I started reading this novel or let me say a masterpiece on the 1st of January 2022 and I completed it yesterday. So that is within 3 days. I have come across many books that talk about Jesus as divine and Son of God but this book really changed my entire chain of thoughts about the messiah. This is going to be more than just a review!
When we talk about a God in any religion especially in Christianity, we tend to forget that the person who actually lived on Earth. In this book, the author talks about the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth. A human being who was born in a small village called Nazareth near the holy city of Gods Jerusalem. The apparent journey of Jesus of Nazareth after he meets John the Baptist is what turns his life completely. It is quite curious to know that there were many messiahs before and after Jesus but yet his name is called upon even today! Why? Is it because unlike any other messiah he rose on the third day? All the so-called messiah had the same fate as Jesus of Nazareth. Yet why do we have a religion totally based on this particular Jew? The annihilation of the city of Jerusalem by Titus is seen as a punishment for crucifying Jesus! But can we just take a moment and understand that even if Jesus was not crucified, the ultimate wipeout of Jerusalem was inevitable. The constant need of saving the Holy city from the hands of Roman control have been going on for decades before Jesus came into the picture. There are many conspiracy theories regarding the formation of the world’s largest religion. What I found very intriguing in the book was not only the theory about the chances of Jesus of Nazareth being regarded as just a messenger like the Gurus we have now but the fact that there were terrorists called bandits in that era. We must understand that each religion when the zeal is too much they think that God has sent them to annihilate people who don’t believe in their religion’s teachings. I am amazed at the similarity of the destruction that happened in the name of religion two thousand years ago! We, as humans a superior race must start using the brain that has been evolved instead of running behind blind faith. I know for sure that there is some kind of energy that is keeping our universe stable. But we shouldn’t be so stupid to believe everything that is put on our plate. The reason why this book is still in the field of literature is proof enough that we should start reading and understanding the history rather than stories that were designed to make a religion strong. Keep an open mind always! We faced together one of the deadliest virus in 2020. Whoever is alive today knows that it wasn’t some religion that got us through. It was us, we as homo-sapiens that got together to save our world. That is exactly the teachings of all the true messiahs who came to this Earth. We shouldn’t fight among ourselves for petty issues and stay strong together. Because in the end we only have each other. Please save our planet before it’s too late. Our future generations need a planet to stay and let us hope it is our Mother Earth.
Rating: 5/5
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