Individual Value - Gift of Y'shua Jesus




by James Fletcher Baxter




The Old World method of measuring human value


was, and still is, by the group. Whether tribe, clan,


city-state, color, ethnic, or gender, the Old World,


ancient and modern, measures human value by


the plural-unit. Individuals had and have no value


of themselves but only as they were and are part


of a collective.




When Y'shua Jesus died on the cross, the veil of


the Temple at the Holy of Holies parted from the


top down. The individual believer in the


congregation had, for the first time, a


face-to-face, one-on-one relation with his


Creator. The Creator, Himself, had validated The


Individual for the first time. Thus, The Individual


became the cornerstone for later human value


measuring systems: socio- political,


philosophical, religious, educational, economic,


etc., henceforth and forever. Western Civilization,


America, civil Rights, Law, the 'democratic'


process, etc., all sprang from that single event.


(Greco-Roman 'democracies' were 95% slave


throughout their entire histories.) Biblical


principles are still today the foundation under


Western Civilization and the American way of life.




Many social systems attempt to borrow ideas of


"democracy" without the basic premise in The


Individual. Such a system is only superficially and


temporarily 'democratic.' The cornerstone of the


democratic process is The Individual, and the


cornerstone of the value of The Individual is


Y'shua Jesus! It is not possible to have one


without the other. There is only One Source -


there is no other.




[ It is interesting to note that all value measuring


systems are based on the definitive Single Unit


of the system. (Ex: Number, Time, Distance,


Weight, Heat, Money, Angle, Volume, etc.) ]




Only humanism makes the abusive error of


measuring human value by the plural unit and


building social structures, relations, and


institutions thereon. Such man-made systems


can only be abusive and oppresive because in


reality there are ONLY individual persons!


Groups or collectives are merely convenient


verbalizations about individuals. They are not


reality.




I have yet to see a 'group.' All I have ever seen


are individuals.Have you ever seen a group, or is


it a verbalization; a verbal convenience? Reality


is only in the individual. And, such a validation


never derived from a human source without the


initiative of the Creator. [The French Rationalists


of the 18th Century favored the fruit - but rejected


the branch, tree, and root.]




Today, wherever Y'shua Jesus is rejected, the


group or plural-unit is still the basic way of


measuring human value - and human non-value!




We thank the Lord God for revealing His


validation of each individual person. We thank


Him for creating each person uniquely, in His


image, and calling each one to a courageous


ascension by Y'shua Jesus, who said,"I AM the


Way,..."




Never again need a person lack self-worth, feel


inferior, or envy another person - and join a


group, gang, or clique to feel valuable. YOU are


the only YOU in the history of the planet!




Praise the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,


and His Son of Man, Y'shua Jesus.




Ref: Exodus 25:30, 40 Hebrews 9 Matthew


27:51 Mark 15:38 Luke 23:45 KJV




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