The Secrets of Judaism

In the previous chapter, in his conversation with nicodemus, jesus spoke of himself as the light that had come into the world. Jesus power to expose is not employed in order to condemn, but that the world might be saved through him. As jesus brings the secrets of such people into his light, rather than exploiting them as a means of control, he breaks their all and sets people free. Itis easy to conceive of god's knowledge of our secret s by analogy with our governments powers of surveillance and exposure. Yet in the hands of god, the godlike knowledge to which our governments aspire serves less as a Means of instilling fear and exerting control than