(THE BIBLE AND CHRIST/JESUS [continued(4)])[29th March 1987]

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I think probably that he* was a Man who had or developed an intense inner sense of the Archetype whom we now (through him) recognise as the Christ. He may have been the first to recognise this aspect within himself. The Christ is the manifestation of the Unity of God**, and is thus the closest in Human terms that we are likely to come to understanding God, the One. To describe the Christ as God the Son is therefore a very good analogy, as it emphasises both Christ's Unity and his Humanity. To see this as more than an analogy with Human relationships {is} to risk confusion and absurdity. ***

Jesus showed us how we can all recognise the Christ within ourselves, and how this was a key**** to unveiling the Spirit of God within ourselves: the Holy Spirit, which was not to come to the Disciples until after he**** * had completed his work among them. It was the unveiling of the Spirit within them which gave them the powers which he**** * had exercised on Earth;**** ** but I suspect that they were only able to exercise these powers because they did so in the name and for the purposes of the Christ who – Jesus having left them bodily – they now perceived with the inner sense.

*[Jesus. See last previous entry.]

**(the Outer Circle complement of which is Attraction.) <[87]0401>

***{I tend now to view the term 'Son of God' as implying, and correctly implying, an adoptive spiritual relationship.} <930331>

****(the key?) <[87]401>

**** *[Jesus.]

**** **{but earlier on they had returned to him, from a mission, saying that they could perform miracles (like him).} <930122>

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