THE Judaic religion consisted, in large measure, of rites and dogma, material offerings and sacrifices. Through the acceptance of material sense evidence as real and the confusion resulting therefrom, the Hebrews accepted some false concepts of God which deprived them of the fruits of true religion.
Prophet and seer proclaimed the coming of a new era, in which mankind would be governed by a new understanding of Truth, an era in which the light would shine in darkness, and of which light there would be no end. Christ Jesus, in the three years of his ministry, was a witness of this light and, by parable and miracle, taught and demonstrated the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of God, with whom he acknowledged eternal sonship.
From the record of his ministry it is easily seen that Jesus' time and thought were dedicated to the bringing forth of the proofs of his understanding of God, whom he revealed. His work by no means stopped with his telling of the nature or characteristics of God, whom he proclaimed. Nor did his promises reserve for some future date the benefits of his religion. Rather did he prove before the doubting scribe, Pharisee, and multitude its practical value, by healing various phases of mortal discord. Through his understanding of man's relationship with the Father, he proclaimed and proved a present-day salvation from every ill to which material sense claims that mortals are heir. What true student of the Scriptures could doubt that his teaching and healing established a dispensation of Truth which was to extend to all mankind throughout all time?
