Jesus'+Revelation

//**JESUS' REVELATION**//

//**Where and when did the revelation take place?**// Like Mohammad, Jesus was not very young when he found out he had a message to preach. When he was about thirty years old he was baptized in the Jordan River by John the baptist, who was the one who saw something special and important in Jesus. “//Jesus' ministry is said to have begun on the// //occasion when he was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist when he was about thirty.”// (World Religions: An Introduction)

//**Who did the message c**////**ome from and**// //**what did it say?**// It was John the Baptist who saw something special in Jesus. Unlike Mohammad, Jesus never spoke with God -- he did speak with the devil though. //“For forty days he [Jesus] was alone in the desert, tempted by the devil."// (The Religion Book). //When Jesus is hungry, the devil tempts him to turn stones into bread. The Devil asks Jesus to prove he is the Son of God by throwing himself off the temple roof. The Devil Promises Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if he will worship him instead of God. Jesus resists all the of devil's temptations, and the angels appear."// (The Family Bible)

//**Was it a painful exp**////**erience for Jesus?**// The experience of being baptized was not painful for Jesus, but before Jesus began to preach God's message to his people, he spent forty days in the desert to think about how he would get God's message across to his people best. During his time in the desert, he was tempted three times by the devil. Each time, he resisted. "//We do not know how the devil came to Jesus, but the temptations he resisted were very real."// (The Family Bible) Jesus and Mohammad have in common that they both endured pain before they began to preach their messages to their people.

//**Was his message accepted by his people?**// Like Mohammad, Jesus' message was not accepted by his people at the very beginning. //“When Jesus started to teach in Nazareth, the local people took offense at him.” (Jesus and Christianity)// More on how Jesus' teachings were received

Similar to Mohammad, Jesus did not start out with a large group of followers. //“Jesus gathered twelve followers, or disciples, to join him.” (Jesus and Christianity)//
 * //Did Jesus preach his message to a big group of people from the beginning?//**

Like Mohammad, once Jesus convinced people that his message from God should be listened to, it was not long before he had a large group of followers behind him. //“Huge crowds of people turned up to hear him [Jesus] speak…”// (World of Faiths: Christianity) Jesus' Sermon on the Mount
 * //Did Jesus accumulate followers quickly?//**

//**Before Jesus was born...**// Although Jesus wasn't spoken to by the Angel Gabriel like Mohammad was, it was Gabriel who informed Mary, Jesus' mother, that she was pregnant with the Son of God. “//He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High”// (The Family Bible) Jesus' Birth

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