Nicodemus - E=mc²

Relevant Bible Verses

1) 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God

2) John 3:1 But there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

3) John 3:4 Nicodemus said....."How can a man be born again when he is old"?

4) John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you. Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God".

E=mc², is an equation derived from the general theory of relativity discovered by the well known genius Jewish scientist of German descent, Albert Einstein. We can see that the equation is very simple and easy to solve. Basically, the theory of relativity equation says for even a very small amount of mass (m) a huge amount of energy (E) can be released if the mass is accelerated close to the speed of light (c).

There were many more genius scientists and mathematicians. Most of their inventions or discoveries have surely eased and up-lifted standard of living way beyond one can imagine. To name a few examples; Thomas Edison (light bulb), Wright Brothers (airplane), Alexander Graham Bell (telephone), Alexander Fleming (penicillin), and Isaac Newton (gravity). I would consider these are people with great wisdom.

However, the bible says that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. It does not really mean God looks at the world's wisdom as being foolish. But it is saying that God's wisdom is so much greater that the world's wisdom becomes so insignificant. It is describing the enormous contrast between God's great wisdom and the world's wisdom.

Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews. He was a well respected leader with vast knowledge and wisdom among the Jewish community. Unfortunately, he did not understand the concept of being born again. He considered Christ to be the teacher come from God and he needed some better teachings to further improve himself. Due to his position and pride, he was also afraid of the people to know that he seeked some understandings from Jesus. That was probably why he came to Jesus by night, so that no one would see him.

Nonetheless, Jesus answered him that he needed to be born again to enter into the kingdom of God. To be born again in this context is to be regenerated with the divine life, other than the human life one received from natural birth. Thus, Nicodemus' real need was not to seek some better understanding of teachings to improve himself, but the regenerated divine life. He was so consumed with the desire to seek for earthly knowledge (tree of the knowledge of good and evil) that he completely neglected to take on the divine life of the tree of life.

Let's embark on the divine tree of life, our Lord Jesus!