Salvation as Moksha

 

In Hinduism, moksha is used for the final release of the soul from the samsara cycle. Its root meaning in Sanskrit is moksha or liberation. It is effectively used to express the joy of union with God, not the negative side of escaping karma and rebirth. This word is a word used to describe the Christian concept of salvation in the Indian Christian faith. In Hinduism there are three paths to liberation or liberation: Jnana marga (path of knowledge), bhakti marga (path of devotion) and karma marga (path of action).

Among these three, Apasama chose Bhakti Marga as his way of salvation. However, he also found jnana marga in the Gospel of John, although this is in line with the Christian interpretation as a form of bhakti marga. Knowledge and love, wisdom and bhakti can be combined in the Christian understanding of moksha as eternal life in Christ, and the path of moksha is through self-knowledge and love of God in Christ Jesus.

The Christian concept of salvation differs from the Christian understanding in that it means the liberation of people from the cycle, although it can be compared to the Indian word for salvation, and although it usually means "liberation", "moksha". rebirth One becomes free. However, liberation is defined as freedom in Hindu thought-literature.

Salvation as liberation

Salvation as freedom assumes that God is concerned not only with the sin of human souls, but also with their health and well-being. Salvation is for all people, daily deliverance from oppression or injustice. Just like Leonardo. Bove wrote: "..

.The struggle against poverty for the complete emancipation of all and all people - this is the religion of freedom. "The Bible shows, in the events of the Exodus, that freedom for the people of Israel is an event that frees people from political domination. Thus, in general, salvation is a permanent deliverance that leads to ultimate salvation." God's history of salvation. It is itself an expression of the growth of the kingdom and some degree of salvation if not from the kingdom itself. ' or total amortization.

This is the historical realization of the kingdom of heaven, and hence the realization of the kingdom of heaven outside of history."

Salvation as Humanization

Thomas made an attack on the human basis of his theological work. He wrote: "The purpose of salvation and man's mission are inseparable, but they cannot be regarded as the same thing in a contemporary context.

The fundamental question posed by the religious mission in today's world debate is the relationship of the salvation gospel and (sic) to humans everywhere created in the context of today's world. Evangelization is a matter of the relationship between the gospel and humans.

Thomas laid out what it means to be human in his Uppsala report on "The Revival of Mission." He believes that the glory of Christ was resurrected not after death but in history, not by individuals but by community power. about their relationships in society and on the ground. There are good reasons to consider participation in the human world an important responsibility. For Thomas, the mission of the church is to participate in the transformation of our time.

The purpose of the church is the importance of humanity, not salvation. He believes that salvation or redemption is only one part of humanity that deals with the inner or spiritual aspects of people. He believes that the beneficiaries of the Christian mission are no longer individuals but structures such as culture, religion, and ideology. Jesus' salvation is no longer preaching, but cooperation, or, as he called it, recognition of cooperation. Therefore, he concluded that there are many benefits to preaching the gospel in our daily lives.

Social Exemption:

Thomas believed that emancipation involves social freedom. Write that the words and deeds of God in Jesus Christ follow the words and deeds of the Law and the prophets. God in Christ reconciles the world to himself (sic) and overcomes people's faith in God; through the cross he broke down all the walls of separation between people and united them in Christ. Liberation involves the relationship and unity of people. God raised Jesus from the dead as confirmation of God's and humanity's final victory over all evil in man, society, and the universe, as well as confirmation of his victory over death.

God, through the Spirit of God, created the Church, the body of faith in Christ, and witnessed the re-establishment of all things in Christ; cooperate with God in him and make a statement in his life. Finally, God will transform the kingdom of this world into the kingdom of God and (just) Christ.

Salvation as Deification

Deification, in other words, means Theosis. It is the process of changing the purpose of practice or union with God. According to the process of transformation, apotheosis results from purification, meaning purification of mind and body, and enlightenment by seeing God. According to the teachings of Eastern Christianity, deification is often the goal of human life. It is believed that this can only be done with the cooperation of human activity and that God does not create energy or activity. In other words, apotheosis is "face-to-face" personal communication with God.

"(Genesis 32:30) The gospel of Jesus Christ connects us to the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:15) - a kingdom that is not in this world. (Romans 14:17) When Jesus said: "You are God" (John) ( Matthew 10:34) “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48) Human relationship is seen as deification or sanctification.

Having been endowed "in His image," man is called to be completed "in His likeness." This is Theosis/deification. The Creator, God by nature, calls man to become a god of grace. The charisms that make us "in His image" were given to man by God so that man can reach very high; that through them he may attain likeness to his God and Creator; to have not only an external, moral relationship, but also a personal connection with the Creator. Perhaps it is very bold for us to even say or think that our purpose in life is to become gods by grace. However, neither the Holy Bible nor the church fathers hid this from us. Unfortunately, ignorance does not only exist among people outside the Church, but also among many in the Church, because they assume that the purpose of our lives is, at best, simply moral improvement, to become better people; when the gospel, the tradition of the church and the holy fathers tell us that the purpose of our life is not only for a person to become better than he is, more moral, more just, more self-confident. controlled, more attentive; all these things must come to pass, but none of them is the great purpose, the ultimate purpose, for which our Maker and Creator formed man.

What is this purpose? Theosis - for man to be united with God, not in an external or sentimental way, but in an ontological, real way. Man is so high in orthodox anthropology that when we compare it with the anthropologies of all philosophies or social and psychological systems, we very easily see how poor they are, how little they correspond to the great human desire for something very great and true. in his/her life. Because man is "called to be a god" (i.e. was created to become a god), until he finds himself on the path of Theosis, he feels an emptiness within himself... he feels that something is wrong, and so he does not rejoice even when he tries to cover the emptiness with other activities. He can become numb, create a charming world, or become trapped and imprisoned in this world, but at the same time he remains poor, small, limited. He can organize his life in such a way that he is almost never at peace, never with himself. Surrounded by noise, tension, television, radio, constant information about this and that, he can try to forget with the help of drugs; not to think, not to worry, not Remember you took the wrong path and missed your destination.

In the end, poor modern man finds no rest until he finds that "something else," the supreme thing; a thing that actually exists in their life that is truly beautiful and creative. Can man unite with God? Can he communicate with Him? Can Grace become a god? Sure, he/she can. Thus, from ancient times, the Church was a witness to a deified people.