Jesus Christ is quite possibly the greatest superhero story ever told. Although most scholars agree that we have very little idea of what Jesus did and said - and that the little bit we do know about him is shrouded in so much fiction - 2 billion people consider themselves followers of Christ.
The followers of Christ are deeply confused. There are countless denominations, and they all argue over what constitutes a "true" Christian.
God is love, and his greatest desire is for humans to love Him. This is why He created us, but there are billions of non-believers. Non-believers existed in Christ's day, too. They disbelieved even after witnessing countless miracles. They disbelieved after he healed the sick; they disbelieved after he fed the hungry; they disbelieved after he gave the lame the ability to walk; they disbelieved after he raised a man from the dead; they even disbelieved after he raised himself from the dead.
God is, by definition, the best thing ever, and humans are constantly giving this title and treatment to false idols and mere mortals. If God can indeed feel pain, I imagine that this is the worst sort of pain: To have your own creation, what you love more than anything, give away what only you deserve to a non-deserving, non-deity. No surprise, then, that the Bible is chock full of stories of God's followers and God's people falling out of favor for making the fatal mistake of putting false idols before the omnipotent, omniscient Creator.
Conversely, look at those who - with unimpeachable loyalty - followed God. Moses, King David and King Solomon immediately come to mind, yet even they faltered near the end. The moral of the story remains true, though. Those who have God's favor win, and those who had it but lost it (by some act of sheer stupidity, shocking foolishness, or extreme short-sightedness) - or never had it in the first place - lose.
There is a whole chapter about Jesus in the Holy Quran. It tells his entire story. Check it out bro.
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