Here's a post I put on as a comment regarding the ability of people to rebound from hard times, whether personally or in a larger context. God was given the credit and the Holy Spirit. That is the Christian view. I have learned more variations on the theme of seeing Jesus as a teacher, a messenger or Messiah of G-d, and his Holy Spirit or that aspect of the Trinity (God the Father, Creator or Life-Giver, God the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit (God's spirit or some may see that as another aspect of God and Jesus influencing a person spiritually through their spirit.)
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