Jesus’ Word
If you follow my posts, you know why I talk about the Messianic Secret and Jesus’ parabolic teachings. I often share how to see it and why it must be this way. What I don’t touch on is the cyclicality of Jesus’ teaching. If Jesus is the Rabbi, the Word must be the lesson. Let’s break this down.
Sinners
Jesus came for the sinners. This means he came to do two things. First, teach the sinners how not to sin. Second, to teach them how to deal with it now that they have. This teaching creates disciples. The lesson is in the form of obedience, keeping your wick trimmed, and oil in the lamp. That lamp must stand on a hill for all to be seen. The rules are fairly well defined in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, but it’s all about the Vow of the NaziriteVow of the Nazirite. This role means someone must be vocal and clearly at work while utterly silent. That requires riddles and parables. This is one side. The other side are the blind who cannot see them. It also leaves one other kind, the sins.
Sins
Sins are produced by sinners. These are the people who know the rules and do their best to make it through. They can’t figure it out on their own so they fail and are left in creation, which torments the sinners. They want nothing more than a union, but they can’t have it. What’s not said is Jesus becomes the sinner, the sin, and the blind. He inflicts the same curse on himself as the curse others receive. Jesus, however, receives it from all directions. It’s hell.
Lesson
What Jesus teaches the sinner is to accept the sins of their past. This means they have to carry their sin with them. It’s like a generational memory of failure. This teaching allows them to understand and win, according to the rules. Meanwhile, Jesus uses Mary and John to inflict the same pain on himself as the others. The only way Jesus is released is when his sin is forgiven. The only one who can forgive his sin is the blind person. That is the Roman, hence the Roman Cross.
Romans
Saul of Tarsus was a Roman. He could not be touched. He was the worst transgressor and the least of the Apostles, according to him. This kind of person must release Jesus, but Saul, as Paul, is already awake. It takes a “virgin” birth to finally figure out what’s going on in the world and follow the rules so Jesus can be released. In doing so, the treasure collected during Jesus’ ministry, by way of John as the preacher, can be redistributed like the loaves and fishes stories.
Making it Make Sense
This process requires enough blind people to pick up the pieces. Or, rather, get picked up. That means parabolic teaching and confusion was required. It allowed the two kinds of people to remain in each other’s presence long enough for the blending and re-blending of the bread and fish as family lines.
So, if Jesus is the Word and that flaming sword guards the blind people in the ash heap on the east side of the Garden of Eden, it means Jesus must also teach the full lesson. If that is the case, one of his own must come out of the wilderness of cobwebs. That is the dawning of man, the sun of man, or the son of man. When he wakes up, the dead in Christ are drawn in. Then the rest of the sins of the world are also forgiven. Everyone is pulled together in this one process.
What it takes is unwinding the ball of yarn. That thread must be followed from the beginning to the end and cannot stop anywhere. If it stops, it cannot redeem everyone. That process is required to make all things even and equal. It also requires the Word to be made clear and John must do it. It has to be the “son of John” for the rules to be met. The Baptizer must be baptized.
It is my belief that many people must be waking up right now. While I may be toward the tip of the spear, I have to believe there is another one who throws it at the target. Meanwhile, I will continue to try and collect rocks and throw them at the bottles of life.
Peace be with you! No cutting. Not this time. Only love.
