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Physical man, as he is today, has developed from lower stages. Only when the Godhead had endowed him with a soul was man able to develop higher stages of his being. What descended from the bosom of the Godhead sank into the physical body and developed it further. In the Bible this moment is indicated in only a few words; it actually stretched over long epochs. Before that time, the human bodies did not possess what is essential—essential also for physical man today—if the “I” is to develop: the ability to breathe through lungs. A human being's physical ancestors did not originally breathe through lungs, which only developed in the course of time from a bladder-like organ. The human being could receive a soul only when he had learned to breathe through lungs. If this whole event is summed up in one sentence, you have the saying in the Bible: \"And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.\" In regard to the name Jehovah, we find that it means something like blowing, or rushing wind. The word Jahve expresses the inrush of breath with which the spirit, the “I” drew into man. 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Think of a human being in whom can be recognized the most inward nature of the “Eternal I” in all its greatness and might, and you have an idea how the first followers of Christ saw Him. What in ancient time was revealed on earth only as a spark, was revealed in Jesus of Nazareth in its highest glory. He was the greatest initiate because He was the most Godly, so that He could say: “Before Abraham was, I was.” He incorporated that which existed before Abraham,[^7] Isaac[^8] and Jacob.[^9] He is that to which striving mankind looks up as the greatest ideal. They are those mentioned in the Sermon on the Mount as: “Blessed are those who are beggars of the Spirit, for within themselves they shall find the Kingdom of Heaven.” These words applied to the followers of Christ. But how could they give a description of the life of the highest God incarnated? What description would be worthy of Hirn? Only the one that was contained in the canon of initiation, describing the rules of initiation. 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Ofter habe ich schon auseinandergesetzt, wie das, was heute der physische Mensch ist, sich von niederen Stufen heraufentwickelt hat, wie er sich dadurch, daß er mit einer Seele, die von der Gottheit herunterstieg, begabt wurde, sich weiterentwickeln konnte. Was aus dem Schoße der Gottheit herunterstieg, hat sich hineingesenkt in den physischen Leib und hat den physischen Leib weiterentwickelt. Dieser Moment ist auch in der Bibel angedeutet. Sie lehrt ihn mit ein paar Worten. Vor jenem Momente, der sich in Wirklichkeit über lange Zeiträume erstreckt hat, hatte jener menschliche Körper nicht das, was man brauchte, um das Ich zur Entfaltung zu bringen, nicht das, was man als physischer Mensch auch heute notwendig gebraucht. In jener Zeit atmeten die Menschenvorfahren noch nicht durch Lungen, in jener Zeit entwickelte der Mensch aus einem schwimmblasenartigen Organ heraus seine Lunge. Er lernte da erst die Lungenluftatmung, und von diesem Vorgange ab gab es erst die Beseelung des menschlichen Körpers. Denken Sie sich diesen Vorgang zusammengedrängt in einen Satz, so haben Sie das biblische Wort: Und Gott blies dem Menschen den Odem ein und er ward eine lebendige Seele. Dadurch, daß der Mensch als physisches Wesen atmen lernte, war er befähigt, die Seele aufzunehmen. Gehen wir auf die Bedeutung des Jehovah-Namens zurück, dann finden wir, daß Jehovah soviel heißt wie «Wehen», daß die Luft dahinweht. Es ist im Worte Jahve nichts anderes ausgedrückt als der wehende Atem, mit dem der Ichgeist in den Menschen einzieht. So wird in diesem Namen dargestellt, wie der wehende Atem seine Wesenheit in dem Satze ausdrückt: «Ich bin der Ich-bin», der einen Teil seiner Wesenheit hineingießt in den Menschen. Es wird uns ein wahrer Weltenvorgang da vorgeführt. So wird uns zur wahren Tatsache jenes Ewige, das in der Menschennatur lebt. Ob wir den Menschen von heute oder den Menschen vor tausenden von Jahren nehmen, das Ichwesen war da vor allen Zeiten. Denken Sie sich das Ichwesen in seiner höchsten Offenbarung, wo alles Außere unwesentlich ist, denken Sie sich, daß ein Mensch das Innerste so groß und gewaltig erkennt, dann haben Sie die Vorstellung, die sich die alten Christus-Anhänger von dem Christus machten. Was da in den ältesten Zeiten nur als Funke lebte, in höchster Glorie lebte es in Jesus von Nazareth. Er war, weil er der höchste Göttliche war, der höchste Eingeweihte, daher das Wort: «Ehe denn Abraham ward, bin Ich.» Er ist in körperlicher Gestalt dasjenige, was da ist, ehe Abraham war, was da ist, ehe Abraham, Isaak und Jakob waren, er ist das, was als das größte Menschheitsideal vor dem steht, der sich entwickeln will, vor dem, der die Worte der Bergpredigt befolgt: «Selig sind diejenigen, die da sind Bettler im Geist, denn sie werden in sich finden die Reiche der Himmel.» Nehmen wir dieses Wort so, dann haben Sie die Vorstellung, die sich die Christus-Anhänger damals machten. Was konnten sie von diesem höchsten inkarnierten Gott für eine Lebensbeschreibung geben? Wo war eine Lebensbeschreibung, die seiner würdig war? Das war die Lebensbeschreibung, die man im Einweihungskanon gab, demjenigen Kanon, der die Regeln enthielt, nach denen der Einzuweihende initiiert werden sollte. 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