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== The crucifixion of Jesus == | == The crucifixion of Jesus == | ||
The question that faced Jesus was not whether or not to be crucified, but it was whether or not to be crucified publicly. His agony in the | The question that faced Jesus was not whether or not to be crucified, but it was whether or not to be crucified publicly. His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, his being seized in the early morning hours, his trial before Pilate and Herod, represent the accusation, the trial, the judgment, that is leveled in every age against the son, the daughter of God who has the courage to elevate the Christ and to become the fullness of the Christ consciousness. | ||
The crucifixion of Christ is for the judgment of all those who occupy the position of the authority of Christ and yet exercise it not as the Christ but as the [[Antichrist]]; and at the same time, the crucifixion is for the revelation that Christ is every man’s Real Self. And if the soul is to unite with that Real Self, that one must pass through this hour of the crucifixion. | The crucifixion of Christ is for the judgment of all those who occupy the position of the authority of Christ and yet exercise it not as the Christ but as the [[Antichrist]]; and at the same time, the crucifixion is for the revelation that Christ is every man’s Real Self. And if the soul is to unite with that Real Self, that one must pass through this hour of the crucifixion. | ||