Who is Jesus? – Micheal Morwood
In his interview, Micheal Morwood asks the questions: Who is Jesus? Where does Jesus come from? He offers his evolutionary understanding of Jesus by saying: “Jesus comes from God. God is at work in the Universe. Jesus is a product of the Universe. Jesus is a product of the earth, of the divine presence at work in the earth, in the universe. He’s not dropped down from heaven.” Morwood then goes on to say that “just as Jesus is a product of the divine presence at work in the earth, so is the Buddha, so is Confucius, so are the Australian aboriginal people.” At another point, Morwood says that he doesn’t see Jesus as a unique savior (in the sense that Jesus opens the gates of heaven and gets us access to a place where God is, which is somewhere else), but rather sees Jesus as “the emergence of the divine at work in the universe, but now it’s not that it’s just his story, – that he is so different than us. Now, I see him saying, This is your story. Open your eyes. See this! See this!” Thus, Morwood has Jesus asking us if our story is the same as his? In other words, if we too are products of the earth, of the divine presence at work in the universe, how are we giving expression to the divine?
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Question:
Who is Jesus for you? Do you believe we share the same evolutionary story as Jesus? Do you see yourself as being given the opportunity to give expression to the Divine with your life? Has your perspective on Jesus shifted during your life? How so? Why did it shift? Did this interview with Micheal Morwood present you with a view of Jesus that invites you to continue shifting? How does it feel to consider that we are not that different from Jesus, and that Jesus wants us to use our lives to give expression to the divine in some way? Or perhaps you think Morwood has gone too far in his views? If so, explain why.
