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Nehmen wir einmal an, nur ein kleines Häuflein von Menschen hätte sich dazu verstanden, eine Erkenntnis von solchen Tatsachen sich zu erwerben, die mit dem Mysterium von Golgatha zusarnmenhängen, und dann gäbe es einen großen Teil der Menschheit, wie es tatsächlich eigentlich auch in Wirklichkeit der Fall ist, der nicht anerkennt die Bedeutung des Ereignisses von Golgatha. Wir würden also die Erde bevölkert haben mit einer kleinen Anzahl wirklicher Christus-Bekenner und mit einer großen Anzahl von solchen, die das Mysterium von Golgatha seinem Inhalte nach nicht anerkennen. Wie ist es denn mit denen? Wie verhalten sich diese Menschen, die das Mysterium von Golgatha nicht anerkennen, zu diesem Mysterium von Golgatha, oder besser gesagt, wie verhält sich das Mysterium von Golgatha, die Tat Christi, zu diesen Menschen? 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