Is Jesus Really Lord of All?
What Is The Logos?
Who Is This Man?
I have often pondered and I’m finally addressing the label “Lord” typically used in reference to “divine source” or to Jesus and which has historically been a Christian imperative. Speaking my thoughts here may certainly seem heretical to religiously minded folks. Yet if you are one such, or just someone who has like me pondered such application of the word Lord, then journey a little further with me to see what we might see.
First I consider that in the Bible, usage of “Lord” is essentially a product of translators. In the Old Testament it was inserted where the Hebrew word YHWH is used. Yahweh being considered the proper name of the one true God. Also, in the Old Testament the translators generally insert “God” where Elohyim (mighty one) is used.
In the New Testament the Greek word kyrios is translated as “Lord.” Kyrios is a term of respect and can imply property owner, potentate, or sovereign. Jesus was not the only person people would call Kyrios. It is essentially a synonym of how we use “sir.”
Now consider that we don’t see Jesus referring to God as Lord, but as Father, someone who beget him (and beget you and me…Our Father). A much more intimate and even more powerful word than Lord.
As for Jesus? Yes, if he was begotten by the One God, so were you and me — souls incarnated as human beings. He was a man. As a side note, the Hebrews/Jews referred to any “wise man” as a son of God. The idea of Jesus being the only son of God came when government coopted Christianity and the Nicene Creed was devised in Constantinople in 325 AD. This creed perpetuated the idea of Jesus as “one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God.”
“You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.” Act 10:36
As for Jesus being Lord of all? We’ve looked at the nature of the word Lord as referring to those who have some status of governing property or jurisdiction. Without going into excruciating detail, I consider the idea of “lord of all” as a metaphor for the mastery the man Jesus attained in awareness of his oneness with God and capabilities he had in regard to the physical dimension — a mastery he suggested anyone can attain when he said greater works would those do who believed in him (John 14:12). Of course “believe in him” is a key here, one I propose simply means recognizing what Jesus had mastered — the awareness of the divine origin of all souls and the fullness of his own soul in human incarnation.
Let’s move now beyond the appellation of Lord to the reference of Jesus as Christ which words are often used interchangeably. Christ is a significant word to look at. Christ means Messiah, and both mean appointed one, anointed one. Yet the gospel writer John gives the word Christ greater context than a man when he speaks of Logos — the formative sound or frequency that manifests as creation. I consider this Logos “Christ” as not the man Jesus but the intention and essence of God Consciousness manifesting, vibrating at various frequencies.
In the application of the word Christ to Jesus we can think of it referring to Jesus as a spokesman on behalf of Divine Consciousness. The words of Jesus referencing how he did and spoke only as he saw the Father doing attests to this.
Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” John 5:19
So what of Jesus? For starters, Jesus is not really his name but an interpretation of it. Rather, Yeshua is a being who incarnated as man and came to know his true being as one with God — and all that implies. His unique energetic expression and experience of God as the being Yeshua exists today in a dimension (frequencies) beyond the perception of the human body. He can manifest to people, though it is by and through other dimensional awareness. And he will respond to even the common interpreted version of his name (Jesus) when called upon. He is still effective in teaching and guiding people on earth who are receptive — he along with many other teacher-guides and even one’s own higher soul.
So, should we iconize Jesus as Lord? He never did that to his Father. And he exalted no man above another. He wanted us to know that we are One. He wanted us to know our true being as individualized expressions and experiences of the One. Respect however is not diminished in this appraisal, respect being an aspect of the love we are which we in turn express to one another as we become aware of our source.
As I see it, when Jesus spoke of the kingdom within, of following him, or worshipping in spirit and truth, he pointed to becoming fully awakened to and eventually be fully conscious of our true identity so to live in that aware state — and, to compassionately recognize we all are one even when with darkened minds we are stumbling along on an awakening journey.
This masterful awareness of our identity as one with God our Source that Yeshua spoke about entails a governance, a co-governance if you will, with all that is. So yes, in one sense we can say Yeshua is lord of all. Yet so are all souls, because all are individuated of Divine Consciousness — each a unique expression and experience of Source. Yet One.
“On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” John 14:20
I hope you enjoy my MidJourney Art & Mindfulness. I would love to hear your comments or questions!
