Yeshua, the Sinless

I lay in a heap as the sand blew over me.

And the voice of the Lord was not in the wind; and it was not in the sand; and it was not in the sun; and it was not in the stars.

It was inside me.

I'd always known who I really was. I was God. And I'd chosen not to know it. Well, now I knew just what is meant to be the man who knew he was God.

-- "Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana" by Anne Rice

Another Christian-themed novel. I find the characters and concepts soothing. This novel begins just before Yeshua (or Jesus) goes to John the Baptist and sort of comes out publicly as the Lord, so to speak, and the quote above comes after Yeshua's forty days in the desert following his baptism. Immediately after this, Lucifer confronts Yeshua with what is really the key question that separates true believers from the rest, that is, the divinity of Jesus:

"You might say," [Lucifer] began, "that I feel some obligation to remind you of what you are. You see, I'm aware of your particular delusion. You don't hold yourself to be a mere prophet or a holy man, like your cousin John. You think you're the Lord Himself."

The most striking thing about this novel, of course, is its author: Anne Rice. The Anne Rice. I was not a Rice fan before, and never even tried her earlier novels, not having any real interest in vampires. When I came across this book at the library, I did not know about her big conversion to Catholicism. I have since come across this video, which is a powerful testimony of her new faith.

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Yeshua, the Sinless

I lay in a heap as the sand blew over me.

And the voice of the Lord was not in the wind; and it was not in the sand; and it was not in the sun; and it was not in the stars.

It was inside me.

I'd always known who I really was. I was God. And I'd chosen not to know it. Well, now I knew just what is meant to be the man who knew he was God.

-- "Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana" by Anne Rice

Another Christian-themed novel. I find the characters and concepts soothing. This novel begins just before Yeshua (or Jesus) goes to John the Baptist and sort of comes out publicly as the Lord, so to speak, and the quote above comes after Yeshua's forty days in the desert following his baptism. Immediately after this, Lucifer confronts Yeshua with what is really the key question that separates true believers from the rest, that is, the divinity of Jesus:

"You might say," [Lucifer] began, "that I feel some obligation to remind you of what you are. You see, I'm aware of your particular delusion. You don't hold yourself to be a mere prophet or a holy man, like your cousin John. You think you're the Lord Himself."

The most striking thing about this novel, of course, is its author: Anne Rice. The Anne Rice. I was not a Rice fan before, and never even tried her earlier novels, not having any real interest in vampires. When I came across this book at the library, I did not know about her big conversion to Catholicism. I have since come across this video, which is a powerful testimony of her new faith.

( Counterpoint )