Q debunked?
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:32 pm
I recently came across an idea that the "Q" document does not address certain aspects of the Gospels. One of them being "Q's" failure to account for the different presentations of Jesus Christ. The book of Matthew presents Christ as Messiah King, Mark presents Jesus as a Servant, Luke presents Jesus as a Man and the book of John shows Christ to be God. If the supposed "Q" theory is correct it seems to skip over this concept completely. The claim is that the synoptic Gospels were all derived from a single source, that being "Q". If I understand the theory correctly than, Mark was written first using "Q" as it's template and than latter Matthew used the same source material to write his Gospel. And then following suit was the Gospel of Luke. Thus we have a synoptic problem or "why are the first three Gospels so similar". I believe the "Q" theory suggest that Matthew, Mark and Luke were written independently by different authors who supposedly forged their accounts. If this theory is true then why all the different presentations of Christ. When you look at the book of Revelation 4:7 you see the four creatures surrounding the throne of God. One of the creatures I believe has the face of a Lion which represents a King using biblical typology. Another creature had the face of an Ox which represents a Servant. One had the face of a man which well represents a Man. And alas one had the face of an Eagle which again is represented by biblical typology as God. Thus Matthew=King/Lion, Mark=Servant/Ox, Luke=Man/Man, John=God/Eagle. If I am correct in my assumption than this should efficiently debunk the "Q" theory, as it should be apparent that there is only one true author of the bible. How else could all these presentations come together in perfect harmony written in the last book of the bible. I know that these four creatures are also represented in Ezekiel, but that would imply a greater collusion then “Q” could ever claim. Any thoughts about this before I throw myself to the wolves 