Mary's Pregnancy

This examination doesn't imply that Jesus Christ existed. It only reviews some claims made about Jesus.

In this analysis, there are no human references because Christians is one of those videos that attack or question people's faith, and they become offended or violent. Therefore, I urge you to do research in books and on the Internet. You will certainly find many examples and references.

Jesus Christ's mother's pregnancy was pre-announced:

• In the Old Testament, Isaac's mother's pregnancy also was pre-announced – Genesis 17:19
• In the Old Testament, Elisha promised a son to a Shunammite woman, or he predicted that the following year, that woman would have a son – II Kings 4:16

Jesus' mother got pregnant (Matthew 1:18, Luke 2:5), just like millions of women every day.

Pregnancy-Related Problems

Based on a few mentions we get from Luke (the book of Luke is completely hear-say (we don't know who Luke or the authors of that book questioned or interviewed; Luke doesn't describe how he did his research, or the authors of Luke don't mention their source(s) of information):

• For somebody who claims to have pursued « careful investigation » (Luke 1:3), from the few things the book mentions, Jesus' mother's pregnancy was regular
• Compare with the various problems that pregnant women face every day. Pregnant women encounter regular and irregular problems (some of those problems may reach or affect the fetus):
  • Fatigue: Most pregnant women feel tired all through their pregnancy. However, this situation may not wholly affect the baby
  • Nausea: During pregnancy, many women experience regular nausea, which causes them to vomit or want to vomit. Although nausea by itself is not harmful, vomitting may affect the baby
  • Bleeding: In some rare cases, some pregnant women bleed from their vagina. This situation may affect the baby and may (or may not) lead to miscarriage (pregnancy loss or spontaneous abortion)
  • High Blood Pressure: High blood pressure is a regular occurrence of pregnancy
  • Sever Headaches: Some women have sever headaches during pregnancy. This unease situation affect the way they carry their pregnancy and therefore may have an influence on the fetus comfort or lack or it
• Here are some of the problems that a fetus (the inside baby) may encounter (many pregnant women encounter these problems) every day (and that are not reported about the Mary's pregnancy of Jesus Christ:
  • Congenital heart defects/disease: this problem can be solved with medication but in some cases, women have gone through surgery to address the problem. Sometimes the surgery is also performed on the fetus
  • Irregular growth or intrauterine growth restriction: Sometimes the inside baby grows slowly than expected. This is sometimes due to the fetus's internal health problems
  • Cancer (especially ovarian): some wormen are cancerous before or during pregnancy. Imagine a woman is diagnosed with cancer (before or after pregnancy)
  • Vehicle accidents: some women get into a car, airplane, bicyle, or motorist accident during pregnancy. Some of those pregnant women die as a result of the accident (think of what happens with the baby). Some of those pregnant women don't die but must face intense care (during pregnancy). Again, think about what the baby is going through
• A Rape During Pregnancy: This bad occurrence causes both psychological and physical problems to the pregnant woman. Her emotional and physical problems can be dangerous to the fetus

Jesus Birth Day – 1

On the day of birth, Mary found herself in a manger. Granted, it is not the most relaxed place and the baby was probably not very comfortable, but both Mary's husband Joseph and the manger owner (I am not implying that any of these people existed) did everything humanly possible to ease her comfort and that of the baby.

Think of some bad situations some women go through to give birth:

• Some women give birth in a running taxi or a moving vehicle. If the situation is not handled appropriately, this event may have a negative impact on the baby, including body and/or skin cuts, a broken limb, or death
• Some women give birth during, or as a result of, a car accident and the baby is immediately affected
• Some women give birth during a flight in an airplane. In this case, the room is crowded with unwelcomed/unwanted guests and inappropriate furniture. If adequate qualified medical personnel is not available, the situation can affect the baby or both the baby and the mother. Consider if the child birth occurs while the airplane is going through a storm
• Some women are raped while pregnant and the raping act may force the woman to give birth. Because this is a violent situation, the woman may be left to cope by herself, or in a threatening situation
• Sometimes a woman is pregnant during a war or a home invasion, and then she ends up giving birth as a result of such an event. This situation may affect the baby
• Some women are pregnant during a natural disaster such as a tsunami, an earthquake, or a blizzard. Sometimes or usually or usually stranded somewhere in the absence of medical personnel. Such a situation may cause the woman to give birth while the event is going on, sometimes/usually stranded somewhere in the absence of medical personnel

Glory Startup

At His birth, Jesus glory immediately started:

• He was called king – Matthew 2:2
• He had a star – Matthew 2:2
• He was visited by magi who came from the east – Matthew 2:2

Jesus Birth Day – 2

While Jesus Christ was born in the presence of His earthly father and the manger owner, some women find themselves alone in a farm, during a car accident, in a police cell, etc and they have to do everything by themselves. We are aware of women in jail who gave birth by themselves while in the presence of prison guards who decided not to help the woman.

