From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-13 17:53, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 1/13/26 8:18 PM, Mike wrote:   
   >   
   >> To my humble thinking, believing that God   
   >> is a King and believing that a king is God   
   >> are fundamentally different concepts.   
   >   
   > I don't see how that could be the case to an   
   > ancient. They worshiped a god, either way,   
   > with the exact same results.   
   >   
   > There was no radio, there was no TV, there   
   > was no photography... if you even wanted to   
   > see a king you needed to be lucky, and have   
   > a place relatively close at whatever event   
   > he was making an appearance.   
   >   
   > A king was a concept.   
   >   
   > In ancient times, a king could change his   
   > name and for all intents and purposes there   
   > was a new king. This does appear to have   
   > happened. I myself believe it was the case   
   > with Queen Tiye in Egypt, taking the name   
   > of Nefertiti instead of them actually being   
   > two different people.   
   >   
   > NOTE:  She needed to become someone else   
   > because father/daughter marriages were great,   
   > brother/sister marriages were great but   
   > mother/son was a total no-no.   
   >   
   >> Calling   
   >> God a “King” is a metaphor drawn from human   
   >> political structures, used to express ideas   
   >> like authority, order, and sovereignty in   
   >> terms people can grasp.   
   >   
   > We are speaking of an ancient world where god   
   > kings were common, including over the Levant. I   
   > can't see how we might possibly erase the actual   
   > context of that era, replace it with our modern   
   > thinking.   
   >   
   > Most of the O.T. is either back dated or a   
   > recycling of the past. The region was literally   
   > the property of god kings right up until the   
   > claimed Maccabean Revolt -- the Seleucid empire   
   > or Egypt. After them came Rome, before them came   
   > Alexander the Great...   
   >   
   >> By contrast, believing a king to be God elevates   
   >> a human being—limited, fallible, and temporal—   
   >> into a divine status.   
   >   
   > And?   
   >   
   > Because it was like white-on-rice. Even the Romans   
   > who started out HATING the idea ended up proclaiming   
   > their emperors gods...   
   >   
   > Speaking of Egypt, did you know that Nectanebo II   
   > was even a prototype of sorts for Jesus?   
      
      
   The idea that Nectanebo II was a   
   prototype for Jesus is speculative. He   
   ruled Egypt in the 4th century BCE,   
   known for building, not miracles. Claims   
   linking him to Jesus misread myths; no   
   evidence his life matches Jesus’ story.   
   It’s a mix of wishful thinking, selective   
   reading, and modern storytelling, not actual   
   historical connection.   
      
      
      
   >   
   > HE HAD AN EMPTY TOMB!   
   >   
   > Well. Sarcophagus.   
   >   
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