# Chain: Who Jesus Was > *Correcting the record on Jesus' nature and relationships* **The argument it traces:** Jesus was not God incarnate but a man who found the way to the Father's Love → what made him able was the soul he incarnated with, complete and purified by prior agreement with God → so the doctrines resting on his divinity fall with it: the birth record, the soulmate legend, and the worship of him → the record went wrong because those closest to him did not understand him while he lived → what he did was open the door to Divine Love for mankind and all spirits, and he lives still, which is why impersonation is possible **10** messages · **3** supporting · main statement not yet chosen --- ## Foundation ### 1963-12-26 - [[1963-12-26 Jesus' Birth and Youth|Jesus' Birth and Youth]] Mary corrects the record of her son's birth and nature as the one person present for it: "Most of what the New Testament says about me is untrue." There was no virgin birth. Jesus was "born exactly like other babies." Joseph was a young husband, not the aged figure of tradition. There were eight children in the house. From this she gives the thread its central claim: Jesus became the Messiah rather than being born one, because God's Love "permeated his soul... made him, in time, His real, only begotten son." She also reports that his own family thought him insane, corrects the idea that his death was a blood sacrifice, and mentions that his natural love absorbed the ordinary turn toward marriage, which the complete-soul teaching takes up ([[2019-01-27 Jesus Incarnated as a Complete Soul and Has No Other Half or Soulmate|2019-01-27-af-jesus]]). ### 2018-11-26 - [[2018-11-26 Clarification on the Existence of Jesus|Clarification on the Existence of Jesus]] A record-correction statement beside the complete-soul Foundation, [[2019-01-27 Jesus Incarnated as a Complete Soul and Has No Other Half or Soulmate|2019-01-27-af-jesus]]. He affirms his own existence and place, "I am a celestial spirit who has lived a life on earth and come to a place that is close to God," names himself the first to enter the Celestial Kingdom, "the celestial kingdom, of which I was the first to enter and reside within the highest realms," and ends the expectation of a return in the flesh, "I will never return to the flesh beloveds though this myth has persisted for many, many years. It cannot be and contravenes the laws of creation." Both stand in the Foundation section; the anchor is chosen at build. ### 2019-01-27 - [[2019-01-27 Jesus Incarnated as a Complete Soul and Has No Other Half or Soulmate|Jesus Incarnated as a Complete Soul and Has No Other Half or Soulmate]] Jesus states he incarnated as a complete, singular soul by prior agreement with God, with no soulmate. Sets the premise the thread depends on. ## Elaboration ### 2016-04-02 - [[2016-04-02 Jesus' Ministry and the Teachings of Divine Love|Jesus' Ministry and the Teachings of Divine Love]] Major record material: he incarnated "with a unique attribute of having a purified soul," protected by God from the conditions of the world; his purpose was "to re-open the door of His Love"; he taught in allegory and stories; and he interprets his own scripture: "When I say, 'Seek ye the Kingdom' I mean, seek God's Love, which will create the Kingdom within you." ### 2016-09-02 - [[2016-09-02 I Am Your Brother|I Am Your Brother]] The denial of incarnate divinity in his own voice, with the positive account attached and a directive. "And I was never God incarnate. No, my beloveds, I was a man who discovered the truth of God's Love and in my discovery opened the doors to its existence amongst mankind and all spirits," followed by "do not worship me in any way for I am not God. I am your teacher. I am with you in my love for you but I am with God as you are with God." Nearest to it is [[1963-12-26 Jesus' Birth and Youth|1963-12-26-ds-mary]], which corrects the same doctrine from outside and at second hand, describing his Messiahship as attained through the inflowing of God's Love rather than possessed from birth. What this adds is the correction made by Jesus himself, with a practical consequence: worship is prohibited and relocated to God, and his own position is stated as identical to the hearer's. ### 2017-05-11 - [[2017-05-11 Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost|Jesus Speaks of the Pentecost]] First-person account of the post-crucifixion