"The word 'gospel' comes originally from a word GODSPEL. God has spoken
through Jesus. Jesus is just a hollow bamboo. The song is of God, and
Jesus' metaphors are very true to life. He is not spinning concepts, he
is simply indicating the truth as it is.
First the beginning: 'The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the
son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat
Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas... And Judas begat Phares... and Phares
begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram...' and so it goes, on and on. And
then: '... Jacob begat Joseph. the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus. who is called Christ.'
Then this genealogy stops suddenly. Forty-two generations have passed
from Abraham to Jesus. The Gospel records the forty-two generations,
and then suddenly Jesus is born and the genealogy stops. Suddenly there
comes a full point. because Jesus is the fulfilment; there is no
beyond. Jesus is the culmination -- there is no way to go further on.
So 'Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob...' -- it continues. Then
there is no way to go beyond Jesus: the ultimate has come. Jesus is the
flowering and the fulfilment. That's why the Bible calls Jesus the
PLEROMA, the fulfilment.
Those forty-two generations are fulfilled in Jesus. The whole history
that has preceded Jesus is fulfilled in him. The home has arrived. He
is the fruit, the growth, the evolution of those forty-two generations.
Jesus is the fulfilment, that's why the Gospel does not say anything
further. Jesus did not beget anybody, Jesus begat himself. And that is
the meaning of the word 'Christ'."
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