Jesus Was a Liar

Jesus Lied About PrayerAccording to Matthew 21:12, "Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple." That night, he leaves the city of Jerusalem and heads to Bethany (Matthew 21:17). The next morning, Jesus is hungry. He finds a fig tree, but it is barren. So, Jesus uses his preternatural powers, causing the fig tree to wither on the spot. "The fig tree withered at once," according to Matthew 21:19. After, Jesus explains to his disciples that "if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done. Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive" (Matthew 21:21-22). We find a slightly different version of the story in Mark. In Mark 11, Jesus and his disciples stayed in Bethany the night before the "cleansing of the temple." On the way into Jerusalem, Jesus discovers the fig tree and curses it. But it doesn't wither immediately; it isn't until after Jesus cleanses the temple in Jerusalem that Peter notices the fig tree had "withered away to its roots" (Mark 11:20). Jesus explains, "Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours" (Mark 11:23-24). In John 15:7-8, Jesus says, "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples." I could go on an on. In conclusion: Jesus promises that we will receive anything we pray for in faith. This is a lie. Believe this lie, and tragedy ensues: http://www.patheos.com...Jesus Lied About The KingdomIn Matthew 16:28, Jesus says, "Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." In Matthew 24, Jesus foretells the coming of false messiahs, wars, famine, earthquakes, torture / persecution of Christians, etc. After all of this horrible stuff, Jesus predicts that "the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other" (Matthew 24:30). To cap it off, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place" (Matthew 24:34). In Mark 14:61, Jesus is asked, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?" Jesus responds in verse 62: "I am; and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven" (my emphasis). Here again, Jesus is promising people living in the 1st century that they will be witness to the Son of Man; a being who obviously wields a great deal of power and authority over mankind. The problem is that no "Son of Man" was witnessed coming in the 1st century, or since. None of the things Jesus predicted in Matthew or Mark actually happened.