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They vividly retained the feeling that their fathers were still endowed with the old consciousness states, that they possessed the magic powers which act from soul to soul. Among these people Christ could inaugurate His new mission, which consisted in endowing man with an ego consciousness no longer bound to blood relationship; an ego consciousness which could say, It is within myself that I shall find the connection with the spiritual Father Who, instead of letting His blood flow down through the generations, radiates His spiritual force into each individual soul. The ego which is within me, and which is in direct communion with the spiritual Father, was before Abraham was. It is for me, then, to infuse into this ego a force that will be strengthened through my being aware of my connection with the spiritual Father force of the world. *I and the Father are one*. 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Warum wird zum Beispiel gerade in dem ersten der Zeichen - wie gesagt, die tiefere Bedeutung der Wunder werden wir noch kennenlernen -, beider Besprechung der Hochzeit zu Kana in Galiläa besonders betont, daß das geschah «zu Kana in Galiläa»? Es gibt — Sie können forschen, wo Sie wollen — in dem alten Palästina, in dem Umkreise, der damals bekannt sein konnte, kein zweites Kana. Bedarf es aber bei den Orten, die einzig da sind, eines besonderen Zusatzes? Warum sagt trotzdem der Evangelist, wenn er auf dieses Wunder zu sprechen kommt, daß es geschah «zu Kana in Galiläa »? Weil es darauf ankommt, zu betonen, daß da etwas geschah, was in Galiläa geschehen mußte, Das heißt, der Christus hätte die Menschen, die dazu nötig waren, nicht in anderen Gegenden als gerade in Galiläa gefunden. Ich sagte schon, zu einer Wirkung gehört nicht nur der eine, der wirkt, sondern es gehören auch die anderen dazu, die entsprechend geeignet sind, diese Wirkung anzunehmen. Sein erstes Auftreten hätte der Christus nicht haben können innerhalb der jüdischen Gemeinde selber, wohl aber in Galiläa, an demjenigen Orte, wo gemischt waren die verschiedensten Völkerstämme und Völkergruppen. Gerade dadurch, daß an einem Orte zusammengekommen waren aus den verschiedensten Teilen der Welt die verschiedensten Völker, gerade dadurch war hier in Galiläa nicht mehr dieselbe Blutsverwandtschaft und vor allen Dingen nicht mehr der Glaube an diese Blutsverwandtschaft vorhanden wie in Judäa, bei dem engeren hebräischen Volke. Durcheinandergewürfelt waren die Menschen in Galiläa. Wozu aber mußte sich der Christus vermöge seines Impulses gerade besonders berufen fühlen?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":271,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-02/p015"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-07-02/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"Wir haben ja gesagt, daß eines seiner wichtigsten Worte das war: «Bevor Abraham war, war das Ich-bin», und das andere: «Ich und der Vater sind eins.» Er wollte damit sagen: Bei denjenigen, die an den alten Lebenseinrichtungen hängen, ist das Ich nur geborgen innerhalb einer Blutsverwandtschaft. Derjenige, der ein richtiger Bekenner des Alten Testamentes war, er fühlte etwas ganz Besonderes bei den Worten: «Ich und der Vater Abraham sind eins», etwas, was heute dem Menschen schwer ist nachzufühlen. Was der Mensch sein eigenes Selbst nennt, was eingeschlossen ist zwischen Geburt und Tod, das sieht der Mensch vorübergehen. Derjenige aber, der ein richtiges Bekenntnis zum Alten Testamente hatte, der berührt war von den Lehren, die in der damaligen Zeit durch die Menschheit flossen, er sagte, und zwar nicht bloß als ein allegorisches Wort, sondern als eine Tatsache: Für mich bin ich ein einzelner, aber ich bin ein Glied in einem großen Organismus, in einem großen Lebenszusammenhange, der hinaufgeht bis zu dem Vater Abraham. Wie der Finger als lebendiges Glied nur bestehen kann, solange er an meinem Leibe ist, so habe auch ich nur einen Sinn, solange ich fühle, daß ich ein Glied bin an dem großen Volksorganismus, der hinaufgeht bis zu dem Vater Abraham. Ich hänge genau so an dem großen Volkszusammenhang, wie der Finger an meinem Leibe ist. Trennt man den Finger ab, so ist er bald kein Finger mehr; er ist nur geborgen, wenn er an meiner Hand, die Hand an meinem Arm und der Arm an meinem Leibe ist, er hat keinen Sinn mehr, wenn er von der Hand abgetrennt ist. Ebenso habe ich nur einen Sinn, wenn ich mich fühle als ein Glied aller der Generationen, durch die herunterfließt das Blut von dem Vater Abraham. Da fühle ich mich geborgen! Vorübergehend und vorbeirauschend ist mein einzelnes Ich, aber nicht vorübergehend ist dieser ganze große Volksorganismus bis hinauf zum Vater Abraham. Wenn ich mich ganz darinnen empfinde, mich ganz darinnen fühle, dann überwinde ich mein zeitlich vorübergehendes Ich; dann werde ich geborgen in einem großen Ich, in dem Volks-Ich, das durch das Blut der Generationen vom Vater Abraham bis zu mir heruntergeströmt ist! So sagte sich der Bekenner des Alten Testamentes.