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Only those who appreciate the guiding thread in the right way understand the Old Testament correctly. The meaning of the Old Testament lived in the soul of every single Jew. The individual human being feels himself as a member of the whole people. When the Jew wanted to express his innermost feelings, he spoke of his common bond with Abraham. When he wanted to speak of his transcendental nature, which extends beyond death, he spoke of his transcendental self going to Abraham's bosom. He did not feel the separate self, but rather the great national self, and that the common blood connected him with the nation, which leads up to the father Abraham. When he looked up to the Highest, he looked up to a Being Who revealed Himself through the blood of the whole people. Not only was the memory of the patriarch Abraham sacred to him, but also the feeling of unity with him. Further up, the beginning of the world was taken up, how one blood flowed in a coherent human whole and how the cosmic order, God Himself, permeates and spiritualizes such a group of people.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"35. 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Nicht eine besondere Menschwerdung, sondern die Menschheit, wie sie entsteht in der Welt, und dann hinauf bis zu einem Volke, wird geschildert. Ein Volk wird als ein Ganzes geschildert. Nur wer die Führung dieser Linie in der richtigen Weise zu würdigen versteht, der versteht das Alte Testament richtig. In der Seele jedes einzelnen Juden lebte der Sinn des Alten Testamentes. Als das Glied des ganzen Volkes fühlt sich da der einzelne Mensch. Wenn der Jude sein Tiefstes aussprechen wollte, dann sprach er seine Zusammengehörigkeit mit Abraham aus. Wenn er sprechen wollte von seinem übersinnlichen, über den Tod hinausgehenden Wesen, dann sprach er davon, dass sein Übersinnliches in Abrahams Schoß gehe. Er fühlte nicht das gesonderte Ich, sondern er fühlte das große Volks-Ich und dass das gemeinsame Blut ihn mit dem Volke verband, das hinaufführt zu dem Vater Abraham. Wenn er zu dem Höchsten aufblickte, dann blickte er auf zu einem Wesen, das durch das Blut des ganzen Volkes sich offenbarte. Heilig war ihm nicht nur die Erinnerung an den Stammvater Abraham, sondern heilig war ihm das Sich-eins-Fühlen mit ihm. 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