WHO WAS THE REAL JESUS? - Part 2 - Garner Ted Armstrong - October 1976

Garner Ted Armstrong

In the August issue we saw proof that, contrary to popular tradition, Jesus Christ was a common, ordinary-appearing Jewish man with a fairly short haircut. This article clearly shows, from the Bible, that he was a hard-working builder, that he had four brothers and at least two sisters, and that he lived in a house just like anybody else. Jesus Christ of Nazareth worked with his hands for a living. He was a builder by profession. He was well educated (speaking perhaps three languages) and well respected even in the official Jewish community, that is, until the time he began to proclaim his very highly controversial gospel message at about age 30. Even after he began his ministry. Jesus Christ was never, at any time, a frustrated Jewish revolutionary who was constantly coming into conflict with the establishment. He was what we would call in modern parlance a "good citizen." He paid his taxes as a property owner and was always subject to the civil authorities of his day. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library