My photographic memory remains undeveloped but I have no recollection of the following question ever being asked here at RfM.

Why doesn't Jesus do his own missionary work?

Some of the reasons I ask this are: (please add yours to this thread)

1. If Jesus can appear to the likes of Joseph Smith, Paul of Tarsus, a crowd inside a Florida Hospital http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSoo3V27Vuc and Oprah Winfrey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgUMfPnM9k why can't He just visit with all of us poor miserable mortals one at a time?

2. Jesus loves us so much that He devotes his entire eternal existence to our wellbeing and spiritual advancement. Jesus being all powerful can surely "appear" to each of us over the course of short period of time (i.e. our insignificant life spans ).

3. Jesus being a multi-sensory, multi-dimensional, multi-media and multi-lingual personage is capable of simultaneously appearing in front of, speaking to and penetrating our hearts with His special message. This also creates a side-question: What does Jesus smell like? And what does He, with a perfect sense of smell enjoy sniffing? Do resurrected beings have allergies?

4. In that modern Mo-prophets insist that the Word go out to the world by messengers laboring two by two, Jesus could have his invisible (maybe imaginary) friend, The Holy Ghost accompany Him during these appearances.

5. In that Elohim is even busier that Jesus and has delegated the messy work of human mortality to His Firstborn and in that Lucifer is equally dedicated to our spiritual destruction, Lucifer could accompany Jesus and The Holy Ghost in a bi-partisan and politically correct Godhead composed of good and evil and metaphysical.

This innovative and highly efficient God-Odd-Spookhead would save much travel time, distractions, mis-information, hearsay, sacred record mis-translation and duplication.

6. After being blessed by the appearance of Jesus and His eternal entourage each mortal could then exercise their free agency or faith to proceed with their life.

7. The God-Odd-Spookhead, in following the latest customer service standards could remain available 24 hours a day for followup questions and problem resolutions.

8. All current mortal missionaries, prophets, pastors, etc could then spend more effective time by actually performing actual humanitarian work in literacy, clean water development and job training, etc.

9. Jesus could actually bring some practical sense to the current religious mess but probably and sadly not resolve with Middle East Conflict.

10. On a side note: Jesus could actually say hello and introduce Himself to the billion or so individuals on the planet who have not even heard of Him before.

http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/billions_of_people_going_to_hell.htm

"C'mon Jesus, don't be anti-social. Step forward and say hello to the new folks!"

Hello Jesus - Goodbye Burka!

If Jesus did all that stuff, how would anyone live by faith? Hmmm?? People must be allowed to, as Mark Twain said, believe in what they know ain't so - in other words, live by faith.

And anyway, hasn't he showed up on grilled cheese sandwiches? And stains on windows? And gnarly knots in trees? And in Mel Gibson movies? Or was that Mel Brooks? Or was it both, I forget.

Everybody knows, when it comes right down to it, Jesus is a no-show! He quite simply ain't coming back again not to nobody, not no how!

Acknowlwdging a God that is impotent due to shame over His infinite (but perfect) incompetence, envy, and previous rage attacks, is important for our salvation!