John

Dear Tangen,

It's been a while since we last talked; I hope you're doing well. I
recall that last time we met you asked about Jesus. In this letter I
shall tell you about my experience.

Years before Jesus Christ was born, I professed God's message to the
Jews. After Jesus was born and already a full grown man, I had the
pleasure to meet him among many other people who followed his views
and beliefs. In a wedding in Cana where there was no wine Jesus asked
for six waterpots of stone and miraculously turned the water into
wine. When Jesus returned to Jerusalem he found merchants on the
temple and enraged about this, he kicked them out. He preached that it
was impossible for a man to enter the Kingdom of God without being
born again, and this rebirth he talked about, is the whole concept of
baptism, which he did in Judea to his disciples.

In a trip to Galilee, Jesus stopped in Samaria where, after revealing
himself as the savior of the world to a woman, his message became
widespread across the small city earning him the respect and adoration
of the population.

When he arrived to Galilee, a man whose son was terminally ill asked
him to cure the boy, which he did instantly. Later on, in Jerusalem,
he cured a man who had been crippled for a long time. But this
miracle, happened to occur on the Sabbath day, making it somehow
unlawful. It was for this reason that orthodox Jews started becoming
upset about Jesus and his miracles.

After this Jesus headed to the Sea of Galilee followed by a large
crowd. In front of them he turned five barley loaves and two fishes
into so many, he fed all of his followers, at the time, who were more
than five thousand. Later after that, his disciples witnessed him
amazingly walking on water.

During one of his teachings in the synagogue of Capernaum, Jesus
talked about how he was the Son of God and how he had descended from
heaven and many other extravagant ideas that scared away many of his
disciples. From this moment on, he had only twelve and supposedly knew
which one would betray him.

One day as Jesus pondered in the Mount of Olives, they brought him a
woman who had committed adultery. According the Jewish law, this woman
would have to be stoned to death. But Jesus forgave this woman,
claiming that no man was free from sin and it would be unfair to
condemn her without doing so with all the other sinners, perhaps also
including himself, for he was also a man.

During his journeys across the country he encountered many opponents
and enemies. Once in a synagogue after defying the religious views of
orthodox Jews they tried to stone him, but fortunately he got away
without a scratch.

After curing a man that had been blind from birth in a Sabbath day,
the Pharisees where very angry at Jesus and expressed their wish to
stone him to death for blasphemy. But once again he escaped. Even
though the Pharisees acknowledged and even accepted Jesus' miracles,
they feared that if they went public and left him alone, he would gain
more followers and disrupt the established social order. The
Pharisees decided to condemn Jesus to death, causing him to hide.

When he was in Jerusalem, Jesus heard a voice from the sky telling him
his time was about to come. So in his last supper he told his
disciples about his fate. Later he would be arrested by government
officials and crucified, where he died and resurrected after three
days. This way he proved to mankind that he was in fact God's son.

Tangen, my friend, this is his story. I hope to meet you again in the
near future.

My best regards,

John