The popular opinion of Jesus's(christian) gospel is that the doctrine he preached while alive is the same doctrine that carried on after his death and resurrection. But this is actually very erroneous thinking, There are actually two different christs, two personalities, two values, two different eras.
First there was the christ who came to fulfill the law (of Moses). The man Jesus, born of a virgin, he was the personification of the law, had perfect understanding of the law, lived and ultimately died as the law, and by dying as the law has rendered the law abolished. This was the christ that ended in death, just as the law ends in death. This jesus preached the same message of "thou shalt not..", spoke in parables and did not give understanding of scripture just like the law was a shadow(without understanding) of things(true christianity) to come.
Then there was (and still is) the christ who was born(resurrected) through the death of the first christ. This man no longer preaches the law but gives us absolute personal freedom from this law, we are no longer bound by the old interpretations and commandments of this law. This christ grants us absolute liberty to use and enjoy the riches of knowledge and experience of all creation, this christ makes us realize that there is absolutely no sin in anything God has created and declared to be good and fit for use by man, whether they be food, drink, knowledge, music, clothes, sex, etc, all things are meant for use and learning and to profit from. To them that believe, they cannot sin, just like God himself cannot sin by taking pleasure in his creation. There is no longer "thou shalt not..." for all things are sanctified for use.
Apostle Paul clearly preached the gospel of the second christ and ask us to hence forth disregard the old christ, for his era(the era of the law of sin and death) is gone, having been abolished by his death and he declares that we no longer abide by his lifestyle when he says:
Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh(human tradition, the law); even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.(2 Corinthians 5:16)[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif].[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So we no longer follow the Law's definition of right and wrong. Where the law had before ([/FONT]mis)judged and[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] forbade us from indulging/using our natural, God-given desires, curiosities and sensualities. Thus, our intellectual, spiritual and sensual attributes are no longer sins but are in fact righteous attributes and expectations. The law is absolutely abolished. [/FONT]
First there was the christ who came to fulfill the law (of Moses). The man Jesus, born of a virgin, he was the personification of the law, had perfect understanding of the law, lived and ultimately died as the law, and by dying as the law has rendered the law abolished. This was the christ that ended in death, just as the law ends in death. This jesus preached the same message of "thou shalt not..", spoke in parables and did not give understanding of scripture just like the law was a shadow(without understanding) of things(true christianity) to come.
Then there was (and still is) the christ who was born(resurrected) through the death of the first christ. This man no longer preaches the law but gives us absolute personal freedom from this law, we are no longer bound by the old interpretations and commandments of this law. This christ grants us absolute liberty to use and enjoy the riches of knowledge and experience of all creation, this christ makes us realize that there is absolutely no sin in anything God has created and declared to be good and fit for use by man, whether they be food, drink, knowledge, music, clothes, sex, etc, all things are meant for use and learning and to profit from. To them that believe, they cannot sin, just like God himself cannot sin by taking pleasure in his creation. There is no longer "thou shalt not..." for all things are sanctified for use.
Apostle Paul clearly preached the gospel of the second christ and ask us to hence forth disregard the old christ, for his era(the era of the law of sin and death) is gone, having been abolished by his death and he declares that we no longer abide by his lifestyle when he says:
Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh(human tradition, the law); even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.(2 Corinthians 5:16)[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif].[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So we no longer follow the Law's definition of right and wrong. Where the law had before ([/FONT]mis)judged and[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] forbade us from indulging/using our natural, God-given desires, curiosities and sensualities. Thus, our intellectual, spiritual and sensual attributes are no longer sins but are in fact righteous attributes and expectations. The law is absolutely abolished. [/FONT]
