Audio version read by Rev. Steven Lane Taylor, B.Msc.
“The Jesus Complex—or Claims to Be Jesus—Mystically Understood”
Uncertainty, war, fear, confusion, ill health, loneliness—these are just a few of the reasons people often welcome someone who might claim to be Jesus in the physical flesh. The Christ Mind that was in Jesus warned that there would be those who would appear in his name. And certainly, there have been. For reasons already stated, people who are particularly hurting are open and vulnerable to someone handing them a business card with the single name of Jesus on it.
Of course, it takes more than a business card. It takes giving the outer appearance of what people would believe Jesus should look like. If you have ever seen any movie about the life of Jesus, you know that the actor who gets the role looks like what people have—from childhood’s conditioning—believed him to look like. If there were a casting call by a movie producer for an actor to play Jesus, the requirements might be as follows:
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