Tag: Christ
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – Postscript: Scripture and the Eternal – What Was Always So
What if the final unveiling is not new? What if it is the quiet recognitionof what was always shiningbeneath the veil? The Scriptures — when read not only as history or doctrine,but as signs of Being —whisper this truth from the beginning: “The Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world.”— Revelation 13:8 The…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 5: The Christ Who Reveals — From Savior to Self-Revealing of Being
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory…”— John 1:14 “He is the image of the invisible God… in Him all things hold together.”— Colossians 1:15–17 “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”— John 14:9 From Mediator to Manifestation For many, Christ is understood as a mediator — the…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 3: No Longer Through a Temple — The End of Mediation
“I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it,for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.”— Revelation 21:22–23 The Final Image The Book of Revelation closes…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 2: The Veil and the Light — Law, Symbol, and the Coming of Presence
“The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ,that we might be justified by faith.But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.”— Galatians 3:24–25 “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.”— 2 Corinthians 3:18 The…
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Christianity Beyond Symbols – 1: I AM — From the Name of God to the Structure of Reality
“I AM WHO I AM.”— Exodus 3:14 “Before Abraham was, I am.”— John 8:58 The First Unveiling When Moses asks God for a name, he is asking for something familiar: a word he can carry back to the people, a way to speak of the divine. But the answer he receives is not a name…
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