Christ's present purpose

Rudolf Steiner, February 6, 1917: "He is here; He makes His presence felt in such a way that we know clearly that He will now expect more of His human children than in centuries gone by. Till now the Gospels have spoken an inner language to man. They had to lay hold of the soul — men were satisfied with faith alone and did not have to progress to knowledge. That time is now over, it lies behind us. Christ has something different in view for His human children. His present purpose is that the kingdom to which He referred when He said ‘My kingdom is not of this world’ should really draw into that part of the human being which is not of this world but which is of another world. In each one of us there is a part which is not of this world. That part of man which is not of this world must fervently seek that kingdom of which Christ spoke, of which He said that it was not of this world."





Art by John Stolfo: beeswax emulsion on masonite board