotic theft
The Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Mormon traditions within
the Abrahamic Big Story each fully expresses
the Warrior's Quest Lone Male
imagination, vision,
practices and rituals of dominion and dominance.
(As you read the Abrahamic Big Story you can find an image for
each concept here.)
In general, each accepts the patriarchal framework
of "salvation
history" that tells the story of father
Abraham's call to gather the Chosen People and
through their obedience and faithfulness
to their Father god make present on Earth His will that although
they—like Adam and Eve—will
sin, stumble
and
fail,
in
His
mercy a messiah will be sent and all will, in
heaven and not on Earth, return to paradise.
To those not-Chosen, varieties
of hellish after-life
experiences
are their just due.
In the main, Jews still expect the
messiah; some do not. Muslims venerate Jesus
as a prophet. They see his "Second Coming" in terms
of his helping the
messiah (mahdi) establish the Kingdom of God on Earth. Mormons accept Jesus
as the messiah but explain that another revelation
(Book of Mormon) has been given by the Father god in these "latter
days" (since 1830s) that makes clear what the Christian "New"
Testament does not reveal about Jesus, his role as messiah,
relationship to the Holy Trinity, etc.
We Earthfolk focus on the Christian tradition's claim that
Jesus of Nazareth is the only Son of
God and is the Messiah whose
death
healed the breach with their angry
Father. The concept of "Christ" develops in
a way that gives a special
expression to the notions of Lone Male dominion and dominance.
Of note: The tradition transforms
the historical Jesus of Nazareth into the mythic, spiritual Messiah
through an act
of homoerotic
theft.
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