My Favorite Verses - Vol III (Aug 16 to Nov 16)

Matthew 13:35 … To proclaim the Hidden
(11/03/2016)
“I proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
~ Jesus (Matthew 13:35)
Many scholars have wondered what Jesus meant with this verse – and rightly
so. For if we accept the premise that Jesus was indeed an Enlightened Being (all
evidence being equal, it is always Wise to assume the best of others, that we might then
be inspired to learn the most from them), and we accept his own protestations against
being worshiped – against being treated as anything “more than” – against being
honored as the only Son of God (see Mark 10:18, John 7:16, John 8:50-54, John 12:44
et al), then we realize that he cannot be speaking about himself here, much less
about any supposedly unique form of personal Divinity. Indeed, for him to be
speaking even indirectly in the 3rd person (which many Christians do indeed believe)
is to pronounce an arrogance in Jesus that he himself openly & vehemently
abhorred in others (see Matthew 23:12) … As such, in order (ironically) to provide
Jesus with the greater honor, we must assume that something else is being said in
this verse – something that does not contradict the very core of Jesus' teachings or
deny the very essence of his ministry.
But what could that something else be? Well, if we focus on the latter half of
the verse – on the words “foundation of the world”, that “something” happens to
reveal itself. For “the foundation of the world” – as the Bible itself so often states
– is self-interest; self-interest that takes the various sinful forms of fear and lust
and greed and loathing. And in this light this verse makes complete sense, and
makes sense in a way that perfectly harmonizes with the central themes of what
Jesus so often shared & showed – namely, that what he came to proclaim was
selfless Love; the ability we all have to
consciously choose to set aside selfprotective
instinct in favor of selfsacrifice
for others. And as “the
foundation of the world” is the
opposite thereof, it is quite clear that
Jesus did indeed come to proclaim a
Love that must by its very nature
remain hidden from the same – hidden
until we choose to uncover it; hidden
until we choose to change that same
foundation; hidden until we rebirth our
Selves in humble Kindness and
thereby make our world anew.
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