Žmogaus sukūrimo kaip Sandoros išdavos kristologinė perspektyva

The peculiarity of Judaic tradition lies in the fact that they consider, analyse and interpret their human experiences in the light of past events. Israelites met God as alive and acting in their history through very specific salvation events whose axis was the liberation from Egypt and Covenant. The experience of salvation events and Covenant led Israelites to the conclusion that if God appeared as powerful Lord by liberating them, then He inevitably must be the Lord of all the world and therefore of all creations. The experience of these unique events allowed Israelites understanding that God had chosen them as His nation, He is the Lord of this nation, and He is the Lord of all other nations. Therefore, God who has the power and authority over all nations must be the Creator. That is why inspired authors see the creation as the first salvific work of God for the sake of humankind. The New Testament brings out Christ as a mediator of the creation. He is presented as the beginning and consummation of humankind’s salvation. The Apostle Paul indicates the reason of the creation of human: even before the creation of the world, God wanted and chose us to make us holy and share His divinity with us. Moreover, since the beginning of time God envisaged and chose people so that He could make them His children through Jesus Christ. Thus, before the creation of the world God wanted and named people to be His children in the Son, so that humankind would have the same share as Christ, which is realised by His incarnation and the Easter event. Modern theology notes a close link between the creation and the redemption seeing it as a single process and unified God’s plan. From the very essence of God comes His desire to share His love with humankind and through Son and Holy Spirit involve human in the communion of Trinitarian God and His divine fullness of life. In theological context of the Bible there is a link between God’s fatherhood and Him as the Creator. Creative potential and initiative comes from the fatherhood. God creates so that people could become His only Son’s life sharers. Therefore, the salvation is to be united with Christ, to become alike Him and His icon, to nurture our humanity in Him. The salvation is nothing less than the development and consummation of God’s plan, started by creation, to unite people with His Son and through Him “involve” people in Himself.