The Fulfilment of the Individual History in Jesus Christ

Góźdź Krzysztof

Wydział Teologiczny, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Abstract

Each person is a special God’s creation (see Gen 1:27). Each person has his/her unique life history - not only as an autonomous being, but also as a being oriented towards God, that is a being that shares his/her history with God. This latter type of history is not immanent to humans. It started when the Son of God accepted human nature. Thus, the human nature of Jesus Christ means that a history of each human is merged with the history of God. As a result of this merger, a human can participate in the prolepsis of the end of the world, which came into being through the Event of Jesus Christ, and particularly through His Resurrection. Hence, in His Event (Incarnation, Death on the Cross, Resurrection, Elevation) Jesus Christ is a real concrete manifestation of an individual human history since He is a manifestation of the true nature of the human being. He represents each human being before God the Father and He is the ultimate human hope and fullness through His Resurrection. As true God and a true human, Jesus Christ grants sense to manhood in orienting man to salvation: to life in the life of God. This pathway shows how an individual human history finds its full realization. This approach to the relation between humans and God through history is subject to research by such outstanding ecumenists as Piotr Jaskóła and Wolfhart Pannenberg.