Namaskar,
The teachings of Jesus as they can be found in Formative-Q are mystic teachings. They have little to do with the concerns of Christians. They are not about waiting for the return of Jesus, they are not about pleading to God to give us anything, they are not about spreading the Christian gospel of Jesus dying for our sins and they don't seem concerned with referring to Old Testament scriptures.
The teachings perhaps started out as notes which a close disciple wrote down from his memory of the words of Jesus. As soon as the followers started to develop their own ideas about the meaning of the teachings and the life and death of Jesus, they started editing Formative-Q.
By the time the authors of Matthew and Luke put together their gospels, Formative-Q had been transformed into 'Q', a gospel of edited (and added) sayings that wasn't preserved in its original form. They both used Mark, Q and some other minor sources as well as their own creative writing to create their gospels.
Here is one of the sayings (Q65) I reconstructed as well as the heavily edited versions as they ended up in Luke and Matthew (Q66 was inspired on it).
Formative-Q65 [Luke 17:20b-21/Matthew24:26]:
You cannot tell by empirical observation where the reign of God can be found. There will be no saying, "Look, He is in the wilderness", or "Look, He is in the inner room"; for in fact the reign of God is within your I.
In the Christian teachings, acquiring the reign of God by emancipating the Self was replaced by the reign of God for the chosen Christians on the return of Jesus. Instead of an individual goal for the spiritual seeker, the christians would all be chosen at once at the return of the Christ. The original 'where?' became less important than the 'when?'. So one was inspired to hurry (by inciting fear) to become a good Christian rather than to actually practice the teachings of Jesus himself.
Luke 17:20-27
Q65:
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The reign of God does not come by empirical observation; 21 nor can it be said, 'Lo, here it is!' or 'There' for behold, the reign of God is in the midst of you."
Luke:
22 And he said to the disciples, The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Q66:
23 And they will say to you, "Lo, there!" or "Lo, here!" Do not go, do not follow them. 24 For as lightning flashes and lights up from the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.
Luke:
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by his generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were being married, up to the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luke or Q:
28 Likewise as it was in the days of Lot-they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, 29 but on the day when Lot left Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all-
Q66:
30 so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Luke:
31 On that day, let whoever is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to remove them; and whoever is in the field should not go back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
Q66:
33 Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; the one will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding together, the one will be taken and the other left."
Luke:
37 And they said to him, "Where Lord?" He said to them,
Q66:
"Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."
Matthew 24:23-28,37-42 :
Matthew:
23 Then if any one says to you, 'Lo, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.
24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
Q65/Q66:
26 So, if they say to you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out there; if they say, 'Behold, he is in the secret chambers, do not believe it. 27 For as lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Q66:
28 Wherever the corpse is, there the eagles will be gathered.
37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38 For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.
40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
Matthew:
42 Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
The teachings of Jesus as they can be found in Formative-Q are mystic teachings. They have little to do with the concerns of Christians. They are not about waiting for the return of Jesus, they are not about pleading to God to give us anything, they are not about spreading the Christian gospel of Jesus dying for our sins and they don't seem concerned with referring to Old Testament scriptures.
The teachings perhaps started out as notes which a close disciple wrote down from his memory of the words of Jesus. As soon as the followers started to develop their own ideas about the meaning of the teachings and the life and death of Jesus, they started editing Formative-Q.
By the time the authors of Matthew and Luke put together their gospels, Formative-Q had been transformed into 'Q', a gospel of edited (and added) sayings that wasn't preserved in its original form. They both used Mark, Q and some other minor sources as well as their own creative writing to create their gospels.
Here is one of the sayings (Q65) I reconstructed as well as the heavily edited versions as they ended up in Luke and Matthew (Q66 was inspired on it).
Formative-Q65 [Luke 17:20b-21/Matthew24:26]:
You cannot tell by empirical observation where the reign of God can be found. There will be no saying, "Look, He is in the wilderness", or "Look, He is in the inner room"; for in fact the reign of God is within your I.
In the Christian teachings, acquiring the reign of God by emancipating the Self was replaced by the reign of God for the chosen Christians on the return of Jesus. Instead of an individual goal for the spiritual seeker, the christians would all be chosen at once at the return of the Christ. The original 'where?' became less important than the 'when?'. So one was inspired to hurry (by inciting fear) to become a good Christian rather than to actually practice the teachings of Jesus himself.
Luke 17:20-27
Q65:
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The reign of God does not come by empirical observation; 21 nor can it be said, 'Lo, here it is!' or 'There' for behold, the reign of God is in the midst of you."
Luke:
22 And he said to the disciples, The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Q66:
23 And they will say to you, "Lo, there!" or "Lo, here!" Do not go, do not follow them. 24 For as lightning flashes and lights up from the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.
Luke:
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by his generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were being married, up to the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luke or Q:
28 Likewise as it was in the days of Lot-they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, 29 but on the day when Lot left Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all-
Q66:
30 so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Luke:
31 On that day, let whoever is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to remove them; and whoever is in the field should not go back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
Q66:
33 Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; the one will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding together, the one will be taken and the other left."
Luke:
37 And they said to him, "Where Lord?" He said to them,
Q66:
"Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."
Matthew 24:23-28,37-42 :
Matthew:
23 Then if any one says to you, 'Lo, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.
24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
Q65/Q66:
26 So, if they say to you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out there; if they say, 'Behold, he is in the secret chambers, do not believe it. 27 For as lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Q66:
28 Wherever the corpse is, there the eagles will be gathered.
37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38 For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.
40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.
Matthew:
42 Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
