The New Testament

One of the most interesting examples of miracles, revealing in the framework of the New Testament the essence of sin, is that of healing of the blind from birth, described in the chapter 9 of the Gospel of John. This chapter is unique among the New Testament texts, not only by itself, but mostly by the detailed analysis and the precise definition of sin. Let’s quote two significant fragments:
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he [more...]

Why did the Word choose to become flesh among the Jews and not among any other people? Certainly in order to be understood. From among the people of the Earth only the Jews were capable to grasp the situation and then understand the reasons. His acts could not be correctly appreciated right away, and this is the reason of His rejection. But digging a little into the reasons of this rejection also gives us today the possibility of understanding the true magnitude of His endeavor.
The rejection of Jesus is the last expression of penetration of the social and human spirit [more...]

Why did the Word choose to become flesh among the Jews and not among any other people? No doubt, at that very time there were lots of cases like that of Jews on this Earth, even if we restrict our quest to the dominion of Roman empire. There are many reasons, but one of them is a striking example of perfect logic, which we can understand today only due to the historical and religios perspective. Even though conceptually very simple and straightforward, the answer will be more obvious from one of the most significant acts of Jesus. Let’s consider the [more...]

If we seek for the reasons of the New Testament, we just need to read again and again the following verses from the Gospel of Luke where Jesus Christ unveils the apparent reasons:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke, 4: 18, 19; our Italics)
If Christ came for poor, brokenhearted, [more...]