Where is the more strong evidence in Paul pointing to an outer space Jesus
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:44 pm
There are no doubts that it's 1 Cor 2:6-8. The fact that demons crucified Jesus.
It is difficult to imagine that the demons crucified Jesus on the earth, given the fact that:
1) on the earth the Romans had the monopoly of the crucifixion.
2) the demons have a more active role in heaven (even today the Christians say that Satan can't interfere actively in the physical world, but only via the "free will" of the people, while he lives and rules in the Hell). It is difficult to imagine real objects (the cross, a tree, the nails...) that are used by demons on the earth, while it is more easy to imagine that the demons use these same objects in the outer space.
3) Paul seems to mean that the knowledge of who crucified Jesus is a secret reserved only to few people, and even they didn't see the crucifixion but only the Risen Christ. A thing that is not seen is more probably a thing happened in heaven than on earth.
4) Since he is revealing a secret to "perfects", Paul would say only the essential thing (without need of a cryptic allusion to Romans by mentioning only the demons). He allegorizes only when he talks before the Galatians.
5) the demons can fly freely in the outer space, and only by flying they can nail Jesus on a point so high as a cross may be. This freedom of movement is denied to demons if they crucify people on the earth.
It is difficult to imagine that the demons crucified Jesus on the earth, given the fact that:
1) on the earth the Romans had the monopoly of the crucifixion.
2) the demons have a more active role in heaven (even today the Christians say that Satan can't interfere actively in the physical world, but only via the "free will" of the people, while he lives and rules in the Hell). It is difficult to imagine real objects (the cross, a tree, the nails...) that are used by demons on the earth, while it is more easy to imagine that the demons use these same objects in the outer space.
3) Paul seems to mean that the knowledge of who crucified Jesus is a secret reserved only to few people, and even they didn't see the crucifixion but only the Risen Christ. A thing that is not seen is more probably a thing happened in heaven than on earth.
4) Since he is revealing a secret to "perfects", Paul would say only the essential thing (without need of a cryptic allusion to Romans by mentioning only the demons). He allegorizes only when he talks before the Galatians.
5) the demons can fly freely in the outer space, and only by flying they can nail Jesus on a point so high as a cross may be. This freedom of movement is denied to demons if they crucify people on the earth.