Jesus vs. the other "gods"

[Rocky R.]

I've come to understand that a number of pagan deities were actually human beings that were in a position of power and influence when they were alive, and through enforcement of their policies via military might and propaganda campaigns engineered by their religious system came to be worshiped as "gods". For example, millions of Asian person worship Buddha. But Buddha was first a lazy East Indian prince named Siddharta Gautama. Modern examples include the Dalai Lama, and the Kim IL Sung, the first North Korean dictator. Kim IL Sung is revered in North Korea as "eternal president". These dictators always have a very high opinion of themselves. Even Jupiter (worshipped by the Romans) was really Noah's son Japheth (Japiter), a revered ancestor they made an idol of.

Of course we know they are not God. There is only one God. How does Jesus compare to all of them? The main difference is grace. There is no other deity who would offer grace, understanding, forgiveness, and ultimately offer themselves for mere human beings. Never mind that they don't exist at all, and if they did, the only thing they offer is wrath for their "clients" should their worshipers deviate from what they have commanded. Not so with the LORD. ...for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Another is POWER. Nearly every other pantheon of so-called deities cannot handle the entire cosmos by themselves, but power of different aspects of nature is delegated to each of them, with no single one having all the power. Also, pagans believe their gods sprung out of a primordial chaos, but the LORD God is the Creator of all matter, space and time and therefore has no beginning "in time". Our One God is God in Three Divine Persons, and therefore He is not merely three-dimensional like the imaginary pagan deities, but He is infinite-dimensional.

But, how would Jesus compare to these deities human selves if they were alive today on Earth?

We know Christ is alive forevermore and if He were on Earth right now, He would be ruling and reigning the entire cosmos from Jerusalem. We would be worshipping Him every day.

If Thor and Odin were still alive on Earth, they'd join ANTIFA.

If Gilgamesh (Nimrod in the Old Testament) were alive on Earth today, he'd be a suicide bomber.

If Buddha (Sidharta Gautama) were alive on Earth today, he'd a scammer at a call center in Calcutta.

If Osiris were alive on Earth today, he'd be working with UBER.

If Jupiter (Japheth) were alive again on Earth, we'd be buying yachts from him.

 

[katt]

Jupiter was not Japhath, Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire....Jupiter was the counterpart to the Greek god zeus... all the Greek gods were manifested by the Roman gods, they just had different names, all the ancient gods were the men of renown spoken of before the flood in Genesis...for some reason the sons of Noah kept the stories going after the flood, or maybe not, Moses does tell us the giants existed before and after the flood, and of course, Noah's sons had wives, who probably told their children stories of how things once were and then a flood came and killed everyone on the planet, it explains why Nimrod thought he could stop it from ever happening again by building the tower, instead of believing God everytime he saw the rainbow...

 

[twerpv]

I believe one of the other main difference is the gift of salvation. There is no 'earning' it with Christ. It is quite un-possible (not a word), to earn your way into Heaven. However, with other religions and 'gods', that is exactly what you have to try to do. These are polar opposites.

 

[lightofmylife]

Jesus Is the only one who died on the cross for our sins, and I agree with twerpv that our sins were paid in full past, present, and future. We can not earn our salvation. It is a gift of believing Jesus did for our sins and we receive. John 1:12-13.