The Historical Jesus Christ: Go For A Visit

The question is always asked, "Was there a historical Jesus Christ?" (or, "Was there an 'istorical Jesus Christ?"--can’t leave the Brits out). I say, "Yes!" whether there was or wasn't.

First off, because Jesus has spoken to me and has healed me, and he couldn't have spoken to me or healed me if he didn't exist.

Second, because the Season of Grace (see Daniel 9) was physical and historical, certainly its concluding acts (verse 24) must also have been physical and historical.

Third, while I know that the scriptural Jesus Christ is a symbolic representation of the SPIRITUAL Milta (the essence of Allaha manifest), that does not preclude that facet of the Conscience of the Ineffable Being --the Milta--from manifesting in history just as we have.

Last, even if all the scripture related to Jesus Christ is instructional illustration of certain spiritual truths, John's saying in 1 John 1:1 that "the One whom we heard and saw with our eyes, saw and felt with our hands, He who Is the manifestation of Life" (Alexander) means that REGARDLESS of Jesus Christ's physical historicity, the person, the Manifestation, was EXPERIENCED. These first century encounters were PHYSICAL to the disciples' perceived senses whether they were on the literal-historical plane or the mystical plane. I.e., the Milta may have incarnated and walked around us as a man, or have been imagined in the disciples' minds as a man having "all the tones of physical reality." 

My point is that the guy who said, "Come unto Me," held the view that we are able to do so. John saw and heard and felt with his hands the PHYSICAL Jesus Christ, whether that physicality was out here in a physical body or was only perceived as physical within John's imagination. We can see, hear, and feel physical existence within our minds. Jesus gave us a destination, a goal, and a command: "Come unto Me, all ye . . . " Now. Present-day obedience must be in our imaginations. Kind of reminds me of Ferrar Fenton's Lord's Prayer (see also). Imagine being with the real Guy!