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We must first look back to those ancient times when he was as yet unable to see physically, when he lived in the spiritual world; then came the time when the external objects of the physical world appeared to him as if blurred, when he could still see in the spiritual world as well. Who was it prepared man so that in later times, when he was to behold the sun clearly, he should be ready for this change? It was the God we call Jehovah who brought man to full maturity; He who separated Himself from the Elohim in order, from the moon, to prepare for the most important moment in the earth's evolution. While man was still unable to see the outer world Jehovah instilled ego-consciousness into Him. 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But in those other Mysteries into which Moses was initiated, from which the Old Testament has proceeded, and which Moses implanted in his people so far as seemed possible to him, this strange feature in human evolution is often referred to. It is more than a mere picture; there is something which imparts deep reality to it, which we might illustrate as follows. 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Wir haben gesehen, daß diese Keimanlage sich niemals hätte ausbilden können, wenn die Sonne sich nicht von der Erde getrennt hätte; daß auch der Mond sich von der Erde hat trennen müssen, und daß dann diese Keimanlage sich erst allmählich dadurch weiter ausbilden konnte, daß der Horizont gegenüber der göttlich-geistigen Welt sich verschlossen hatte. Machen wir uns klar, wie diese Keimanlage sich ausgebildet hat. Was lernt denn der Mensch allmählich in seiner Erdentwickelung? Wir sehen zurück auf alte Zeiten, wo er noch nicht hat wahrnehmen können, wo er bloß in der geistigen Welt gelebt hat; dann kam die Zeit, wo die Dinge im Physischen ihm nur verschwommen erschienen, wo er immer noch die geistigen Reiche wahrnehmen konnte. Wer war es denn, der diesen Menschen so vorbereitete, daß er in späteren Zeiten, als er die volle Sonne hat sehen können, auch reif dazu war? Derjenige Gott war es, der den Menschen sozusagen aufpäppelte zu der vollen Reife, den wir Jehova genannt haben, der sich getrennt hat von den Elohim, um von dem Monde aus vorzubereiten den höchsten Augenblick des Erdendaseins. Während der Mensch noch nicht hat wahrnehmen können in der äußeren Welt, träufelte der Gott Jehova das Ich-Bewußtsein ein. Er war es, der sich einschlich in die alten Einweihungen, die bei dumpfem Bewußtsein stattfanden; der den Menschen im Traum erschien, der die Menschen langsam vorbereitet hat für die Ich-Reife, die sie erst durch den Herabstieg des Christus erlangen konnten. Nicht auf einmal ist er gekommen, der Christus, nicht auf einmal hinuntergestiegen, sondern das war nur die letzte, persönliche Erscheinung; gewirkt aber hat er schon in jenen alten Zeiten durch die Propheten. 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Wenn Sie sich hineinversetzen in diese alten Mysterien, dann können Sie sehen, daß die Lehrer überall zu ihren Schülern sagen: Ihr könnt euch erheben zu hohem Göttlichem, in hohem Sinne eingeweiht könnt ihr werden; aber es gibt etwas, was ihr jetzt noch nicht voll erkennen könnt, auf das ihr warten müßt, auf das wir auch nur hinweisen können: das ist der kommende Christus. — Überall in den nordischen Mysterien hat man von dem Christus als von einem Kommenden gesprochen; gekannt haben sie ihn überall, nur nicht als einen, der schon auf Erden war. Gekannt haben ihn die Eingeweihten drüben in Asien, in Ägypten, überall haben sie gewußt, es ist der Christus im Anzuge, er wird einst da sein. Und überall haben sie gewußt, daß die alten Mysterien nicht zur höchsten Stufe hinaufführen können. Das ist symbolisch erhalten geblieben. Wir dürfen nur nicht die Dinge pressen, nicht in scharfen Konturen, sondern ganz subtil sind sie zu nehmen, teils als Wahrheit und teils nur vergleichsweise. Es ist etwas von jenem tragischen Zuge geblieben gegenüber den alten Göttern und dem Warten auf den Christus, da der Glanz der Götter verschwinden wird vor dem Glanze des Christus. Wir finden es bis in die spätesten Sagen