[Heretic]

I am a subscriber to the composite character theory for various reasons although I do entertain the idea of a man who did teachings that was replaced by this composite character.

I really like how some of the hermetical orders of Gnostic orthodoxy describes Jesus.

The soul of Jesus is the very same soul as Adam, Noah, Moses and just about every other savior figure in the Old Testament that I can’t remember

After the fall of Adam (Jesus’ first incarnation), Adam had to keep coming back over and over as a salvation figure to man, to set things into motion that would lead to his return as the son of man, Jesus, so the connection between God and Man could be repaired.

Since Adam broke the relationship between God and man, he was set to correct it again by using baptism as a means to re-connect man with God. The crucifixion (the final penance of Adam) and resurrection were intended to allow the flow of Gods full power to once again enter mankind.

Once a person is baptized with water, then he is then connected to the holy spirit. Once baptized by fire he is then able to baptize others by water or fire and has full god connection and was able to do miracles. Thus the Saints occurred. Once Jesus returns, this second coming, he will then be able to connect to everyone who has had either baptism and raise them up via something very similar to ascension like properties.

This is the significance of the baptism which is an act of repentance, then you get your god connection aka. the holy spirit and you are good to go for Jesus to do his mojo on you during his second coming.

When you look at an orthodox cross that is associated with most Gnostic orders, the very bottom of the cross shows either a skull or some bones and sometimes just burial symbology. This is the skull, bones, burial symbols of Adam.

Again this was in the 70s and I am no longer of any denomination nor Christian at all but I have always liked this analogy and it rang true for me, and still does even. Even if these are simply archetypes I think there is significance there. It just makes sense that the guy who screwed it all up for the rest of us, comes back and has to go through lifetimes of solving the issue over and again, until finally he can come back and “die for man’s sins”

So I guess I would say, in the spirit of this thread, that Jesus is the redemption of Adam and man as a whole from original sin.

On a side note: study every religion you can, and then compare them all; wisdom awaits

peace