2024/02/19

131. Visualization

With the coming of Jesus Christ, the 'Word', God and life, was made visible (cf. John 1:1-12). However, at that time, there were those who received the reality of the visualized God and those who instead stumbled over it. 

That is what the Gospel of John testified: "He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God" (John 1:10-12). 

Then, "grace and truth came through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). Therefore, 'the enmity that God had placed' became the Word through Jesus. It was placed between Jesus and those who had taken 'human accidental information' as their own knowledge. That is as Jesus said, "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires" (John 8:44). For 'human accidental information' is "the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan" (Revelation 20:2). 

Because they are unaware of 'human accidental information' and do not distinguish it from themselves, they see the one who manifests 'the enmity God had placed' as their enemy and soon come to hate him. Eventually, they begin to conceive of murder (cf. John 8:31-59). To 'kill' is to 'do evil' (cf. Mark 3:4) and is 'to destroy' the life God has created (cf. Luke 6:9). 

It is essential for those who received Jesus and believe in his name to distinguish themselves from 'human accidental information.' Only then can they listen to and follow Jesus, the visualized God. Therefore, the New Testament inserts scenes of Jesus being tested in the wilderness (cf. Matthew 4:1-17) and Jesus' rebuking Peter in front of his disciples (cf. Matthew 16:21-23), depicting Jesus' confronting 'human accidental information.' 

From the experience of living in the present age of visualized information, we can be aware of 'human accidental information' generated in the plurality of people and vividly receive the fact that we are surrounded by it. 'Human accidental information' is taken in by people as their knowledge, shared as episodic and semantic memory, and has played an essential and significant role in people's cognitive functions and their development, as well as in human nature, culture, and the accumulation of knowledge. 

On the other hand, 'human accidental information' consists of a constant intertwining of elements that can be either the knowledge of good or that of evil. When taken in by a person, it becomes indeed the knowledge of good and evil. We must know it and distinguish it from ourselves. That is the first step to understanding the fifth 'blessedness,' which concerns the first resurrection and the second death of the Book of Revelation (cf. blog № 121).

Maria K. M.