Father,
Give me strength to be patient.
In Jesus' name,
Amen
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
The Cosmic Christ
It appears to me most Bible teaching makes Jesus' name equivalent to Christ. So much so that most people think Christ is Jesus' last name. In my thinking, Jesus is the humanization of the Christ. Christ is the Greek word for Messiah which is the Hebrew word which means "anointed." To anoint means to "smear on, rub in to" much like rubbing oil or lotion on dry skin. Jesus is the "Anointed One." While the Jesus and the Anointing cannot be separated, I think it important to understand the distinction between the two.
The Christ has been with God from the beginning. The Spirit was moving on the face of the deep when God spoke, "Let there be light." On the sixth day God said "Let us make man in our image." Who was he talking to? Christ.
I think this is important to understand as I bring up the relationship I see between Adam and Jesus. When we read of the oblique attack of Satan in the Garden of Eden we see his technique clearly. He doesn't confront directly but will use whoever will yield them self to him in order to disrupt his true target. In this I don't think we know enough about the truth of Adam's actions in the Garden. When we look at Gen. 3:6 we don't find much about Adam's part, but it strikes me he acted much like Jesus did as recorded by Luke in Acts 8:32 referring to Isa. 53:7 "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
This also fits a pattern of God. He speaks the end from the beginning and in the beginning he said, "Let us make man in our image" (Gen. 1:26). To be in God's image one must be truly free and be unencumbered in exercising truly free will. As a creation, human beings still have a tie the binds to the creator. The only way to be truly free would be to sever that tie. In order to create a condition in which the tie could be severed there must be a rule, a law, a directive of some sort that would cause a breach. "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Gen. 2:17).
I submit to you that Adam, quite possibly, sacrificed himself in the plan of God. It is through Adam's sacrifice that we have true freedom to choose. In the plan God had a way back that included teaching us of the knowledge of good and evil. It had to be so because that was the fruit of the tree. God was now obliged to teach human beings the knowledge of good and evil. How?
First he had to find someone to listen to him and follow. Abram was that someone. Abram became Abraham because he believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Through Abraham God was able to covenant with a human being. This covenant, over time, brought forth Moses and through Moses God established the Law. The Law was the guiding principle in expanding the teaching of the knowledge of good and evil.
Through the covenant an the Law came David and through David God established Worship and the Blessing of Israel. Over time the covenant through the Blessing of Israel and Worship came Mary. Through Mary God established His Wisdom and Mary becomes the Model of the Church.
Through Mary's obedience God brings Jesus, the Personification of the Cosmic Christ. Jesus shows us what God is doing; He is the map of the narrow way to God (Luke 13:22-30). Jesus is the model of God's Kingdom and how it works and what it means for us to creation on earth.
Jesus established Righteousness to re-ligio humans to God.
We have free will, now, because of Adam.
We have true choice, now, because of Jesus, the personification of the Cosmic Christ.
Through Jesus we are anointed with His anointing.
We now have true relationship with God.
If You so choose.
Ref:
Col. 1:15-20
Eph. 2:1-13
2 Thes 2:14
Luke 13:22-30
Luke 18:9-14
The Christ has been with God from the beginning. The Spirit was moving on the face of the deep when God spoke, "Let there be light." On the sixth day God said "Let us make man in our image." Who was he talking to? Christ.
I think this is important to understand as I bring up the relationship I see between Adam and Jesus. When we read of the oblique attack of Satan in the Garden of Eden we see his technique clearly. He doesn't confront directly but will use whoever will yield them self to him in order to disrupt his true target. In this I don't think we know enough about the truth of Adam's actions in the Garden. When we look at Gen. 3:6 we don't find much about Adam's part, but it strikes me he acted much like Jesus did as recorded by Luke in Acts 8:32 referring to Isa. 53:7 "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth."
This also fits a pattern of God. He speaks the end from the beginning and in the beginning he said, "Let us make man in our image" (Gen. 1:26). To be in God's image one must be truly free and be unencumbered in exercising truly free will. As a creation, human beings still have a tie the binds to the creator. The only way to be truly free would be to sever that tie. In order to create a condition in which the tie could be severed there must be a rule, a law, a directive of some sort that would cause a breach. "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Gen. 2:17).
I submit to you that Adam, quite possibly, sacrificed himself in the plan of God. It is through Adam's sacrifice that we have true freedom to choose. In the plan God had a way back that included teaching us of the knowledge of good and evil. It had to be so because that was the fruit of the tree. God was now obliged to teach human beings the knowledge of good and evil. How?
First he had to find someone to listen to him and follow. Abram was that someone. Abram became Abraham because he believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Through Abraham God was able to covenant with a human being. This covenant, over time, brought forth Moses and through Moses God established the Law. The Law was the guiding principle in expanding the teaching of the knowledge of good and evil.
Through the covenant an the Law came David and through David God established Worship and the Blessing of Israel. Over time the covenant through the Blessing of Israel and Worship came Mary. Through Mary God established His Wisdom and Mary becomes the Model of the Church.
Through Mary's obedience God brings Jesus, the Personification of the Cosmic Christ. Jesus shows us what God is doing; He is the map of the narrow way to God (Luke 13:22-30). Jesus is the model of God's Kingdom and how it works and what it means for us to creation on earth.
Jesus established Righteousness to re-ligio humans to God.
We have free will, now, because of Adam.
We have true choice, now, because of Jesus, the personification of the Cosmic Christ.
Through Jesus we are anointed with His anointing.
We now have true relationship with God.
Ref:
Col. 1:15-20
Eph. 2:1-13
2 Thes 2:14
Luke 13:22-30
Luke 18:9-14
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