Eternal "Ideas" in God

How we may see Jesus, the Word, and ourselves, in this vision of the mind of God

Every creature of the universe, each one of us, has always existed as an "idea" in the mind of God. God's ideas are not as human ideas; they identify with his Being. This concept of "ideas" in God is an analogy with our mind, and is close to the philosophical interpretation that all essences and possibilities are eternal.

Each "idea" must comprehend already the individual nature and all the deeds and happenings belonging to that "idea." God wants that some of these "ideas" come into existence in time in a physical form; this is what we call creation. The universe is therefore nothing else than God's "ideas" existing in time, although they exist in God in an eternal present. Each existent being is part of a whole, and indeed a minuscule part of this immense whole of creation.

When the temporal existence of created things ends, then they continue existing forever in the mind of God according to their own nature, and they live forever in God. When these creatures are, by nature, conscious and intelligent beings, human persons, then they continue existing as individual "persons" in the mind of God. As I said elsewhere, they might exist forever as "God's persons." (See essay The Paradox of Some Christian Teachings.)

Jesus and ourselves in the mind of God. There is no better way to say how these "ideas" exist in the mind of God, than to use John's words about Jesus at the beginning of his gospel: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1.1). As God's eternal "ideas" are individual and singular, one for each being; as they are our own history and contain everything that each being is, the "Word-Jesus" contains everything that Jesus was, is and will be from the whole eternity.

Similarly this happens with each of us and all creatures of the universe; each one is a specific and singular "idea" in God's mind; there are no two identical "ideas;" each one is different. These "ideas" or "Forms," identify with the Being of God.

Of course, any being could be seen in different forms: for instance, a human being could be seen as one "idea" in God's mind, or as a composite of many "ideas," the atoms and particles of the human being, each one having one "idea." For our purpose we may see each intelligent person as one "idea" in the mind of God.

That is why Jesus is so particular: because the "Word" is unique and he has many attributes that the rest of mortals do not have; that is why Jesus has such a powerful influence in humanity which no other human has had.

That is why Jesus is also not just a memory of the past but he is living and active. As a human being, he was for the believers, example and model of dedication to God and Master of the most admirable doctrine. Because of this, he continues being a spiritual light to bring them to God (1 Peter 3.18), and also a symbol of the reunion and consummation of everything in God (1 Corinthians 15.28). That was God's design or "Word" about Jesus; this is the uniqueness of Jesus.

Important comments in the book. Consequences.

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