Eyes Above The Waves

Robert O'Callahan. Christian. Repatriate Kiwi. Hacker.

Sunday 27 March 2016

Obituary

Jesus of Nazareth, Whose Messianic Message Captivated Thousands, Dies at About 33

Why didn't he quickly drift into the same irrelevance as his predecessors? What happened next made all the difference.

Comments

mlhaufe
The conversion of Constantine to Christianity...
Robert
That was nearly three hundred years later, so no :-).
Anonymous
Who is Constantine?
Robert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great
mlhaufe
It's been nearly 200 years since Mormonism was founded. Why didn't Joseph Smith quickly drift into irrelevance? Is that not in the same category?
Robert
A good question. I think he's not in the same category: he was never seen as the Messiah, so his death did not greatly undermine the basis of Mormonism.
Russell
He was resurrected to become the Life-Giving Spirit! 1 Corinthians 15:45