Peace and blessings all,
Admittedly, my understanding of Scripture is a little unconventional, but I sometimes wonder if/how many others see in the pages of Scripture the same things I perceive.
When Messiah (I mean no disrespect to those who choose to call Him Christ) walked the Earth, did He come teaching a new faith or did He come to restore an old faith? I have my reasons for believing the latter to be true, but I don't wish to color anyone else's views by explaining my viewpoints first. Please refrain from just repeating something you've been told by others. I'm really interested in the views of those who have studied their Bibles on their own and the conclusions they've reached as a result of that personal study. That is not to imply that other viewpoints are invalid or trivial, I'm just have a focus group in mind, whose opinions I want to elicit.
Thanks in advance for your insights.