Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Healing of the Blind Man
Chapter 9 of John, the story of Jesus healing the blind man, connects with several of the themes about time from Chapter 11 of Jesus Before Christianity. The man in this bible passage was blind from birth, so this was a time in which he was unable to see both physically and spiritually. Upon meeting the man, Jesus gave the man sight, and with that sight the man could experience “a new time” in his life. Through this miracle, the previously blind man experienced metanoia (or a conversion) through which he realized that Jesus was a true prophet. John 9:5 in which Jesus says, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world,” seems to encapsulate the idea that Jesus presents a new image of a compassionate God to the world.
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I agree Jesus healing the blind man asserts him as the bringer of the kingdom of the poor and oppressed. It also is a good representation of the change in God, God showing unmerited compassion, he was to trying to declare. Jesus also spreads the message of this change in God by the telling his parables.
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