I mean; I don't claim that He didn't go through the Passion out of love for His Disciples and Followers, but why couldn't anyone else have in the thousand of years BEFORE Him?
Even He admitted He wasn't 'more than anybody else,' with His "as you do unto the least of these my brethren, so you do also unto me."
The only difference I see: we all lift Him ... we don't exactly 'shove-down' anyone else who's lifting Him with us, but I don't know if anyone will lift them without 'the goal of lifting Him higher' in mind!
Just like many don't lift Him without Our Father (or Our Salvation/Ticket-to-Heaven) in mind.
B-)
'That Glory' is our "sacrifice" to atone for our sins. Whether you think of 'sin' as "breaking one of the many-many rules" or simply as "not being good enough to fulfill the Kingdom of God by ourselves," our "sacrifice of praise" sort of 'pays' for that by 'fulfilling the Law' and thus 'moving us to a higher set-of-conditions' ... like how "schooling" gains you possible-access to 'higher schooling.'
Agree? Disagree? Inspiration? Thoughts? ( :)) Other random words with question-marks?)
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We haven't met Jesus and we can only rely on what was written in the Bible's new testament books. As the Catholic see Him as the son of God then just that makes Him different from us humans. Being a lesser mortal is already a quality that makes Jesus stand above us all. Apollo Jesus is both human and divine. He is the Son of God and we are brothers and sisters in Christ. He believes in the concept of love, humility and praise but most of all he believes in the Kingdom of Heaven here on Earth. He is different because he comes from a place of difference-- Heaven. We are mortals born and bred on this earth whose only hope is to rise to a better place/person.
This is what I hate about Christianity—the beliefs they have which are totally disconnected from reality. What Christianity is truly saying is 'I am as divine as Christ was (while He walked the Earth).' (If that's NOT what they're saying, then Jesus Christ failed and we make up these stories to "cover for Him.")
Here is a reference to the divinity of Jesus in the book of John: