Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 3:7-15

Just as Moses lifted up the brass serpent, so also the Son of Man should be lifted up. Brass is bright (Christ feet was shining like brass Rev 1:15); it is durable; and it had no poison. Jesus was also bright shining in front of all creation; his redemption was durable for all eternity; and he had no sin in him (though he was in the form of a sinful man). The serpent was a cursed animal so also Jesus was made a curse.

Christ was lifted up in crucifixion. His death was called as being lifted up. He was lifted up as a spectacle, as a mark, lifted up between heaven and earth as if he was unworthy of both heaven and earth and abandoned by both. He was also lifted up in his exaltation. He was lifted up to the cross to be further lifted up to the crown to the right hand of the Father. Thus he might save his followers and bring them safe to the Promised Land.

உயர்த்தப்படுதல் அவரது இறப்பில் மட்டுமல்ல@ தந்தையில் வலப்பக்கமும் அமர அவர் உயர்த்தப்படுகிறார். சிலுவையில் உயர்த்தப்படுதல் வழியாக அவர் புறக்கணிக்கப்பட்டார். தந்தையின் வலப்பக்கம் உயர்த்தப்படுதல் வழியாக சீடர்களின் மீட்புக்கு காரணரானார்.

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 3:1-8

Nicodemus had accepted Jesus as someone from above. He recognized in the activities of Jesus the hand of God. Nicodemus, being a Jew, also has recognized the presence of God in the person of Jesus. He was a Pharisee, and as a Pharisee it would have been very difficult to accept God who is Pure and Holy in Human form. Jesus; answer is to this situation only.

Jesus answered saying that no one can accept the divinity of Jesus unless it is revealed from the Father. Anyone who has revelation from above is born from above. Being born from above is being born of the water and the spirit (Baptism). Anyone who is baptized is born from above and he belongs to the realm of God (spiritual) and not of the flesh which is born from flesh.

இயேசு கடவுளிடமிருந்து வந்த போதகர் மேலும் கடவுள் அவரோடு இருப்பதால்தான் இவ்வரும் அடையாளங்கள் அவரில் நடக்கின்றன என்றும் நிக்கதேம் ஏற்றுக்கொள்கிறார். இந்த அறிவே மேலிருந்து கொடுக்கப்பட்டதுதான். மேலிருந்து கொடுக்கப்படுகின்ற அறிவு மேலிருந்து பிறந்ததற்கு சான்று. மேலிருந்து பிறப்பது என்பது நீரிலும் ஆவியிலும் பிறப்பதற்குச் சமம். அதுவே திருமுழுக்கு.