{God the Father and the Son}[6th August 1989]

[Redbook6:204-205][19890806:1552]{God the Father and the Son}[6th August 1989]

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Years ago, I believe I wrote* that if through Christ’s divinity the Father-Creator enters into the suffering of Christ on the Cross, then in one sense we are given a very personal sign that our suffering is appreciated and understood, so that we may understand that it is necessary. And indeed, the sort of link with the Father Creator which I perceive in Jesus should work both ways, so that not only is Jesus made in a unique way aware of the Father, but the Father is made in a unique way aware of Jesus, enters into Jesus[’ mind], and suffers what Jesus suffers – until the last moment before Death, when if Matthew and Mark are right Jesus loses his awareness of God, who may have withdrawn from him to allow Death to occur and be fully experienced by Jesus.**

In this sense, the idea that Jesus’ death reconciles Man and God (and that it demonstrates how martyrdom leads to rebirth on a spiritual plane), is easier for me to comprehend than the simple assertions that Jesus died either as a ransom for Men, paid to the Devil, or as a sacrifice to God in atonement for our sins.

*[Possibly [Redbook4:206-207][19871210:2315c]{The Transfer of Burdens and the Forgiveness of Sins [continued] – (1) Transfer [continued]}[10th December 1987]?]

**[Matthew 27:46: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (King James Version)]

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