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Christ as a Pattern
Christ is not an external person but an eternal, divine pattern of mystical experiences that unfolds within the individual. This pattern includes being…
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The Revealer
If you mean the Christ who was buried in the skull, the one who rose from that state of death and came out of that tomb, unaided, to find three witnesses of his birth - then my answer is Yes, I am He. If you mean the Christ who found David in the spirit, who identifies him as his Father, I am he! And yes, I am the Christ who tore the curtain of my own body from top to bottom, and, as the son of Man, rose like the serpent in the wilderness. And if you mean the Christ on whom the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form as a dove, then I must answer: Yes, for I know from experience that I am He. ... A Christian must have faith in Christ, God's pattern by which he will be saved. But this is not the Christ the world is looking for. They expect some glamour boy who is beautiful on the outside. But Christ is the eternal pattern which God established in the beginning. Knowing he would fulfill his word, he came into the world, becoming flesh. And when the pattern unfolds within him, Christ has returned to the being he was before that the world was.
Christ is not an external person but an eternal, divine pattern of mystical experiences that unfolds within the individual. This pattern includes being buried in the skull, rising, finding David as the Son, tearing the temple curtain, rising like the serpent, and the descent of the Holy Spirit. This unfolding reveals one's true identity as God the Father.