German Theology

...all that ever happened or was suffered in that same humanity; yet in that humanity there was neither taking-to-oneself, nor seeking, nor desire, except for one single seeking and desire: how the Godhead might be satisfied; and even of that satisfaction, it In the original German, the "humanity" (menschheit) is feminine; the text suggests Christ's human nature did not claim even the satisfaction of God for its own ego. claimed nothing for itself. ☞ Concerning this meaning, nothing more can now be written or spoken here; it is inexpressible. It has never been fully grasped, nor will it ever be entirely spoken out. For it will allow itself to be neither spoken nor written, except by him who is it and knows it.

The Fourteenth Chapter.

¶ One should also note when one speaks of a person who is old and of a new person: behold, the old one is Adam—disobedience, selfhood, I-ness original: selbheit and ichheit. These terms refer to the state of being focused on one's own ego or self-will rather than on God., and the like. But the new person is Christ—and obedience. When one speaks of dying and perishing and the like, it means that the old person should come to nothing. And when and where that happens in a divine light, the new person is born again. It is said, after all, that a person should die to themselves; that is, the person's selfhood and I-ness should die. Concerning this, Saint Paul says: "Put off the old man with his deeds, and put on a new man, who is created and formed after God." Whoever lives in their selfhood and according to the old man is called and is a child of Adam; however far and however substantially he may live therein, he is also the child and brother of the devil. But whoever lives in obedience and in the new person is a brother of Christ and a child of God. Behold, where the old person dies and the new is born, there occurs the second birth original: die ander gebürt. This refers to the theological concept of spiritual rebirth or being "born again.", of which Christ spoke: "Unless you are born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom of God." Saint Paul also says: "As all people die in Adam, so shall they all be made alive again in Christ." This means: All who follow Adam in Dead original: Mortui disobedience are dead and will never become alive