On one occasion Jesus said, «Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to simple people. Yes, Father, this is what pleased you. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him».
Source: http://evangeli.net/gospel/
Analysis
Today's passage is quite short, spanning only three verses. It does however, have a very good meaning for all of us. The passage begins with Jesus praising God for hiding the truth from the wise and learned, while revealing it to simple people. He then continues by saying it is what pleases God, and that everything has been entrusted to Him by God. He then claims that nobody knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those who the Son wishes to reveal the truth.
While this seems like an incredibly simple passage, it's quite deep. First, why would the truth be hidden from the wise and learned? You see, wise here in the context of the bible usually has implications of high status and power. The simple ones are people of the lower end of the hierarchy, the lower class. So what this means is that the truth is hidden from the elites but exposed to the lower classes. The reasoning is that the elites are already too blind with their physical pleasure, while the lower classes are suffering and thus is much more open to the truth. As such, a revolution of the truth should not start with those who are rich and powerful, but with the poor and the powerless, for they need the truth the most, to liberate them from suffering.
Jesus also said that to start the revolution with the poor first is what pleases God, this is because to aid the lowest of people and the most suffering of people is equivalent to treating God's wounds, more so than serving the rich and powerful. God is again, the representation of all things that exist, thus any wounds and suffering felt by the people, are felt by God as well, after all, our wounds are God's wounds and God's wounds are our wounds. To have entrusted everything to Jesus by God simply means that God has entrusted the truth and all of salvation to Jesus Christ. This is elaborated further by His further sayings.
Jesus claimed that no one knew Him but the Father, and no one knew the Father but him and those who Jesus revealed the Father. This indicates the true relationship between God and Jesus, not just as a supreme being with a human being, that is the whole manifestation with their fragments, but something much closer. Unfortunately, I have not actually written out the true relationship between Jesus and God. Of course, Jesus once said that He has existed before Abraham, and He existed along with God since the times of creation. It means that Jesus is there since long before the universe was even manifested, and in the beginning, there was not God, but there was a pair of them. I believe that is all I have to say, have a nice day and see you tomorrow.
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