IV. Theosophy and Christianity

This was to testify before the whole world on the stage of history that guilt and atonement do not have their embodiment in reality, cannot exist in physical reality, but must be sought in a higher realm, in the realm of spiritual life. If the guilty could only be punished in physical life, if the guilty only had to make sacrifices, then the innocent Lamb would not have had to die on the cross. Christ took upon himself the sacrifice of the cross so that people could be freed from the belief that guilt and atonement are to be found in external reality, that they are a consequence of externally inherited sin. And so he truly died for the faith of all people, to bear witness that the consciousness of guilt and atonement is not to be sought in physical consciousness. Therefore, everyone should remember: even the sacrifice on the cross is not what matters, but when human beings rise above guilt and atonement to seek the cause and effect of their deeds in the spiritual realm, only then have they attained the truth.