Manna - Last Supper - Eucharist / today

We celebrate the Establishing of the fountain of Christian Life.
The whole chapter 6 of the Gospel of John likes to explain the Last Supper
and therefore the Pascha-Event Ex 16 and Mt 26.17-30 / Mk 14.12-26 /
Lk 22.7-23 - since 2000 years we like to understand, but...

The language used by John is irritating for us today - especially because Jesus proclaimed the bread he gives came from Heaven.
I try to present a short translation of John 6.51-58:
   Jesus said: I am the actual spiritual food, which came from the fulness of Life.
   Anyone who take in this spiritual food will live to the full.
   And this food that I shall give is my life-style for the Life of the world.
The people could not understand Jesus; so he explained:
   I declare clear: if you do not live my life-style and realise my intention
   you will not have Life to the full. But anyone who does will in reality fully
   participate on the fulness of Life. We shall be one.
   For my life-style is a real spiritual food, my perfect intention a real refreshing.
   Sent by the Mystery of God I myself draw my energy of Life from this Mystery;
   so who lives me will draw Life-energ from me.
   This is the food distributed from the fulness of Life.

Heaven = fulness of Life / Father = Mystery of God / flesh = life-style /
blood = intention / bread = real spiritual food /

As we "eat the bread and drink the blood", we take into our body, mind, and soul
the life-style and the intention of Jesus Christ. In doing so, we participate in a
high level with the possibilities Life has in store for us. An unique chance...

It's high time also in Namibia to discover an new form to celebrate Eucharist.
We need an open good-will-group, a real table, a profound "sharing of the WORD"
and an refreshing "eucharistic meal". Who has the courage ???
I f we still do like "the ancesters" (since 1500 years) we have a pious-daedly
holy Mass - but not a livegiving Event (a fountain of GRACE).

TRINITY - high theology 15.07.2014

Today Jesus reveals to Nicodemus the mystery of his God (Joh 3.16-18).

A) God loves the world and therefore gives "way - truth - life" (his only Son)
                                                                    "the bread of Life for the world"
                                                                     "peace and grace" ...
B) Therefore the one who decides to accept this gift is not lost,
but may participate with the fulness of Life
C) And therefore the one who refuses to accept this gift is first lost,
finally "out of hope" and fulfillment.

It means the crucial point for a baptist person of today is:
A) to accept such a giving God !
or do you worship an other God ? the god of NOT-giving, the god of reluctance,
the god of punishment and revenge ? and you become a beggar ?
B) to actualize him, to present "way-truth-life", to realize daily the participation
with the fulness of life for all.
C) to be aware that Jesus came espesially for the one "out of hope", to carry him
on his shoulders...   there is much work for us to do...

To meditate today God as Trinity means: YOU SEE
A) God is like the sun a radiant energy of life and love
B) But also a given "way of life" (Jesus) as challenge to all "believers"
C) and a solution for (in our view) unresolved problems - (Holy Spirit)
    as far as we unite with the "unbelievers".

Some years ago people have known many many gods,
later they have seen the hierarchy of gods (one became the highest)
and today they acknowledge "there is only one God" -
but this one God is energy + challenge + solution! 

The evolution of God within the consciousness of the homo sapiens
is quite interesting

PENTECOST: birthday of the CHURCH

On Pentecost every year we celebrate three fountains of the CHURCH:

     Joel + Jesus
A) Once the prophet Joel saw into the future and got the Word of God as follows:
"One day - after all this - I shall pour out my spirit on all humanity." (3.1-5)
Jesus has made the same promise, to give the Spirit of God...
B) Act 2.1-11 likes to show us: the promise is fulfilled...   and we celebrate Pentecost until today to celebrate the GIFT: the GIVEN HOLY SPIRIT
C) We confess: "I believe in the Holy Spirit." It means we are convinced the Holy
spirit ist now and here radiant, he is poured out all over and given to everybody!
(like the sun; like the wind)  The group with such a belief is the CHURCH.

     Moses + Jesus
A) As the people of God made the journey through the desert with Moses for forthy years - one day God has given on the mountain of Sinai the TORA (the ten commandments = survival-rules).
B) On Pentecost we celebrate the "hand-over" of the TORA and the fact that Jesus
by his life has put together this TORA into to New TORA "love one another".
C) "We confess: "I believe in God". It means: the God who has given the Tora ( by
Moses and by Jesus). The group with such a believe is the CHURCH.

    Babel + Jesus
A) One day there was one language and one people. The people said: let's build a city and a tower reaching heaven ("the limit is the sky" / BABEL ) But God said NO /
Not this way. (Not by way of technic, commerce and mind alone).
B) The life of Jesus has shown the real way for real Unity and real Understanding:
"unity in diversity". On Pentecost the Apostles have discovered: "Jesus is the real way". This we like to celebrate.
C) We confess: "I believe in Jesus Christ". It means: we too, we see the life style of Jesus as the way to create unity (and mutual understanding) this why we are CHURCH

The secular Christian is convinced: the HOLY SPIRIT is here and now, all-over and every-time radiant, blowing  - we enjoy it !