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He who as Elijah heralded the Christ was reincarnated as John the Baptist, again heralding the Christ in the way appropriate for his time. For us these two figures are now united. Eastern culture proceeds in a different way, concentrating on individualities and neglecting the single personality.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Ancient Wisdom and the Heralding of the Christ Impulse","site_heading":null,"date":"1912-05-08","location":null,"word_count":196,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/143/1912-05-08/p017","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Dorothy S. 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Wir aber lernen ihn kennen als den Herold des Christus selbst, wir lernen ihn kennen, wie er gelebt hat als der Vorläufer des Christus, als derjenige, der zuerst die Worte gesprochen hat: Ändert eure Seelenverfassung, denn die Reiche der Himmel sind nahe. - Hingewiesen hat er ganz auf dasjenige, was Impuls werden sollte durch Golgatha: daß in dem menschlichen Ich ein Ganzes, Göttliches gefunden werden kann, daß das Christus-Ich einziehen soll in das menschliche Ich immer mehr und mehr, und daß der Impuls dazu nahe ist. Nun lernen wir durch die geisteswissenschaftliche Erkenntnis, daß es wahr ist, was auch die Bibel andeutet: daß dieselbe Individualität, die im Propheten Elias gelebt hat, in Johannes dem Täufer lebte. So daß derjenige, der Herold sein sollte für den Christus, sich auslebte als Elias, wiederkommt als Johannes der Täufer und abermals Herold wird für den Christus, wie es angemessen war für seine Zeit. Jetzt verbinden sich uns diese beiden Gestalten. 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