Attempt to interpret these verses from the 'Gospel of Thomas'. Give your overall perception or simply take one and see into it. Please say in your comments if you use a particular verse or several.
4b 'For many of the first will be last, and will become a single one."'
7. 'Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion becomes human. And foul is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion still will become human."'
10. 'Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it blazes."'
11. 'Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away.
The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"'
18. 'The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."'
19a. 'Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into being.'
22. 'Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the (Father's) kingdom."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the (Father's) kingdom as babies?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."'
4b 'For many of the first will be last, and will become a single one."'
7. 'Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion becomes human. And foul is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion still will become human."'
10. 'Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it blazes."'
11. 'Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away.
The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"'
18. 'The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."'
19a. 'Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one who came into being before coming into being.'
22. 'Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the (Father's) kingdom."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the (Father's) kingdom as babies?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."'
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 20, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Much thought has been poured into your entries. I caught glimpses of what I was looking for but mostly I'm impressed with the quality of excellent poetry. Thankyou all!
Peace Georgia
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I lie in tranquility,
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At times there are more than twelve of us. Our conversations flow over the hills• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Two welve is two welve and thats the way thee C jadollan to lie to the key's is real 2 but thats all2• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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i'm thinking about this, Georgia - but it's not clearing my mind... i do like the possibilities a lot...
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Oh I hope you do! I doubt many will enter this one, it's a bit of a challenge.
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