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At the opening of the Old Testament Lucifer approaches man. He takes his starting point—and therein lies the temptation—with the words, “You shall be as Gods.” Lucifer at the beginning of the temptation in Paradise and later Christ Jesus use the same words! We touch here upon one of the deepest and most important aspects of Christianity because this indicates that it is not merely a matter of the content of the words, but of which being in the cosmic context utters them. In the last Mystery Drama it had to be shown that the same words have a totally different meaning according to whether spoke by Lucifer, Ahriman or the Christ. 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Here Lucifer is our guide and we enter into a realm that bestows new forces upon us. Just as here we have the earth below us, so there in the cosmos we have the Sun below us. We grow into the divine-spiritual world, and as we do so we must hold fast in memory what we have brought with us of the Christ impulse. We can only acquire this on earth and the more deeply we have done so, the farther we can carry it into the cosmos. Now Lucifer draws near to us. He leads us out into a realm we must cross in order to be prepared for a new incarnation. There is one thing we cannot dispense with unless Lucifer is to become a threat to us, and that is the understanding of the Christ impulse, of what we have heard about Christ during our life on earth. 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Auf eines ist aufmerksam gemacht worden, was im höchsten Grade bedeutsam und notwendig ist zu erkennen: Es wird Ihnen erinnerlich sein, daß eines der schönsten Worte des Neuen Testamentes, das der Christus sagt, an das Alte Testament erinnert, das Wort: «Ihr seid Götter.» Christus weist die Menschen darauf hin, daß in jedem Menscheninnern ein göttlicher Kern lebt, ein Gott: Ihr seid alle Götter. Ihr kommt Göttern gleich. — Eine hohe Lehre des Christus ist es, den Menschen hinzuweisen auf seine göttliche Natur, darauf, daß er sein kann wie Gott. Du kannst sein wie Gott, eine wunderbare, groß und tief zum Herzen gehende Lehre des Christus! Ein anderes Wesen hat dieselben Worte vorgetragen, und es gehört zum Christus-Bekenntnis, daß ein anderes Wesen dasselbe vorgebracht hat. Luzifer, im Beginn des Alten Testamentes, trat an den Menschen heran, und die Versuchung besteht darin, daß er den Ausgangspunkt nimmt von den Worten: «Ihr werdet sein wie Gott.» Das gleiche Wort sagt Luzifer am Ausgangspunkt der Versuchung im Paradies, und wiederum sagt es der Christus Jesus, ganz dasselbe Wort! Wir berühren hier einen der tiefsten, bedeutungsvollsten Punkte des Christus-Bekenntnisses, den Punkt, wo sozusagen mit dem Finger darauf hingedeutet wird, daß es nicht bloß auf den Inhalt irgendwelcher Worte ankommt, sondern daß es darauf ankommt, welches Wesen im Weltenzusammenhang irgendein Wort ausspricht. Deshalb mußte auch im letzten Mysterienspiel gezeigt werden: Es kann dieselben Sätze Luzifer sagen, und sie sind etwas ganz anderes, als wenn Ahriman sie sagt, und etwas anderes, wenn Christus sie sagt. Da berühren wir ein tiefes Geheimnis des Weltendaseins, und es ist wichtig, daß wir uns ein Verständnis aneignen für dasjenige, was gerade durch dieses «Ihr seid Götter», «Ihr werdet sein wie Gott» das eine Mal aus dem Munde des Christus, das andere Mal aus dem Munde des Luzifer ausgesprochen ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":355,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/140/1912-12-15/p027"},{"locus":"GA 140/1912-12-15/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Das muß durchaus in Betracht gezogen werden, daß wir zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt auch eben einmal in der Sonnensphäre leben werden und in dieser Sonnensphäre ein ganz gründliches Verständnis des Christus-Impulses nötig haben. Dieses müssen wir von der Erde mitbringen; denn der Christus ist einmal auf der Sonne gewesen, aber er ist, wie wir gehört haben, von der Sonne heruntergekommen und hat sich jetzt mit der Erde vereinigt. Mithin müssen wir ihn hinauftragen bis in die Sonnenzeit und dann können wir mit dem Christus-Impuls ein geselliges Wesen sein, können ihn in der Sonnensphäre verstehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":95,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/140/1912-12-15/p028"},{"locus":"GA 140/1912-12-15/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Aber wir müssen unterscheiden lernen, und das lernen wir jetzt nur durch die Anthroposophie, zwischen Christus und Luzifer. Denn dasjenige, was wir von der Erde mitbringen in unserm Christus-Verständnis, das führt uns allerdings bis zur Sonne hinauf und ist innerhalb der Sonnensphäre sozusagen ein Führer von Menschenseele zu Menschenseele ohne Unterschied von Glaube und Bekenntnis; aber ein anderes Wesen begegnet uns in der Sonnensphäre, das dieselben Worte spricht, die im Grunde genommen denselben Inhalt haben: Luzifer ist dieses Wesen. Und dieses Verständnis müssen wir erworben haben für den Unterschied zwischen Christus und Luzifer, denn Luzifer muß uns nun begleiten durch die weiteren Sphären zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":108,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/140/1912-12-15/p029"},{"locus":"GA 140/1912-12-15/p030","passage_number":30,"text":"Sehen Sie, so durchleben wir eine Mond-, Merkur-, Venus- und Sonnensphäre. In jeder dieser Sphären erreichen wir zunächst dasjenige, was wir in bezug auf die innere Kraft mit uns gebracht haben. In der Mondsphäre die Affekte: Triebe, Leidenschaften, sinnliche Liebe verbinden uns mit dieser Sphäre. In der Merkursphäre erreicht uns alles, was wir an moralischen Unvollkommenheiten haben, in der Venus-Sphäre, was wir an religiösen Unvollkommenheiten haben, in der Sonnensphäre, was uns trennt von all dem, was «menschlich» heißt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":78,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/140/1912-12-15/p030"},{"locus":"GA 140/1912-12-15/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Jetzt also gehen wir in die andern Sphären, die der Okkultist als die Mars-, die Jupiter-, die Saturnsphäre kennt. Da ist Luzifer unser Führer, da treten wir ein in eine Welt, die uns mit neuen Kräften befruchtet. So wie wir hier die Erde unter uns haben, so haben wir da den Kosmos innerhalb der Sonne unter uns. Wir wachsen hinein in die göttlich-geistigen Welten, und während wir hineinwachsen in diese göttlich-geistigen Welten, müssen wir dasjenige im Gedächtnis behalten, was wir mitgebracht haben von dem Christus-Impuls. Den können wir nur auf der Erde erwerben, und je stärker wir ihn erworben haben, desto weiter können wir ihn hinaustragen in den Kosmos. Da tritt dann Luzifer an uns heran. Der führt uns in die Welt, in die wir hinaus müssen, damit wir für eine neue Inkarnation vorbereitet werden. Und dasjenige, was wir nicht entbehren können, damit Luzifer uns nicht gefährlich werde, das ist das Verständnis des Christus-Impulses, dasjenige, was wir gehört haben von Christus während der Erdenzeit. Der Luzifer kommt schon an uns heran in der Zeit zwischen Tod und Geburt, aber den Christus müssen wir aufgenommen haben während der Erdenzeit. Dann wachsen wir hinein in die andern Sphären, die außerhalb der Sonne sind. Wir werden immer größer und größer sozusagen, wir haben unter uns die Sonne und über uns den ganzen großen, mächtigen Sternenhimmel. In den großen Weltenraum hinein wachsen wir, in den Kosmos hinaus bis zu gewissen Grenzen. 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