Jesus and the New Age of Faith of C. F. Rehnborg
I am a big fan of C. F. Rehnborg and am much indebted to him. He was marketing in China in the 1920s, and was set upon by the evangelical missionaries working there. He did not accept the nonsense they were selling, but did spend the rest of his life investigating what it was which so turned the world upside down. He read and wrestled, evaluated and analyzed, kicked around ideas, pried at the truth. His lifetime of study was compiled into Jesus and the New Age of Faith after he passed. You can pry my copies out of my cold, lifeless hands after I pass.
I have read the book several times. It hinges on pages 376-382, Peter’s encounter with a non-physical Jesus (Rehnborg outlines Paul’s gospel around p.139). As you may know, Simon means hearing, and Peter means rock. Peter heard something (p.340-341/355-356) which caused great faith. It started a religion. Rehnborg eviserates the Gospel as we have it, except for that one little thing “heard”: Peter and perhaps some others saw Jesus in a psychic vision in Galilee after he (Jesus) had died. The End-Man at the end of the Season of Grace’s recapitulation of human history bet his life, quite literally, that the Anointed one “was not annunciated while he lived as a man.” There must first be his death and transfiguration. He gambled and died. And was transfigured. And Peter saw him alive having conquered death.
That is about it. Like I said, it started a religion. What we want will not come as long as we are holding onto what we do not want. We cannot have transfiguration to the life we want unless we are willing to die to this unwanted life. Jesus went whole hog. Peter saw that it worked.
That is it in a nutshell: there in Peter’s vision was Jesus. He had seen him die. Die die dead dead. He knew what he had taught and believed. And there he was, transfigured. It worked.
It works. What Jesus was (and is) is our destiny: the fulfillment of the Scriptures. ASSUME IT APPLIES TO YOU. “Take my yoke upon you and learn of me,” said Jesus in Matthew 11:29. Then believe you receive transfiguration when you pray. Forgive and let sin pass away. Move into the new age of faith. And say thanks to the Invisible.
I have read the book several times. It hinges on pages 376-382, Peter’s encounter with a non-physical Jesus (Rehnborg outlines Paul’s gospel around p.139). As you may know, Simon means hearing, and Peter means rock. Peter heard something (p.340-341/355-356) which caused great faith. It started a religion. Rehnborg eviserates the Gospel as we have it, except for that one little thing “heard”: Peter and perhaps some others saw Jesus in a psychic vision in Galilee after he (Jesus) had died. The End-Man at the end of the Season of Grace’s recapitulation of human history bet his life, quite literally, that the Anointed one “was not annunciated while he lived as a man.” There must first be his death and transfiguration. He gambled and died. And was transfigured. And Peter saw him alive having conquered death.
That is about it. Like I said, it started a religion. What we want will not come as long as we are holding onto what we do not want. We cannot have transfiguration to the life we want unless we are willing to die to this unwanted life. Jesus went whole hog. Peter saw that it worked.
That is it in a nutshell: there in Peter’s vision was Jesus. He had seen him die. Die die dead dead. He knew what he had taught and believed. And there he was, transfigured. It worked.
It works. What Jesus was (and is) is our destiny: the fulfillment of the Scriptures. ASSUME IT APPLIES TO YOU. “Take my yoke upon you and learn of me,” said Jesus in Matthew 11:29. Then believe you receive transfiguration when you pray. Forgive and let sin pass away. Move into the new age of faith. And say thanks to the Invisible.
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