der germanischen Götter. Etwas Merkwürdiges hat die Sage dem Siegfried zugeschrieben: Er war unverwundbar; er hatte die Stärke des Eingeweihten im Sinne der europäischen Mysterien. Aber eine Stelle war verwundbar geblieben, da wurde auch er verwundet, und das hat ihm auch den 'Tod gebracht. Welche Stelle war das? Jene Stelle, wo später bei dem, den man erwartet hat, das Kreuz gelegen hat. Die Stelle, an der Siegfried noch verwundbar war, sie ist zugedeckt worden bei dem Gange nach Golgatha durch das Kreuz. Das ist die letzte Erinnerung an jenen tragischen Zug, der durch die alten europäischen Mysterien gegangen ist. Aber oft hat man auch in jenen Mysterien, aus denen das Alte Testament hervorgegangen ist und in die Moses eingeweiht war, und die Moses dann innerhalb seines Volkes so weit verpflanzt hat, als es ihm möglich erschien, — oft hat man auch da hingewiesen auf diesen eigentümlichen Entwickelungsgang der Menschheit. Und es ist mehr als ein bloßes Bild, es ist etwas, was dem Bilde eine tiefe Wirklichkeit gibt, was wir etwa so aufzeichnen können.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":387,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/105/1908-08-13/p019"},{"locus":"GA 105/1908-08-13/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Nehmen wir an, wir haben den Menschen vor uns in seiner Viergliedrigkeit, und sein Ich, sein Astral-, Äther- und physischer Leib werden von der Sonne beschienen. Dadurch, daß der Christus auf die Erde gekommen ist, ist der Mensch fähig geworden, die physischen und geistigen Kräfte der Sonne aufzunehmen. Vorher war das anders. Da fiel während des Schlafes, wenn der Astralleib mit dem Ich außerhalb des physischen und Atherleibes war, während der Nachtzeit sozusagen nicht das direkte, sondern das reflektierte Sonnenlicht vom Monde auf den Menschen herab; er nahm dies reflektierte Licht auf, nicht das direkte Sonnenlicht. Das ist als äußerlicher symbolischer Tatbestand genau so, wie es mit dem Christus war, der als geistiger Sonnenstrahl lebte, und mit Jehova, der so lange das reflektierte Christus-Licht zurückstrahlte, bis der Mensch reif wurde, das direkte Sonnen-ChristusLicht zu empfangen. Wie aus einem Spiegel sandte Jehova den Christus zur Menschheit nieder. Wie sprach man also von dem Christus, wenn man vor seinem Erscheinen sprach? Man sprach von ihm, indem man von Jehova’sprach, und deshalb sagt Jehova zu Moses: Sage deinem Volke: Ich bin der Ich-bin. - Das ist derselbe Name, der später dem Christus beigelegt wird. Er will gar nicht sein eigenes Antlitz schon der Menschheit zuwenden, er bereitet den Christus vor, das Bild des Christus gibt er der Menschheit, bevor der Christus selbst zu ihr heruntersteigt. Und weil die Menschen in ihrem tiefsten Inneren, mit ihrem «Ich bin» diesen Christus erfassen sollen, weil sie in ihm den ganzen Herunterstieg in diese physische Welt erfassen sollen, deshalb bewahrte sich diese Menschengruppe, die den Christus am echtesten vorbereiten sollte, am festesten die Idee des gestaltlosen Gottes. Eine neue Vorstellung des Gottes mußte sie sich erringen, nicht nur sich erinnern der alten Gestalt. Und so wird dieses Volk in seiner Jehovareligion in der Tat das auf den Christus vorbereitende Volk. Nun aber muß man sich klar sein, daß alles das, was in der Welt besonders stark angestrebt werden soll, sozusagen auch von starken Impulsen ausgehen muß. Daher mußten auch die Kräfte des bildlosen Gottes gewissermaßen überspannt werden innerhalb des Alten Testamentes: Ein ganz abstrakter bildloser Gott, der in den Mittelpunkt einer bloßen Ich-Wesenheit zusammengedrängt ist, steht im Mittelpunkt der alttestamentlichen Religion, ein Ich-Gott, ein bildloser Gott.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":369,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/105/1908-08-13/p020"}],"beads":[{"from":[31],"to":[],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[32,33],"to":[18],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[34,35],"to":[19],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[36,37,38],"to":[20],"confidence":"high"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers).","unpaired":[31]}}