Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction — Page 150
150 Christianity – A Journey from Facts to Fiction doped. But when it comes to the beliefs playing a vital role in bringing a dead people to life and reconstructing their fast degen- erating moral values, then such myths are of no avail. They are mere fantasies and fantasies can never play a meaningful role in human affairs. The Re-Advent of Jesus Christ The application of the observations made so far can now be demonstrated. The vital question of the survival of humanity today, revolves around the central image of Jesus Christ as. It is highly essential, therefore, to understand his reality. What was he and what role did he play in the first instance as Christ as in the decadent society of Judaism? How seriously can we take the promise of his second advent in the latter days? These are the vital questions we must address. If the image of Jesus Christ as is not real and is only a product of human imagination, then it is impossible to visualize his re- advent. Jesus as , however, was not a product of fantasy. He was a real man and only as such could he be reborn as a human child and not descend as a phantom revisiting mortals. Such fantasies never visit the realities of human life. Moreover, a people who live with myths and legends continue to do so without there ever being a chance for them to recognise their redeemer, if and when he comes. If Jesus as was actually the Son of God, as the Christians would have us believe, then of course he would return in glory, resting his hands on the shoulders of real angels. But if this is merely a