Was Jesus physically crucified?  

The Epistle of Barnabas who was an eyewitness, says no -- but the crucifixion was spiritual (see     https://historyofyesterday.com/this-1500-year-old-bible-states-that-jesus-was-not-crucified-339b6a214625  

Do you need an historical account?  Or do you need a spiritual account of your own crucifixion and ascension into the Kingdom?  That is the only question presented to you this day.  

I became aware of this article when it was posted by an atheist with the caption: "Only a lie has different versions"

And this is an example of a person who does not understand the purpose of the scriptures with respect to achieving the next subsequent stage of birth, and overcoming the ignorance of this world. No matter how many times you attempt to convey to people who are themselves the prisoners of Self-Ignorance, that the scriptures -- and especially the Gospels -- are an allegorical blueprint of your own mind.  In virtually every explanation with a person who is rejecting the validity of the scriptures, they lack the ability to understand that the Gospels are the Key to opening the inner "narrow gate" to the Kingdom within you (see The Narrow Gate And The Enigma Of The Law Of Octaves http://TheLawOfOctaves.com#Intro ). And while this is explained at the link: The Purpose Of The Scriptures http://GospelCosmology.Ebionite.com#PurposeOfTheScriptures , they continue attempting to justify their own self-ignorance by inhibiting others from discovering the Truth.

The pre-Nicene Church Father Origen was acknowledged to be the greatest biblical scholar of the Church. And with respect to the historical accuracy of the written text, Origen wrote: “Scripture contains an unhistorical element in-woven with the history, in order that the worthlessness of the latter may drive us to seek the spiritual meaning” (Origen quoted under Origen Adamntius; The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics). Why would the historical (literal) text be portrayed as "worthless"? Because the Gospels contain ultra-important allegorical catalysts that develop the inward-looking attributes of mind of the reader, that begins the process of being able to gain entrance into the Inner Kingdom that the man Jesus taught (see Luke 17:20-21).
Further explaining in De Principiis, Origen writes that: “Where the word found that things done according to the history could be adapted to these mystical senses, he made use of them concealing from the multitude the deeper meaning; but where in the narrative of the development of super-sensual things, there did not follow the performance of those certain events which were already indicated by the mystical meaning, the scripture interwove in the history the account of some event that did not take place, sometimes what could not have happened; sometimes what could but did not.”
 

You are allegorically portrayed as the prodigal son who is dwelling in this, the Far Country, under the power of the consciousness of the Citizen of this world. To escape the carnal imprisonment, you must develop your inward-looking attributes of mind, in order to "come to your senses", and make the return journey to your Source of Being in the Inner Kingdom. And this is why Jesus taught his original followers how to overcome the Natural Laws that keep them shackled to the consciousness of the earth (see Spiritual Meaning And Fulfillment Of The Law http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#SpiritualMeaningOfTheLaw  ). But the earth-consciousness (allegorically portrayed as Satan), does not want to release you from your earthly confinement.

With respect to the spiritual meaning of the Gospels, Jesus had to open the minds of his disciples in order for them to understand the spiritual meaning of the allegorical texts -- i.e., "Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures" (Luke 24:45). Jesus could not open the minds of the crowds of the people who came to learn from him, because they had yet to begin the transformational process of mental-expansion and spiritual-deepening that is necessary for the person to comprehend man's higher spiritual reality. And as someone whose mind was opened and anointed, the Apostle Peter is quoted in the Homilies of his disciple Clement where he warned those who attempt to read the scriptures literally: "...therefore great care is to be taken, that when the law of God is read, it be not read according to the understanding of our own mind. For there are many sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every one has preconceived for himself; and this ought not to be done. For you ought not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without". If we ask the question: What is being said to the believer who desires to be faithful to the Gospel Teachings? By design, the scriptures cannot be understood by the organic mind of man. And this fact is confirmed when Peter stated: "when the law of God (scriptures) is read, it be not read according to the understanding of our own mind"? Why? Because the scriptures are composed in a symbolic allegorical language that can only be interpreted and understood by the inward-looking Intuitive spheres of mind. The outward-looking Linear spheres of man's organic consciousness attempts to interpret all things literally and historically -- which is why Peter warns that "...For there are many sayings in the divine Scriptures which can be drawn to that sense which every one has preconceived for himself". Further, Peter warns that "...For you ought not to seek a foreign and extraneous sense, which you have brought from without". What this means is that if you attempt to interpret the scriptures in accord with a Biblical Commentary -- or in accord with the teachings of a Church -- or from your own human thought-perspective -- that you will not only fail to understand the meaning of the scriptures, but you will alienate and disenfranchise your mind from the true spiritual meaning. Why? Because the scriptures are composed in the allegorical language of the Soul that employs allegorical catalysts that are used to develop the inward-looking Intuitive Spheres of Mind that enable you to be directly taught by the True Prophet who is portrayed as The One Teacher http://BrotherOfJesus.org#TheOneTeacher .  If you stop reading the scriptures historically, and begin to see them as allegorical events of your own mind that must be personally embraced, only then can you begin the transformative process portrayed in the crucifixion as noted at The Cross You Must Bear To Your Own Crucifixion http://TheLawOfOctaves.com#TheCross  -- i.e., "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me" (Luke 9:23).

Jesus correctly stated that unless you pick up your own cross and you crucify your lower earthly nature by fulfilling the Law within you as he had himself accomplished (see The Law Of The Gospels http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com  ), that you cannot gain entrance into the Kingdom. Which means that you don't get a free pass by virtue of your failure to overcome the Law -- i.e., "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna" (Rev 2:17). And the "hidden manna" is the Sacred Knowledge that can only be imparted to those who become Whole and Complete -- as portrayed in the words of Jesus: "They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Mark 2:17). What Jesus was confirming was the fact that those people who understood the Laws of the Physical, and applied this knowledge of the Laws on a Mental and Spiritual Level of their Being, had achieved a Condition of Wholeness -- and having themselves fulfilled the purpose and properly applied the Laws of Creation, they did not need the assistance of a physician such as him, to teach and guide them.

In the time-frame when the man Jesus walked the face of the earth, the physicians or healers were called Essenes. And with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls which were the sacred writings of the Essenes, the biblical scholars found what was summarized by Prof. John Allegro who was quoted as warning the people that what has been revealed in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is a great amount of overwhelming evidence that “...may upset a great many basic teachings of the Christian Church. This in turn would greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers. The heart of the matter is, in fact, the source and originality of Christian doctrine” (August 1966 issue of Harpers Magazine). Why? Because the Essenes understood the application of the Natural Laws and the process of the subsequent stages of birth that enables a person to evolve to a level of Wholeness and Completion. Why would the discovery of the Essene-Healers "...greatly upset many Christian Theologians and believers"? Because the sacred writings of the Essenes proved the Church wrong and the man Jesus correct. And while the man Jesus taught his original followers about the Natural Laws and how to apply them to their own lives so that they would develop to their true potential where their minds would had evolved to the level where they would be Anointed (Messiah/Christ) by the Spiritual Divine Light (see Jesus Taught To Become The Christ http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#BecomeTheChrist  ) -- and as Full-Bodied Beings of Light (see http://BeingOfLight.com  ), they would possess become the embodiment of all the Divine Knowledge and Light of Creation.

All that I know I have drawn from the lifetimes that my own Soul has lived (see http://Cronshaw.us  ) -- which has enabled me to restore the original Gospel teachings which the Church corrupted (see http://OriginalGospel.Ebionite.com  ).