Hmm

I have already talked about Jesus being a Jew, so I thought I might discuss something we talked about in my Bonhoeffer class today. We got onto the topic of whether or not Jesus would be necessary if God's original plan of the covenant to bring humanity back into unity with God worked. In other words, did God have full intentions of having the Covenant work and therefore had to change God's mind and come up with a new plan for Jesus when it failed? If yes, then what was the purpose of Jesus in the Trinity if his path was uncertain?
The class was pretty divided on it, and I am not explaining the situation very well, either, but the point is that I think we tend to get too caught up in the idea of Jesus based on the 33 years he spent as a human. And then we completely disregard Jesus as Logos: the Word, and the Truth, of God. Jesus is the Truth that was embodied on Earth for 33 years. Only 33 years out of an eternal existence with God and the Holy Spirit, but those 33 years have completely altered the history of humanity. Wether God already had that completely planned out or not, we must not forget that Jesus had a purpose as the Truth of God spoken throughout history and into the future long before he became a famous baby wrapped in swaddling clothes.

nothingness

Exactly.









Gnostics and Zen Bhuddists are similar in their understandings of true meaning in life. Whatever the meaning is, whether it be a state of nothingness, or a vast possession of knowledge, it is found inside of the individual, not in the boundaries of society. In a way, I almost understand that concept. Sometimes, it seems like everything we work for and place priority in is so completely pointless. What if we took some time to be a little more introspective? To try to find a deeper meaning outside of the confines of society's life plan for us. Maybe then we can find God's life plan for us. Yes.