appearances, given as mechanism rather than miracle: "I transformed my spirit body into flesh and walked upon the earth for some time and spoke with them and told them of the Truth once more." He also names what the disciples wrongly expected of him, placing that specific misunderstanding at the source rather than in later tradition. Sits with the 2018-11-26 statement that he will never return in the flesh: the appearances were temporary and purposeful, not a precedent. ### 2019-03-14 - [[2019-03-14 Love Is My Message|Love Is My Message]] Adds the "not God" facet to the record-correction thread. "Those who pray within these churches may not pray to me for I am your brother, but I am not God. God is separate from me as He is from you... Yet I am closest to God." Distinct from the Foundation (complete soul, 2019-01-27) and the Mary Magdalene Objection-removed (2019-01-29): this corrects the specific doctrine of Jesus' divinity and redirects prayer to God, while affirming his unique nearness to the Creator. ## Objection-removed ### 2019-01-29 - [[2019-01-29 Mary Magdalene Is Not Jesus' Soulmate|Mary Magdalene Is Not Jesus' Soulmate]] Mary Magdalene directly confirms she was never his soulmate, wife, or lover, removing the most common popular counter-claim. Follows the Jesus message chronologically and logically. ## Testimony ### 2016-03-31 - [[2016-03-31 The Purpose of Divine Love|The Purpose of Divine Love]] Why Jesus was different, from someone who could not work it out at the time: "We saw embodied within our dear brother great power and wisdom, love and affection, gifts of healing and insight and perceptions, which we did not have. And we glorified our brother, we put him upon a pedestal and we saw him as different and far above us. But we did not understand why he was different." The pedestal is named as the disciples' own error, which locates the beginning of the divinity misunderstanding among the people closest to him. His purpose is stated as reopening the offer: the Gift "was offered to Him and he accepted for he knew that this was his purpose in the world to bring this Gift again to humanity." Testimony rather than Elaboration: the facet is first-person experience offered as evidence, a disciple naming his own misunderstanding, and it is that section of the thread which answers why the record needed correcting at all. ### 2019-04-03 - [[2019-04-03 The Gift of Divine Love Is the Greatest Truth You May Know|The Gift of Divine Love Is the Greatest Truth You May Know]] Joseph, the earthly father, testifies that during his Earth life he did not understand his son's mission or the power of the Love, and proclaims Jesus as the Messiah "not just the Messiah for the Jews but for all of humanity," who "opened the doors to this gift." Read beside [[2016-03-31 The Purpose of Divine Love|2016-03-31-af-judas]], a disciple who could not work him out at the time, and [[1963-12-26 Jesus' Birth and Youth|1963-12-26-ds-mary]], a mother correcting the record of her own son, the three carry the thread's why-the-record-went-wrong step: the people closest to him did not understand him while he lived. --- ## Also touches on this *These messages restate or echo the idea rather than carry it forward, so they sit alongside the thread rather than in it.* - **2015-08-13** [[2015-08-13 I Too Encountered Difficulty in Teaching This Simple Truth|I Too Encountered Difficulty in Teaching This Simple Truth]] (witness) - Jesus gives first-person material from his Earth life: the resistance he met in teaching, "There was great resistance amongst those in power, great ignorance of those who were a part of the place which I inhabited," and what his followers did after his death, "after my untimely death they dispersed, and traveled, and taught, and continued to be my disciples." He draws it as a parallel to the circle's own mission, "you begin anew to reach many in the world," so the Earth-life content serves the present work and the message carries no member role. - **2018-09-30** [[2018-09-30 Time to Speak the Truth|Time to Speak the Truth]] (sighting) - Jesus' ministry as uncompromising truth-speaking, "He could do nothing but speak the truth, beloveds, given what he knew and who he was, the light that he carried," inside a message about the circle's own speaking. - **2019-04-01** [[2019-04-01 We Are Not So Different|We Are Not So Different]] (sighting) - Jesus "the highest soul in God's kingdom."