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The Gospel According to John (American Standard Version, 1901) · 10 of 37 · tr. American Standard Version (1901)

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[6:18] And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew. [6:19] When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they were afraid. [6:20] But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. [6:21] They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: and straightway the boat was at the land whither they were going. [6:22] On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone [6:23] (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks): [6:24] when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. [6:25] And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? [6:26] Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. [6:27] Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed. [6:28] They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? [6:29] Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. [6:30] They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou? [6:31] Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. [6:32] Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven. [6:33] For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world. [6:34] They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. [6:35] Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. [6:36] But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not. [6:37] All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. [6:38] For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. [6:39] And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. [6:40] For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
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Christ Forcecosmology

In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the specific harmonizing cosmic force symbolised by Tiphareth, the central Sephira of the Tree of Life — the equilibriating, compensating, healing, redeeming, and purifying factor of the universe, recognised by the occultist as one power among the hierarchy of supreme cosmic forces rather than assigned the exclusive position it holds for the Christian mystic. Distinct from logos (the ordering principle through which the universe was created, not this specific mediating/healing Sephirotic force) and trinity (a claim about the Godhead's internal three-personed structure, not a single emanation's function within a tenfold system).

The Son functions as the mediating, life-giving, redemptive force between the Father and humanity — 'the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world' — a harmonizing and sustaining principle.

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Covenanttheology

A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.

The manna reference and the Father's promise to give 'true bread' echo the covenantal provision motif — a binding relationship of divine obligation toward the people, establishing mutual relationship.

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Incarnationtheology

The doctrine that the divine or a spiritual principle takes on a specific, bounded material or bodily form — descending from an unconditioned state into individual, corporeal existence — as a discrete act rather than a diffuse pervading presence. The Christian Word made flesh, the Hindu avatara, the Egyptian pharaoh as living Horus, the Vajrayana tulku. Distinct from divine_immanence (the general claim that the divine pervades all of creation diffusely, not a specific embodiment-event) and separation_from_source (the felt exile FROM origin, the opposite motion) in describing a specific, individuated descent INTO a particular body or form.

Jesus explicitly states 'I am come down from heaven' and is physically present, walking on the sea and entering the boat — a specific, individuated descent of the divine into corporeal, bounded existence.

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Logoscosmology

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

The Son is presented as the mediating principle sent by the Father, 'come down from heaven' to give life to the world, functioning as the bridge between the transcendent God and humanity.

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