Love That Will Not Let Me Go
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LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO<br />
A FRESH LOOK AT GENESIS<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
It is this love of <strong>Go</strong>d that is expressed in the Incarnation. This is why Jesus was called 'the<br />
lamb of <strong>Go</strong>d slain from the foundation of the world".<br />
Defining <strong>Love</strong>; <strong>Love</strong> is a universally understood concept, yet one that has no true definition.<br />
<strong>Love</strong> is a feeling that can be felt by all human beings, yet not a single one can come up with a<br />
solid definition. How then can we define love?<br />
<strong>Love</strong> is when two hearts interwine bringing crown of life to reality. Yet above it and above all<br />
is the cross that carries the imperfections and problems of the other even willing to die for<br />
one another.<br />
Tzimtzum - Kenosis<br />
This contraction or kenosis (in Greek) or emptying of himself is known as tzimtzum (in<br />
Hebrew). The word used here is "kenosis", and it is a self-renunciation - a transcendence of<br />
ego. At the same time nothing can exist without <strong>Go</strong>d requiring that <strong>Go</strong>d be simultaneously<br />
transcendent and immanent. On the one hand, he is absent from the space. On the other<br />
hand, <strong>Go</strong>d continuously maintains the existence of, and is thus not absent from, the created<br />
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