"Revelations" outside Christianity (4)

"Revelations" outside Christianity (4)

Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism - "Revelations" on the internet

It is a fact that God reveals himself in different religions; that is, he may be experienced in different creeds, not just in the Christian faith. It seems that not everybody is made for the "Christian model," and God has wanted different ways for humans to come to him.

Just at the beginning of Christianity, Peter said: In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation whoever fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him (Acts 10.34-35). It seems like most members of any religion do not want to follow this through; and Islam and Christianity are no exceptions.

All true religions are valid

All true religions of the living God are valid; I am not talking about cults not centered in the living God. I do not dare to say that the Christian faith is better. We are used to pondering the excellence of Christian faith, but I think we have no right to consider other religious faiths inferior to Christian faith.

The "supremacy" of any religion, call it Muslim or Christian, is an act of arrogance and pretension. God accepts all religious faiths.

And the person of Jesus?

The main problem we Christians face in front of other religions is the person of Jesus, who is believed to be Lord for all mankind, besides his roles as prophet, messiah, redeemer. Who is he? Is he somebody "universal," that is, for everybody, for all human beings; a kind of "generic," universal model for all religions; or is Jesus only the prophet for Christians, as Muslims have Mohammed, or Buddhists have Buddha?

We shouldn't hurry a "no" answer. Probably we won't have the answer here. He might be the Prototype of all mankind, from the beginning of human beings about 200,000 years, and for the future; or he might not; we do not know.

Lordship of Jesus

Christian faith has traditionally believed that the Lordship of Jesus is universal; but we may wonder if his Lordship is limited to Christians. We do not have the answer to all questions of Christian faith, and we do not have to, since any religion has some mystery and unknown.

But we must admit the fact that many human beings worship and pray to the true God without Jesus; not just that, but throughout the whole Old Testament, Yahveh was worshipped and served without the need of Jesus.

What seems true to me is that we should not "impose" the Christian pattern to everybody. God's views and designs about mankind are not necessarily our view. Let us admit the fact.