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":363,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-02/p016"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-07-02/p017","passage_number":17,"text":"Durch die Kraft dieses innerlichen Erlebnisses, das in den Worten liegt: «Ich und der Vater Abraham sind eins», geschah alles das, was an Großem, an heute noch wunderbar Erscheinendem innerhalb des Alten Testamentes geschehen ist. Weil aber die Zeit kam, in der die Menschen nicht mehr berufen sein sollten, einen solchen Bewußtseinszustand zu haben, so verlor sich das nach und nach. Der Christus mußte daher nicht zu denjenigen gehen, die auf der einen Seite die Fähigkeit verloren hatten, durch jene magische Kraft zu wirken, die in den Blutsbanden liegt, und die auf der anderen Seite noch den Glauben hatten nur an die Gemeinschaft mit dem Vater Abraham. Denn bei denen konnte er jenen Glauben nicht finden, der dazu notwendig war, um das zu wirken, was strömen konnte von seiner Seele in die anderen Seelen; da mußte er zu denjenigen gehen, die dutch ihre Blutmischung nicht mehr einen solchen Glauben hatten, da mußte er zu den Galiläern gehen. Hier mußte er beginnen mit seiner Mission. Wenn auch im allgemeinen der alte Bewußtseinszustand im Schwinden war, so fand er doch bei ihnen gerade eine Volksmischung vor, die im Anfange der Blutmischung stand. Von allen Seiten kamen hier Volksstämme zusammen, welche vor diesem Zusammenströmen noch unter den Kräften deralten Blutsbande gestanden hatten. Sie waren eben dazu gekommen, den Übergang zu finden. Sie hatten noch das lebendige Gefühl in sich: Unsere Väter haben noch die alten Bewußtseinszustände gehabt, sie haben noch die magischen Kräfte gehabt, die von Seele zu Seele wirken. — Bei ihnen konnte er mit seiner neuen Mission wirken, die darin bestand, dem Menschen ein Ich-Bewußtsein zu geben, das nicht mehr an Blutsverwandtschaft geknüpft ist, ein Ich-Bewußtsein, das sagen konnte: In mir selber finde ich den Zusammenhang mit dem geistigen Vater, mit dem Vater, der nicht sein Blut physisch herunterrollen läßt durch die Generationen, sondern der seine geistige Kraft in jede einzelne individuelle Seele hineinsendet. Das Ich, das in mir ist und das eine unmittelbare Beziehung zum geistigen Vater hat, es war, ehe denn Abraham war. Daher bin ich berufen, eine solche Kraft in das Ich hineinzugießen, die da gestärkt wird durch das Bewußtsein des Zusammenhanges mit der geistigen Vater-Kraft der Welt. «Ich und der Vater sind eins », nicht ich und der Vater Abraham, das heißt ein leiblicher Vorfahr, sind eins.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":380,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-02/p017"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-07-02/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Und zu solchen ging der Christus, die eben angekommen waren an dem Punkt, das zu begreifen - die eben notwendig hatten, nicht in den Blutsbanden, die sie gerade durch ihre Vermischung durchbrachen, sondern in der einzelnen Seele die starke Kraft zu finden, die wiederum den Menschen dahin führen kann, nach und nach das Geistige im Physischen zum Ausdruck zu bringen. Sagen Sie nicht: Warum sehen wir denn heute nicht, daß derlei geschieht, wie es damals geschehen ist? Abgesehen davon, daß derjenige, der sehen will, es sehen kann, muß bedacht werden, daß eben die Menschen hinausgeschritten sind aus diesem Bewußtseinszustande, daß sie heruntergestiegen sind in die stoffliche Welt, und daß jene Zeiten damals gerade die Grenzscheide waren und der Christus an den letzten Exemplaren der sich entwickelnden Menschheit zeigte, was der Geist über das Physische vermag. Zu einem Vorbild und Symbol, zu einem Glaubenssymbol wurden diejenigen Zeichen hingestellt, die da geschehen sind, als der alte Bewußtseinszustand noch vorhanden, aber eben im Hinschwinden war.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":162,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-02/p018"}],"beads":[{"from":[13,14,15,16,17,18],"to":[14,15,16],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[19],"to":[17],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[20],"to":[18],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"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)."}}