"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world
as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come," (Matthew 24:14).
This post continues with the notion of Jesus as a natural philosopher, and the "riddle-me-this" nature of "allegorical-storytelling." As I explore the "belief-on-trial" truth of Jesus' spiritual diagnosis of humanity's system's of belief. And why I believe the quotation above is a prophecy about the end of "perceptual-confusion" created by the linguistic nature of belief. When the story is read with an awareness of the way words describe & disguise reality and why the root meaning of the word, "Spirit is Breath." A personal awareness that helps to make natural sense of Jesus' story. In the context of the allegorical―having hidden spiritual meaning that transcends the literal sense of a sacred text―nature of the storytelling tropes. And why belief in a "two-worlds" mythology of existence, was most likely the historical reason for Jesus' teaching people how to "spiritually-diagnose" the nature of belief? Please consider:
The phrase "two worlds" in mythology usually refers to the universal dualistic concept dividing existence into a mortal physical realm and a supernatural spiritual or divine realm (often called the Otherworld). It can also describe specific creation myths featuring two opposing elemental realms.
And please contemplate the possibility that Jesus' trial is the crux―the most important part of a problem, issue, or argument―of the belief on trial truth of Jesus' story? As a story that allegorically questioned the truth of belief in a two worlds mythology of Gods and mortals? And that there is a spiritually diagnostic method within the dialectical ―method of questioning established thought―nature of the words describing Jesus' trial? That can be understood as an allegory of the "mind-torturing nature of truth," that will undoubtedly happen when you put our own belief on trial.
As I ask you to contemplate whether the dialogue of Jesus' trial, demonstrates the kind of play on words, that belongs to the tradition of allegorical storytelling, like Plato's Allegory of the cave? And like me, you could ask your favorite AI; "could the story of Jesus be allegorical like Plato's cave?" And compare it to this introduction to footnote 1, which I hope you will also take the time to read:
Yes, the story of Jesus can absolutely be viewed as an allegory, and scholars, theologians, and philosophers have long noted the profound structural and spiritual parallels between the narratives of Jesus and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.