God and Humanity in an Evolving Universe: Rudolf Steiner's Christology and the Knowledge Drama of the Second Coming in the Work of Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon

This article explores Rudolf Steiner's Christology within the framework of cosmic evolution, focusing on the Second Coming of Christ as a pivotal metaphysical event. Identifying a scholarly lacuna regarding Steiner's developmental cosmology and the work of Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon, the study adopts an immanent-synthetic methodology to demonstrate a sacramental, participatory epistemology. The first part unfolds Steiner's vision of the 'Mystery of Golgotha' as a cosmic turning point where a macrocosmic death process is reversed into a resurrection life-stream. The second part examines Ben-Aharon's esoteric development of these ideas into a contemporary 'knowledge drama of the Second Coming.' Through the spiritualization of consciousness, Ben-Aharon describes an individual 'essence-exchange' with the Christ impulse within the 'abyss of nothingness' of our age. Finally, the article discusses the social-metaphysical implications of this drama through the 'Reversed Cultus.' Here, the indwelling Christ is recognized as humanity's 'Higher Self,' grounding a new community and 'school of love' capable of responding to the techno-scientific challenges of mechanization of intelligence and life. By positioning the human being as a co-creative agent in cosmic becoming, the article argues for a renewed understanding of the Second Coming as a new step in humanity's spiritual evolution.