Some children encounter a problem or accident on the day of delivery. This may result in a broken hand, a broken leg, a torn head.

Some babies accidently drink the ovarian fluid while they are coming out. In our continent, if the medical personel that is present is not qualified, not willing, or not equipped, the baby may die (it has happened many times).

Some children are immediately abandonned in garbage cans in front of some strangers houses.

Some children are abandonned by one of the parents after birth

Born in a Family

Jesus was born in a family – Luke 2:7, Matthew 1:18.

He had a father and mother: Matthew 1:18-19, Luke 2:4-7, Luke 4:22

• Compare with children born or raised from a single parent
• Consider children raised in strangers family (none of the people in the house are parents of the child)

He was circumcised, following Moses' law – Luke 2:21

• Granted, he probably cried during circumcision (this is not mentioned in the Bible)
• Compare with millions of children who are circumcised everyday in difficult situations. Sometimes the instruments are not clean. Sometimes the knife used to circumcise one baby is either used immediately on another child or is cleaned in the same water or the same instrument that contains the knife that was just used on the other person
• When Jesus was about 2 years old, Herod allegedly ordered that all babies 2 years and under be killed (Matthew 2:16). Nothing bad happened to Jesus while hundred or hundreds of thousands of babies were killed. Jesus had two parents who took care of his escape while He and the all-mighty God abandonned other children who were executed by the Romans (the story cannot be verified). In other words, God almighty and Jesus Christ almighty cared only about Himself

Childhood

It looks like Jesus had an apparent ordinary childhood (book of Luke).

Granted, His parents escaped with Him to Egypt while he was a child (Matthew 2:13-14), but no suffering of Him is mentioned (in fact, it looks like Matthew is mentioning the escape to desperately show the fulfillment of a prophecy – Matthew 2:17-18).

Consider what other children of this world go through. Some children are born in the middle of a war and the parents must constantly flee.

Consider children who are born sick or get a disease in the early days of their lives. Either they spend their whole childhood in sickness or their whole life is problematic.

No disease or sickness is signaled for Jesus Chirst. So how can somebody with a perfect body possibly identify with those who are sick (if He was never sick, He never felt sick and doesn't know that it means to be sick).

He disappeared from 12 to 30 (= 18 years):

• 12 years old – Luke 2:42
• 30 years old – Luke 3:23
• Although we don't know where He was or what He was doing, consider children who are kidnapped everyday for ransom. Consider people who were kidnapped and/or sold in Africa and in the diaspora during slavery. Some of those children disappeared forever or they were never identified anymore. Some of them were thrown in the ocean if they were found to be sick or they became sick (Jesus never faced anything like that)

Jesus likely had a regular life from 12 to 30 (Luke 2:51-52) or we don't have any information for this period of His life:

• Consider children (6 to 12 years old) in who have to walk (on foot) every morning 2, 4, or 6 miles to go to school. If they get 5 minutes late to school, the teacher beats them (50 lashes) or punishes them (for example they have to kneel (with bare knees) in stones for 10 or more minutes (Jesus never went through that)
• Think of children who are raised by parents who don't like them (for any reason). Think of what (both the parent and) those children are going through on a daily basis:
  • Think of a mother who tells her daughter all the time that she is stupid, fat, or ugly to find a date
  • Think of a father who tells his son on a regular basis that he is dumb, lazy, and good for nothing
  • These behaviors traumatize and affect people, somtimes for their whole life
  • We don't have a report of Jesus having such parents

Adulthood

Apparently Jesus had siblings (brothers and Sisters – Luke 8:19-20, Matthew 12:46-47):

• On the other hand, some children are born alone but desire a sibling
• Some children are born with too many siblings and must share little

Apprently Jesus had friends, such as: Lazarus (John 11:3, 11):

• Consider teens who are rejected constantly and their self-worth is put to risk. This leads to a stress-filled life, depression, suicide, peer-abuse, etc. There is no report that Jesus faced any of these types of problems
• There are children who are mocked all the time. Sometimes they struggle with a certain problem temporarily (bullying, teen pregnancy, peer harrassment, etc) or chronic (body weight, lack or no food, no access to adequate education, etc)

Jesus as an Adult

Paying rent: There is no mention that Jesus ever faced the pressure of paying rent or mortgage. To the contrary, people offered to house Him free of charge.

Surviving with bills, food, traffic tickets, etc: Jesus never faced the types of pressures that other people face every day. When it comes to food, He could feed Himself by creating food on the fly (feeding 4000 or 5000 people). Also, people were honored to invite Him to their house to feed him.

