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Pedro Vicente

Professor Matthew Thompson

BIB1107 Jesus in the Gospels

26 November 2021

What Jesus Means to Me Paper

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6cWEcqxhlI)

There were several aspects that marked me in this video. First, the way Jesus

presents himself to people. No idolatry but like one of them, referring to himself as the

son of man.

Another determining aspect concerns the message of hope for humanity. The

message conveyed that man could rule the world according to God's principles. This,

even after man has gone the wrong way many times and for a long time. God's

forgiveness continues to be transmitted to mankind, as does the hope that man will

someday begin to rule the world according to the principles that emanate from God.

Finally, the metaphorical message that humanity has let itself be dominated and

controlled by the "beast" that represents sin and evil. This monster was presented as

something external to the human being, something that is not intrinsic to him, and that

proved to be very powerful during the evolution of humanity.

This is a very interesting presentation of religious thought and should be a

source of inspiration for all mankind, even for those who do not believe in God. We

present in this presentation many basic principles of the Christian faith, as well as other

prophecies. After all, everything ends up being reduced to the individual and collective
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behaviour of human beings, whether among themselves, as with other beings and nature

itself.

By creating the world and living beings, God gave the human being special

characteristics that privileged him in the way he should command the destinies of the

planet and of all life. Associated with privileges, there are normally other aspects that

are as or more important that pass through responsibility and respect.

The ability to forgive and continue to believe in humanity are two sources of

inspiration for all of humanity and for myself. All of us, alone as individuals, or

together as a collective, must continue to forgive our mistakes and the mistakes of our

neighbours. As well as continuing to believe that we have all the conditions to build a

better world in which everyone without exception can respect each other and their

differences, and that all individual differences together contribute to a world richer in

freedom and diversity. This is a message of faith that must be permanent and that makes

us recover the meaning of life and happiness.