Writer, Jeffrey Archer has written the life of Jesus in 346 words, so I have written it in three short paragraphs:
Yeshua's father, on His birth certificate, came from the Royal House of David but His secret Father was The King of The Universe. His mother was 100% human: she was also of David’s royal line. Like her forefather David, she was a poet and a spirited teenager of faith. The ultimate 'royal', Yeshua or ‘Jesus’ in Greek had a humble artisan’s family upbringing, in a subjugated country, keeping the low profile of an apparent ‘nobody’.
Hard working, unmarried, quiet and, apparently, a conforming Jew, when He reached thirty, after a trip to be baptised by a prophet in the River Jordan, He launched an explosive publicity campaign, telling veiled short stories and talking about a transforming Love backed by sensational miracles and rivetting preaching. His team of twelve trainee supporters were slow to follow him and often doubted Him; they took a long time to accept His revolutionary creed. His trainee women found it easier and supported him financially, including those He had healed. He said he was fulfilling 'old promises'. The Ancient World had never seen anything like it.
Suddenly, after three years of 'film star adulation', He gave it all up to confront the corrupt, greedy and unbelieving rulers by tossing tables around The Holy Place. He was crucified due to their fear and intense jealousy - but actually, He said it 'had to be'. All his male team fled save one (and a few women). Then He rose again with the aim of bringing to repentance, giving hope to, sustaining and saving (for eternal life) all those who would believe in Him. His cowardly male team saw Him walking through doors. As a result, they became world-challenging 'lions', telling people about Him and commissioning incredible books. The rest is history.
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