Monday, July 10, 2006

questions...

the past month, a question had been posted in my mind... i came across a discussion about heaven and if there people who died that are in heaven... one answer is when Jesus was about to die on the cross, one of those who was nailed with Him asked to Jesus to remember him when he dies... right there and then, Jesus promised to him to paradise that very moment... this was according to the Gospel of St. Luke.... however when i tried reading St. Matthew and St. Marks' Gospel, it was written that the two who were crucified with Jesus, actually mocked Him...

so i was really puzzled... which one should i believe...
then last saturday, my sister gave me a book(thanks sis!) written by a certain bible scholar named ariel valdes... he pointed out the difference on the intention of the authors.... while Mark has portrayed Jesus as more of a human being just like you and me, Luke portrayed him as divine... that's why you can see all the humanity of Jesus in Mark's account (like being angry, tired, etc... and other human traits)... while in Luke's writing, Jesus has always been loving and forgiving... very divine...

so which is which?
both are true because Jesus is both human and divine...

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