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What belief was that? Sorry I am a little lost, I did not mean to imply u held a certain belief, sorry for the misunderstanding.
It was once my believe that Jesus existed by was not the son of God.
I, at one time, believed that Jesus was just a renegade rabbi and possibly failed messiah cultist. At the time, I was studying the history of 1st century Judaism and the first few centuries of Christianity and looking at it from the Jewish POV. I eventually came to change my mind and join the Christians.
All of them. Reading the text, I strongly get the impression that no one really fully understand the plan until after the resurrection.
Also, it goes entirely against every one of our natural inclinations to believe that someone can rise from the dead. Every single one of his followers could have understood and believed fully that Jesus would rise from the dead and each and every single one of them would still have been fully surprised that it actually happened. It can't be helped.
The apostles and disciples did not know what to expect, at all. In fact, some of them shrugged their shoulders, hung their heads and went back to fishing. Other versions say they huddled in the Upper Room in fear until they were touched by the Holy Spirit. Jesus even explained what it meant to the disciples on the road to Emmaus. It all happened so fast, they didn't know what hit them, or how to react.
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