Christmas 2012 - from the vision to the reality

The Advent may have started 150'000 years ago: during the evolution of our conciousness people developped the vision of God - it's an internal view of the forces byond. They have discovered a lot of gods... 
the story of the religions will show you this; how interesting!
They have also discovered - maybe 2000 years before Jesus Christ - the now famous Jahwe-God. And - why not - a lot of people are still in the Advent;
for these people it's now important to put the question more seriousely than ever:
which kind of God do I expect today? During this searching process we may listen to many many voices and we may develop a strategy to clean, to improve, to enligthen
our concept of God.

Then comes Christmas: Waiting for salvation, waiting God may come to our rescue, we are invited to go to Bethlehem; to open our eyes - what do we see?
First we see a child; we see a manger in a stable - Jesus of Nazareth is born.
The Gospel tells us his life and his message... and his death on the cross.
Later the new Jesus-Movement tells us: He is the redeemer. It means: some people have decided: not to wait any more for God to come to our rescue.
They are convinced: this prophet of Nazareth brought the solution for our problems.
He has started a new life-style. He as a human being has the courage to understand himself as "bread of Life"; as the way... as light in the darkness...
as healer...  and he invited people to have the same understanding = to follow him.
His message is so great and wonderful - no wonder - some people believe:
it's the one God has sent to our rescue. The Christian Theology is busy until today
to make the best interpretation of this prophet from Nazareth. But he told his followers: do the same.

Since Christmas - the Advent is over for Christian people. They know the responsibility for the world-life-system is given into the hand of mankind.
The world is "a manger in a stable" - today for 7 Billions. The Baptism has reveald them: as a global Jesus-Movement we bring shalom into this world.
It's a new view: We have been expecting God as a saviour - but we got a human being. Did you know that your friend may be a saviour for you? Did you know that real love is the experience of "fulness of Life" ?
Since Christmas - we have a new world-view! Humanity is in charge...