Jesus never paid any bill. In fact, to pay his taxes, He sent someone else (Peter) to go catch a fish (the fish probably died, as a sacrifice for Jesus paying His taxes), get money from inside the fish, and pay. No income taxes were retrieved from His paycheck.

Jesus as a Human Being: Arrests Attempts

Jesus faced arrests attempts (John 7:32). Even in the Bible, other people faced arrest attempts:

• People tried to stone Him - John 10:31-33
• People tried to seize Him - John 10:39

Even in the Bible, other people faced arrest attempts:

• Elijah: Jezebel tried to track and arrest him: I Kings 19:1-4)
• David: David ran from Saul who was trying to kill him: I Samuel 19:2, David was fleeing Absalom: II Samuel 15:14
• Paul: Paul, as Saul, spent a great deal of his life chasing people to arrest them and get them killed (we can imply that there were people running from Saul/Paul from arrests attempts)
• Elisha
• Peter, etc

Consider all the people who risk arrests all over the world every day or for a great deal of their life

Jesus as a Human Being: Murders Attempts

Jesus faced murder attempts (Mark 14:1-2, John 11:48-54):

• Even in the Bible, other people faced murder attempts: Elijah, Elisha, David, etc
• People wanted to kill Lazarus – John 12:10
• Consider all the people who cheat death everyday

Jesus as a Human Being: Deaths Attempts

Deaths attempts (John 8:59):

• Presidents and other rulers face Coup d'Etats and assassinations on a regular basis
• Every day, regular people are shot. Nobody ever shot Jesus. Granted, he was pierced once but He was on the cross
• Diseases: Jesus was never sick
• Hunger: Jesus apparently self-imposed 40 days and 40 nights of fasting. He made that decision. Consider people who go from trash to trash looking for food everyday

Jesus as a Rabbi

Jesus had a glorified ministry:

• He was glorified – Luke 4:15
• He was called and treated as the Messiah – John 10:25
• People wanted to make Him king – John 6:15

The Life of a Rabbi

• People were amazed when He spoke – Luke 4:22
• He was called Teacher – Matthew 19:16, John 1:38
• He was called master – Luke 5:5
• He was called Rabbi – John 1:38, John 9:2

Jesus Was Rejected:

• Matthew 8:34
• Luke 4:24-30
• Even in the Bible, other people were rejected: Elijah, Saul, Samuel, Paul, etc

Jesus as God

He was in heaven and came down to earth – John 3:13, John 6:38.

Jesus is God – John 8:58.

He declared that He and the Father are one – John 10:30.

Jesus is omniscient::

• He knew what was in people's hearts – John 2:24-25
• He knew the minute Lazarus died – John 11:14

He has God's power – John 3:35.

He has God's authority – John 10:25.

Death by Crucifixion

Jesus was betrayed:

• Other people are betrayed every day

Jesus went on trial:

• If you want to see people on trial, just get into any trial court or district court

Jesus was crucified (John 19:17-18):

• Other people were crucified with Jesus – John 19:18
• They broke the legs of the other crucified people but didn't break Jesus legs (if they had broken his legs and gotten rid of them, and if Jesus was seen with two legs after resurrection, then for the first time in history, the God who doesn't have a single documented case of healing an amputee ( WhyWontGodHealAmputees.com) would have provided a proof

If you think that Jesus's crucifiction was a difficult death, and Jesus was hung for only three hours, think of:

• People who have a cancer (think of people who have prostate cancer)
• A mother who is dying while her children are still young, probably babies, and wonders who will be raised her children and how her children will be raised after her death
• People who are executed on death penalty (they see themselves being injected with a lethal drug)
• A woman, such as a slave who is locked in a basement somewhere while she gets raped every evening until she dies
• People who have been burned alive
• People who are turtured in jails or police custody every day for days or weeks until they dye (think of political prisoners)
• A slave who is beaten to death but his slave master keeps him alive with drugs for two days so that the slave master would not be held responsible, until the slave dies (Exodus 21:20-21)

After suffering on the cross for three hours, Jesus had a regular death:

• Compare with John the Baptiste who was beheaded – Matthew 14:3-12
• Other people have regular deaths every day from diseases, in hospital, when giving birth, etc.

Death and Reward

Jesus resurrected. So where was death?

Millions of people die every day but never resurrect

After Jesus resurrected, He went to heaven where he is seating at the right hand of God (God has hands). So a three-hour suffering got the highest reward. What type of suffering was that?.

Conclusion

Jesus Christ did not suffer more than anybody

Throughout history, the majority of people have suffered billions of times more than anything Jesus Christ endured for only three years, which in reality was a glorious life

In fact, Jesus Christ's suffering lasted 3 hours (there is only one report that He cried – John 11:35).

THINK!!!

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